Jessica Parish ( She/Her )
Assistant Professor — urban and local governance; gentrification; urban sustainability; environmental justice; housing; social reproduction; financialization; settler colonialism
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- BSc Hons in Political Science (杏吧原创 University)
- MA in Political Science (York University)
- PhD in Political Science (York University)
Jessica Parish is Assistant Professor in the School of Public Policy and Administration, where she teaches courses on local and urban governance and sustainability. Prior to this she was a Marie Curie International Fellow at the Center for Urban Research on Austerity (CURA) at De Montfort University, Leicester, England.
Jessica鈥檚 research and teaching interests include environmental gentrification, housing financialization, social and environmental justice, and feminist theories of social reproduction.
Jessica has also held research and policy positions at the Ontario Chiropractic Association and Lancaster House Publishing, and is past Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors at Toronto-based Federation of Metro Tenants鈥 Associations.
Honours
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- SPPA Student Society’s “Professor of the Year Award” (2026)
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- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Knowledge Synthesis Grant (PI) (2025)
- European Commission, Horizon 2020, Marie Sk艂odowska-Curie Actions (PI) (2022)
- German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Visiting Studentship at Goethe-Universit盲t in Frankfurt am Main (2011)
- SSHRC Doctoral Award (2009)
- SSHRC Masters Award (2006)
Publications
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- Parish, J. (2025). 鈥淩einventing Renting? ESG Investing and the New Landlordism of Build-to-Rent Housing. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 57(6), 739-56.
- Parish, J. & Hoogeveen, D. (2025). 鈥淕old is Not a Metaphor: Locating financialization and housing injustice in settler colonial property regimes in Canada鈥. International Journal of Housing Policy, 26(1), 123-44.
- Parish, J. (2023). Fiduciary Activism From Below: Green Gentrification, Pension Finance and the Possibility of Just Urban Futures. Urban Planning, 8(1).
- Kimari, W. & Parish, J. (2020). What is a river? A transnational meditation on the colonial city, abolition ecologies and the future of geography. Urban Geography, 41(5), 643鈥656.
- Parish, J. (2020). Re-wilding Parkdale? Environmental gentrification, settler colonialism, and the reconfiguration of nature in 21st century Toronto. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, 3(1), 263-286.
- Parish, J. (2019). Escaping the Global City? Gentrification, urban wellness industries, and the exotic-mundane. In Tourism and Everyday Life in the Contemporary City. T. Frisch, C. Sommer, L. Stolenberg & N. Stors, eds. London: Routledge, pp. 88-111
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- Brereton, C, Parish, J, Kopansky-Giles, D, Chopra, A, Murphy, B, Gleberzon, B, & Batte, S. (2025). 鈥淭he Ontario Chiropractic Association鈥檚 Evidence-Based Framework Advisory Council: Enhancing patient care through comprehensive integration of the pillars of evidence-based practice鈥 Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association, 69(3) pp. 224-37:
- Kopansky-Giles, D, Murray, J, Parish, J, Overton, R, Choppra, A, Harris, G, Shnier, A. (2025). 鈥淐onceptualizing clinical expertise in evidence-based practice: A narrative literature review with implications for clinical decision-making鈥 Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association, 69(3) pp. pp. 255-72:
- Brereton, C, Cancelliere, C, Choppra A, DeCiantis M, Emary P, Gleberzon B, Harris G, Overton R, Parish, J, Shnier, A (2025). 鈥淓nhancing evidence-based chiropractic practice: bridging the knowledge-to-action gap for the needs of community-based chiropractors鈥. Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association, 69(3) pp. 281-308:
- Murphy B, Emary P, DeCiantis M, Parish J, Srbley, J, Choppra A, Gleberzon B. (2025). 鈥淲hen there is little or no clinical research evidence: A decision tool鈥. Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association, 69(3) pp. 309-329:
SPPA News
Professor Jessica Parish has a new publication: Reinventing renting? ESG investing and the new landlordism of build-to-rent housing financialization.
SPPA Professor Jessica Parish has a new publication out in SAGE Journals:Reinventing renting? ESG investing and the new landlordism of build-to-rent housing financialization. The article …
Professor Jessica Parish joins The Urbanist to share insights on the Canal鈥檚 role in urban life and community connections.
Professor Jessica Parish joins The Urbanist to share insights on the Canal’s role in urban life and community connections. Skip to 2:40 to jump straight …