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Dr Jason A. Gilliland

Director, Urban Development Program

Associate Professor, Department of Geography

Scientist, Children's Health Research Institute

Scientist, Lawson Health Research Institute

My professional and academic background is in architecture, urban planning, and human geography and my research can be characterized as an integration of all three disciplines. I am particularly interested in the dynamics of environmental and  social change from the scale of entire cities down to the level of individual buildings and their inhabitants.  My ongoing research focuses on various aspects of urban planning and development, urban design, housing, transportation, children's geographies, and public health in Canadian cities.  This work utilizes both qualitative and quantitative methodologies and I have a particular interest in advancing urban and health applications of geographic information systems (GIS). 

Education                

2003   Postdoctoral Fellow, Geography and Planning, University of Toronto

2002   PhD, Urban Geography, McGill University

1996   Master of Architecture, Affordable Homes Program, McGill University

1994   Master of Arts, Human Geography, McGill University

1991   Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Geography, McMaster University

Additional Positions / Affiliations     

Editorial Board, Canadian Geographer / Le Géographe canadien

Editorial Advisory Board, Urban History Review / Revue d'histoire urbaine

Advisory Committee, Land Use Planning Program, Fanshawe College

Advisory Committee, Middlesex County Geography Network

Advisory Committee, YMCA Youth Gambling Program

Executive Board Member, Old East Village Business Improvement Area

Executive Council Member, International Seminar on Urban Form

Member, City of London Urban Design Steering Committee

Member, City of London Urban Design Review Panel

Member, City of London Placemaking Committee

Member, City of London Child & Youth Network

Public Associate, Canadian Institute of Planners

Public Associate, Ontario Professional Planners Institute

Member of academic organizations, such as:

•  Canadian Association of Geographers

•  Association of American Geographers

•  Aging & Health Research Centre (UWO)

•  Population Studies Centre (UWO)

•  NCE-GEOIDE (Centre for Excellence in Geomatics)

•  Canadian Public Health Association

•  International Seminar on Urban Form

•  International Society for Urban Health

•  International Physical Activity and Environment Network

•  Canadian Obesity Network

 © 2008  Jason Gilliland, University of Western Ontario