Brian Doucet

Associate Professor
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Degrees

PhD, Geography, Utrecht University, 2010

MSc, Geography, Utrecht University, 2006

BA (Hons) Geography, University of Toronto, 2003

Contact information

brian.doucet@uwaterloo.ca
519-888-4567 ext. 48594
Location: EV3 3249

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Research interests

  • Gentrification, displacement and neighbourhood change
  • Housing
  • Polarisation and inequality
  • Waterfront regeneration and deindustrialisation
  • Visual methodologies, including repeat photography
  • Transportation, mobility and equity
  • Lived experience research and collaboration with non-profits
  • Long-term changes in cities
  • Qualitative methods
  • Detroit, Toronto, Rotterdam/Dutch cities, Scottish cities, Hamilton, À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ RegionÌý

Research grants/projects

  • Mapping tenant displacement through lived experiences
    (Principal Investigator)
    • Funded by: Mitacs Accelerate Grant
  • Centring lived experiences in solutions to the homeless crisis
    (Principal Investigator – partnership with Social Development Centre À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Region)
    • Funded by: University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ/Region of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ
  • Thinking beyond the market: a film about genuinely affordable housing
    (Principal Investigator)
    • Funded by: SSHRC Connection Grant
  • ‘Many Faces of Urban and Rural Displacement – Ontario Tenants Organize and Speak Up (lead organization: Social Planning Network of Ontario)
    (Academic Advisor)
    • Funded by: Community Housing Transformation Centre, Community Based Tenant Initiative
  • 'Everybody bikes!' a comparative analysis of cycling experiences in the Netherlands and Canada
    (Principal Investigator)
    • Funded by:ÌýSSHRC Insight Development Grant
  • Overspill gentrification: neighbourhood change in Hamilton, and the impact from Toronto
    (Principal Investigator)
    • Funded by:ÌýSSHRC Insight Grant
  • Documenting and Experiencing Gentrification: transit, displacement and the lived experiences of gentrification in Kitchener-À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ
    (Principal Investigator)
    • Funded by: SSHRC Partnership Development Grant
  • Boggs Urban Reader: bringing the ‘urban’ into visionary activist research
    (Principal Investigator)
    • Funded by:ÌýSSHRC Partnership Engage Grant
  • Residential Property Values and Active Transportation Infrastructure
    (Co-Principal Investigator)
    • Funded by: City of Kitchener, À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ, Cambridge and the Region of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ
    • Grant Period 2020

Graduate student supervision

Ìý Number of students currently supervising/co-supervising Total number of student supervisions/co-supervisions
Masters 4 5
PhD 3 3

Recent/key publications

Books

  • Doucet, B and Doucet, M. (2022) . Toronto: University of Toronto Press
  • Doucet, B, van Melik, R and Filion, P (EDs) (2021) Bristol: Bristol University Press.
  • Doucet, B, Filion, F and van Melik, R (EDs) (2021) Bristol: Bristol University Press.
  • Van Melik, R, Filion, P and Doucet, B (EDs) (2021) Bristol: Bristol University Press.
  • Filion, P, Doucet, B and van Melik, R (EDs) (2021) Bristol: Bristol University Press.
  • Doucet, B (Ed.) (2017) (Bristol: Policy Press).

Peer reviewed articles

  • Deverteuil, G and Doucet, B (2024) . Visual Studies. 39(1-2) 114 – 117
  • Babin, C and Doucet, B (2024) Visual Studies. 39(1-2) 127 – 143.
  • Mayers, R and Doucet, B. (2023) , Journal of Urban, Planning and Transport Research.
  • Babin, C and Doucet, B (2023) Gentrification and changing visual landscapes: a Google Street View analysis of residential upgrading and class aesthetics in Hamilton’s Lower City, Visual Studies.
  • Mayers, R., Rallis, N., Doucet, B and Babin, C (2023) , Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes
  • Doucet, B; Diwan, F; Turman, W; Mehta, N; and Petrovic, A. (2022) Radical Housing Journal. 4(2) 67 – 87.
  • Tolfo G and Doucet B (2022) Cities. Volume 123, pp: 1 – 10
  • McDougall, E and Doucet, B (2022) . Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie. Ìý
  • Doucet, B (2021) , Geoforum.
  • Van der Merwe, J and Doucet, B (2021) , Canadian Planning and Policy. 2021(01)780 - 90.
  • Ellis-Young, M and Doucet, B (2021) , Journal of Planning Education and Research.
  • Tolfo G and Doucet B (2020) , Urban Geography.
  • Doucet, B (2020) , Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie. 111(4) 634 - 651.
  • Doucet B (2019) . City. 23(4-5) 411 – 438.
  • Zebracki, M; Doucet, B and de Brant, T. (2019) , Space and Culture. 22(4) 489 – 508.
  • Doucet B and Koenders D (2018) Urban Studies. 55(13) 3631 – 3649.
  • Doucet B and Smit E (2016) , Journal of Housing and the Built Environment. 31(4), 635-657.
  • Doucet, B (2014) , Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie. 105(2) 125 – 139.
  • Ernst, O and Doucet, B (2014) , Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie. 105(2) 189 – 205.
  • Doucet, B (2013) , International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 37(6) 2035 – 2051.
  • Doucet, B (2013) , Belgeo. 2013, 2.
  • Doucet, B and Duignan, E* (2012) , Irish Geography. 45(1) 45 – 65
  • Doucet, B; van Kempen, R and van Weesep, J (2011) , Environment and Planning A. 43, 1458 – 1454.
  • Doucet, B; van Kempen, R and van Weesep, J (2011) , Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie.102(2), 125-145.
  • Doucet, B (2009) , Journal of Housing and the Built Environment. 24, 299-315
  • Doucet, B (2009) 162(DP3) 101-107.

Professional publications and policy reports

  • McDougall, E., Vandermeer, R., Kelly Y., Reid-Davis, D., Vandervyvere, K., Lafrance and Doucet, B (2023) . [Collaboration between the Social Planning Network of Ontario and the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ.
  • Doucet, B, McDougall, E and Jay, M (2023) Thinking Beyond the Market: Innovative Housing Examples Based on People, Not Profit. [Collaboration between the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ and the Hamilton Community Foundation
  • Mayers, R, Doucet, B, Rallis, N and Babin, CÌý(2023) Experiencing urban change along Hamilton’s LRT corridor: Resident experiences prior to construction. Collaboration between the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ and the Hamilton Community Foundation
  • McDougall, E, Diwan, F, Petrovic, A, Doucet, B, and August, M (2022) . Collaboration between the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ and Social Development Centre À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Region.
  • Doucet, B, and Wilson, B (2022) Moving to Hamilton Atlas: the numbers behind the anecdotes. University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ.
  • Diwan, F, Turman, W, Baird, D, Mehta, N, Petrovic, A and Doucet, B (2021) Social Development Centre À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Region.
  • Diwan, F, Mehta, N, Turman, W, Doucet, B and Petrovic, A (2020) Social Development Centre À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Region.
  • (2020) A series of podcasts and interviews that examine lived experiences of poverty along À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Region’s LRT corridor. Produced by the Social Development Centre À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Region
  • Doucet, B; Parker, D; McDougall, E; Huang, Y and Feng, D (2020) Cycling Infrastructure and its Relationship to Residential Property Prices. Report commissioned by the City of Kitchener, City of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ, City of Cambridge and Region of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ.
  • Doucet, B and Van der Merwe, J (2020) COVID-19 and housing implications in the Region of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ: amplified challenges and proactive planning. Report commissioned by the Region of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ. September 2020
  • (2020) COVID-19 cyclists: Expanding bike lane network can lead to more inclusive cities, The Conversation. 22 November. My contribution was 75%
  • (2020) Cities and their streetcars: my top ten favourite spots, Spacing Toronto. 7 May.
  • (2020) Change and continuity in the COVID-19 city, Spacing Toronto. 30 April.
  • (2020) Observing change through the window of a GO Train, Spacing Toronto. 8 April.
  • (2019) A comparative look at Toronto’s CLRVs, Spacing Toronto. December
  • (2018) Airbnb and the struggle for the city: From Amsterdam to Toronto and beyond. Plan Canada. 58(2) 21-27.

Media articles (selected)

  • Ìý(2024) Hamilton council passes a bylaw to end renovictions, helping to address housing affordability. The Conversation. 18 January.
  • (2023) Service changes may put brakes on Ion’s gold standard of transit, À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Region Record. 16 November.
  • (2023) 4 affordable housing strategies that are working in Canada, The Conversation. 16 October
  • (2023) Doug Ford reverses Greenbelt plans: Construction would never have provided affordable housing, The Conversation. 21 September.
  • (2023) Cities must take immediate action against ‘renovictions’ to address housing crisis, The Conversation. 20 April.
  • (2023) New weekend GO transit schedule is a game changer for out-of-towners, Toronto Star. 14 April.
  • (2023) Publicly owned land should be used for affordable housing, not sold to private developers, The Conversation. 30 January.
  • (2022) How activists saved Toronto’s streetcars 50 years ago this month, Spacing Toronto. 22 November.
  • Van Melik, R; Doucet, B & Filion P (2022) Stedelijke ongelijkheid door corona vergroot, Geografie. 31(5) 28 – 30
  • (2022) Weekends would be better with direct GO Trains from Kitchener to Toronto, À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Region Record. 10 June.
  • (2022) Streetcar photography as a window to Toronto’s changing landscapes, Spacing Toronto. 11 May.
  • (2022) Ontario’s ‘affordable housing’ task force report does not address the real problems, The Conversation. 10 February.
  • (2021) End of the line: Why Ontario will regret ripping up this rail corridor, TVO. 20 December
  • (2021) Housing is both a human right and a profitable asset, and that’s the problem, The Conversation. 14 December
  • (2021) Council’s urban boundary decision poses new challenges, Hamilton Spectator. 2 December.
  • (2021) Building a denser, inclusive Hamilton, Hamilton Spectator. 1 December.
  • (2021) Housing will be a dominant issue in the 2022 provincial election, À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Region Record. 2 December.
  • (2021) Trains before lanes: New Highway 7 and other road projects won’t address climate change, À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Region Record. 17 November.
  • (2020) When cycling becomes boring it’s working, À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Region Record. 11 December.
  • (2020) Westmount Road bike lanes a path to a more equitable community, À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Region Record. 12 August.
  • (2019) The road to better urban spaces is full of pedestrians. À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Region Record. 3 October
  • (2019) LRT development boom is squeezing out affordable housing. À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Region Record. 18 June.
  • (2019) Ion LRT will reshape development in À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Region for decades to come. À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Region Record. 16 June.
  • (2019) I clog Toronto’s highways because there is no train service. The Toronto Star. 22 February
  • (2018) Winter in spring reinforces need for municipal sidewalk clearing. À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Region Record. 19 April. My contribution was 80%
  • (2018) Pedestrian deaths won’t end as long as Toronto panders to cars and drivers. The Globe and Mail. 11 March.
  • (2017) We can build better, more people-centred cities. À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Region Record. 9 December
  • (2017) National housing strategy fails to go deep enough on root of ills, The Toronto Star. 3 December
  • (2017) Once-in-a-lifetime chance to build density with diversity, À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Region Record. 10 October.

Courses taught:

  • PLAN 100 Evolution of Planning