Keir Matthews-Hunter

PhD Student

Dr. Alan Walks (main supervisor), Dr. Karen Chapple, Dr. Will Strange, supervisory committee

Research and Professional Interests

Land Use Planning, Real Estate, Housing, Public Policy

External

2023 - *Government of Canada, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowship ($120,000)
2023 - *Canadian Housing Evidence Collaborative (CHEC), Emerging Housing Scholar
2017 - *SSHRC Joseph Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS)–Master’s ($17,500)

Internal

2023 - *University of Toronto, Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance (IMFG) Blanche and Sandy Van Ginkel Graduate Fellowship in Municipal Finance and Governance ($5,000)
2023 - *University of Toronto, School of Cities Graduate Fellowship ($3,500)
2023 - University of Toronto, Department of Geography and Planning Graduate Recruitment Award ($5,000)
2023, 2024 - University of Toronto, University of Toronto Fellowship (UTF) Top Up Award ($6,000 total; $3,000 per year) (awarded in recognition of receiving the SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship)
2017 - University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science (FAS) Master’s Recruitment Award ($1,000) (awarded in recognition of receiving the SSHRC CGS-Master’s)
2016 - University of Toronto, FAS Master’s Recruitment Award ($5,000)
2015 - University of Regina, Academic Silver Prize
2015 - *University of Regina, International Experience Travel Fund Scholarship ($1,000)

Note: Asterisk (*) denotes an application-based award.

Peer-reviewed Journal Article

Matthews-Hunter, K (2021). Purpose-built rental housing and household formation among young adults in Canadian cities, 1991-2016. Housing Studies, 36 (10), 1566-1599. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2020.1784396

Other Publications

Smetanin, P., Stiff, D., Barake, E., Evenson, J., Liadsky, D., Matthews-Hunter, K., and Publications McDonough, A. (2019). Toronto housing market analysis: From insight to action. Toronto, ON: Canadian Centre for Economic Analysis and Canadian Urban Institute. https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ph/bgrd/backgroundfile-124480.pdf
Evenson, J., Cancelli, A., and Matthews-Hunter, K. (2018). What is the Missing Middle? A Toronto housing challenge demystified. Toronto, ON: Evergreen. https://canurb.org/wp-content/uploads/CUIPublication.What_is_the_Missing_Middle_Evergreen_CUI_s2.2018.pd_.pdf

Education

B.A. (University of Regina)

MSc.Pl. (University of Toronto)