Keir Matthews-Hunter

Research and Professional Interests

Land Use Planning, Real Estate, Housing, Public Policy

Honours and Awards

External 

• 2023 - *Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Doctoral Fellowship ($80,000) 
• 2023 - *Canadian Housing Evidence Collaborative (CHEC), Collaborative Housing Research Network 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 - University of Toronto, University of Toronto Fellowship (UTF) Top Up Award ($3,000) (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 
• *University of Regina, International Experience Travel Fund Scholarship ($1,000) 

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

Presentations

Conference Presentations

• 2020 - “Preserving What We Have: Insights on Rental Housing Demolition, Conversion, and Replacement in Toronto” (with Allison Smith). Presented virtually (during the COVID-19 pandemic) at the annual conference of the Ontario Professional Planners Institute, September 30, 2020. 
• 2018 - “The Macro Determinants and Geography of Household Formation Among Young Adults in Canadian Cities.” Presented at the Annual General Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 12, 2018.

Panel Discussions, by Invitation 

• 2023 - “Local Government Levers for Housing Affordability” (with Diana Gibson, Mark Holland, Karen Hoese, Vancouver City Councillor Christine Boyle, Saanich Councillor Zac de Vries, Edmonton City Councillor Ashley Salvador, and Halifax Deputy Mayor and City Councillor Sam Austin). Panel discussion presented by the Community Social Planning Council of Greater Victoria, July 25, 2023. 
• 2020 - “Toronto’s Youth Housing Crisis: Affordability During COVID-19 & Beyond” (with Nelsen Elsholtz, Da Chen, and Deqa Nur). Panel discussion presented by the University of Toronto, School of Cities, September 3, 2020.

Publications

• 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