Suburban Mobilities Research Day
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November 14, 2024. 9:00 am to 1:00 pm EST
Join the Mobility Network and Suburban Mobilities as we host a Suburban Mobilities Research Day on November 14, 2024. The session is from 9 am - 1 pm and lunch will be provided.
This half-day program will feature presentations from faculty and students on a variety of research projects that investigate accessibility measures, active travel of older adults, healthcare access, quality of life, and transportation-related investment priorities.
Agenda
9:15 a.m. Welcome and Land Acknowledgement
- Steven Farber, Professor, Department of Human Geography, University of Toronto Scarborough. Director of Suburban Mobilities Cluster & Mobility Network
9:30 a.m. The Scarborough Survey: An open dataset to explore suburban challenges in Canada
- Ignacio Tiznado-Aitken, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography & Planning, University of Toronto, Associate Director of Mobilizing Justice
9:50 Exploring the relationships between physical accessibility, online shopping, and travel behaviour for grocery shopping in Scarborough, Canada
- Chunjiang Li, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Geography & Planning, University of Toronto
10:10 What Makes People Happy with Their Neighbourhoods? Exploring Individual Characteristics Beyond Sociodemographics in Scarborough, Ontario
- Zehui Yin, PhD Student, School of Earth, Environment & Society, McMaster University
10:30 Analyzing Predictors of COVID-19 Related Transit Risk Perception in Scarborough, Ontario
- Dorian DiTommaso, Research Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto
10:50 Coffee Break
11:10 The Association between Travel Mode and Life Satisfaction among Suburban Residents: A Cross-sectional Study of Scarborough, Ontario
- Amrit Tiwana, Master student, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
11:30 Understanding the behavioural determinants of active travel among older adults: A mixed methods study
- Alec Khachatryan, PhD student, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto
11:50 p.m. Diversity, Community, and Mobility: Exploring Trust and the Built Environment in Scarborough.
- Fernando Calderon Figueroa, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Geography, University of Toronto Scarborough