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Prior Degrees

Master of Urban Planning, McGill University, 2021

Bachelor of Commerce, Major in Managing for Sustainability, McGill University, 2019

Supervisor

Contact information

Planning Interest

• Housing, Financialization, Digital technologies, Open data methodologies, Agonistic planning

Research Topic

Financialization and digital technologies in Canada's rental housing sector

Presentations/Publications/Professional Experience

Peer-reviewed article:

• St-Hilaire, C., Brunila, M., & Wachsmuth, D. (2023). High rises and housing stress: A spatial big data analysis of rental housing financialization.ÌýJournal of the American Planning Association. DOI: 10.1080/01944363.2022.2126382Ìý

Professional reports:Ìý

• Wachsmuth, D., Bélanger de Blois, M., & St-Hilaire, C. (2021). Short-term rentals in Toronto: Market overview and regulatory impact analysis. [Report commissioned by the City of Toronto]. Urban Politics and Governance Group. 46 p. Online:ÌýÌý

Web application:

• Curbcut Montreal.Ìý(2022). Online:Ìý

Conference presentations:

• August, M., & St-Hilaire, C. (4 November 2022). Financialization and housing inequality: Measuring impacts on affordability in Toronto. [Paper presented at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning’s Annual Conference in Toronto, Canada].Ìý

• August, M., & St-Hilaire, C. (28 August 2022). On the rise: Financialization and rents in Toronto, Canada. [Paper presented at the Residential Contradictions conference in Durham, United Kingdom].Ìý

Of note

• Cloé is the recipient of a doctoral award from the Fonds de Recherche du Québec. She is also a national-level powerlifting athlete with the Canadian Powerlifting Union.

At the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ

• Cloé acted as the Graduate Chair of the School of Planning in the Graduate Student Association for the March 2022-February 2023 term.