Director - HAP Lab + Assistant Professor - School of Urban & Regional Planning (TMU)

Dr. Samantha Biglieri is an Assistant Professor in the School of Urban and Regional Planning at Toronto Metropolitan University and Director of the Health, Access + Planning Lab. As a Registered Professional Planner, her research uses critical approaches at the intersection of planning and health/wellbeing, making connections with practice to build inclusive and accessible communities. She researches the intersections of built form, health/ wellbeing, socio-spatial relationalities, care, accessibility and disability, older adults, and people living with dementia. She is an avid photographer of places, a coffee and food lover, and finds joy in exploring neighbourhoods on her bike or with her Golden Retriever puppy, Dug!

For a list of most recent publications, see Google Scholar + check out @s_biglieri on Twitter.