Garrett Morgan

PhD Student, (he/him)

Campus

Fields of Study

Areas of Interest

Municipal Climate Action, Sustainability Transitions, Community Resilience, Environmental Justice, Managed Retreat, Global Health, Wellbeing, Social Practice Theory, Planning Theory

Working Dissertation

Supervisors

Dr. Blake Poland (co-supervisor)
Dr. John Robinson (co-supervisor)

Biography

I am a doctoral candidate in the Department of Geography and Planning at the University of Toronto where his dissertation research applies an intersectional perspective on environmental justice in exploring the climate action plans of the world's "most sustainable" cities. Outside of academia, I am an urban planner and sustainable development consultant with professional experience in the public, private, and non-profit sectors in rural, suburban, and urban environments in Canada and the US. I've worked primarily on issues of climate adaptation, housing, emergency management, multi-modal transportation, and environmental planning in declining cities and regions.

I currently serve as the Vice Chair, Board of Directors of the Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation (CERA), a leading not-for-profit organization committed to advancing the right to housing in Canada.

In the 2021-22 year, he taught/is teaching the following courses:
-GGR241: Geographies of Urban Social Exclusion
-JGU216: Globalization and Urbanization

Education

MScPl, University of Toronto
MSc, University of Edinburgh
BA, Vanderbilt University

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