CURRICULUM VITAE
LAURA C. JOHNSON Professor
School of Planning University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
e-mail: [email protected]
website: https://uwaterloo.ca/planning/people-profiles/laura-johnson
Tel: (519) 888-4567, ext. 36635
EDUCATION
PhD Sociology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
MA Sociology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
BA Sociology-Anthropology, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION
MCIP RPP Canadian Institute of Planners, 1998
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Social planning, housing, employment and family, social research methods
RELATED EXPERIENCE
1997 - present Professor, School of Planning, University of Waterloo
2009 –2013 Visiting Scholar, Cities Centre, University of Toronto
1992 - present Principal, Laura C. Johnson Associates, Inc. (social policy research
consulting), Toronto and Waterloo, Ontario
1992 - 2013 Adjunct Professor (status only), Centre for Urban and Community
Studies/Cities Centre, University of Toronto
1988 - 1992 Research Director, Policy Research Centre on Children, Youth and
Families, Toronto (organization since disbanded)
1983 - present Associate Member of Graduate Faculty (status only), University of
Toronto
1975-1989 Program Director, Research, Toronto Social Planning Council
1974-1975 Lecturer, Division of Social Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario
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1972-1974 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of
Toronto
AWARDS, HONOURS
2004 Juried Award, American Planning Association, National Women in
Planning Award (in honour of Diana Donald)
1993-1994 Expert in Residence, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Centre
for Future Studies in Housing and Living Environments (research based
in Toronto)
1982-1983 Senior Welfare Research Fellow, Health and Welfare Canada (research
based at the Department of Sociology, University of Toronto)
SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES
Research Contributions
Refereed Journal Publications (19)
Co-authored with current or former student (*)
19. *Hilbrecht, M., Shaw, S. Johnson, L.C. and Andrey, J. (2013) Remixing work, family
and leisure: Teleworkers’ experiences of everyday life. New Technology, Work
and Employment, 28 (2): 130-144.
18. *Leahy Laughlin, D. and Johnson, L.C. (2011) Defining and exploring public space:
Perspectives of young people from Regent Park, Toronto. Children’s Geographies. 9 (3-
4): 439-456.
17. *Hilbrecht, M., Shaw, S., Johnson, L.C. and Andrey, J. (2008) “I’m home for the kids:
Contradictory implications for work-life balance” Gender, Work and Organization. 15
(5):454-476.
16. *Schatz, L. and Johnson, L.C. (2007) Smart city north: Economic and labour force
impacts of call centres in Sudbury, Ontario. Work Organisation, Labour and
Globalisation. 1 (2): 116-130.
15. Johnson, L.C., Andrey, J., & Shaw, S. (2007). Mr. Dithers comes to dinner: Telework
and the merging of women’s home and work domains. Gender, Place and Culture 14 (2):
141-161.
14. *Charbonneau, P., L.C. Johnson & Andrey, J. (2006). Characteristics of university
student housing and implications for urban development in mid-sized cities. Canadian
Journal of Urban Research. 15 (2): 278-300.
13. *Moos, M., *Whitfield, J., Johnson, L.C. and Andrey, J. (2006) Does design matter?
The Ecological Footprint as a planning tool at the local level. Journal of Urban Design.
11 (2): 195-224.
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12. *Moos, M. Andrey, J., and Johnson, L.C. (2006). The sustainability of telework: An
Ecological Footprinting approach. Sustainability: Science and Policy. 2(1): 3-14.
11. Shaw, S., Andrey, J. and Johnson, L.C. (2003). The struggle for life balance: Work,
family, and leisure in the lives of women teleworkers. World Leisure Journal. 45(4): 15-
29.
10. Johnson, L.C. (2003). From hybrid housing to cybrid neighborhoods: Case studies of
five decentralized tele-workspaces. Journal of Architectural and Planning Research.
20(2): 136-152.
9. Johnson, L.C. (2003). Patchwork quilt or seamless day? Parent, teacher and child care
staff views on early childhood education programs in Canada. Early Education and
Development. 14(2): 215-232.
8. Johnson, L.C. (2001). The community/privacy trade-off in supportive housing for
psychiatric survivors: Consumer preferences. Canadian Journal of Community Mental
Health. 20(1): 123-133.
7. Johnson, L.C. and *Ruddock, A. (2000b). Supporting women’s employment through
housing: Case studies of Canadian initiatives. Open House International. Special issue on
housing and gender, 25 (4): 64-75.
6. Johnson, L.C. (1999). Bringing work home: Developing a model residentially-based
telework facility Canadian Journal of Urban Research. 8(2): 119-142.
5. Johnson, L. C. and Mathien, J. (1999). Early childhood education services for
kindergarten-age children in four Canadian provinces: Scope, nature, and models for the
future. Canadian Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education. 7: 369-380.
4. Abramovitch, R. and Johnson, L.C. (1992). Children’s perceptions of parental work.
Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science. 24(3): 319-332.
3. Johnson, L.C. (1980). Day care in Canada in the seventies: Women and children last.
Canadian Women’s Studies. 3: 51-52.
2. Johnson, L.C. (1978). Allocation of childcare in two-parent, two-job households: A
research note. Canadian Women’s Studies. 1(2): 30-31.
1. Johnson, L.C. and Chapman, C.A. (1977). The social dynamics of childbirth. Atlantis.
3(1):168-180.
Articles and extended abstracts in Refereed Conference Proceedings (5)
5. Johnson, L.C. (2010) Residents’ experience of displacement, relocation, and
resettlement during public housing redevelopment in Canada. European Network of
Housing Research. Istanbul, Turkey.
4. Shaw, S.M., Andrey, J. and Johnson, L.C. (2003). The struggle for balance: Is telework
the solution? Proceedings of the National Recreation and Parks Association Leisure
Research Symposium, St. Louis, MO, October, p. 81.
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3. Doherty, S., Andrey, J. and Johnson, L.C. (2000). The economic and social impacts of
telework. Telework and The New Workplace of the 21st Century. Washington, DC: US
Department of Labor, October 16, 73-97.
2. Andrey, J., Johnson, L.C., Shaw, S. (2000). Teleworkers’ physical activity spaces:
Implications for work-life integration. 17th Conference of the International Association
for People-Environment Studies (IAPS): Culture, Quality of Life and Globalization. La
Coruna, Spain, July 23-27, 884-885.
1. Johnson, L.C. (1981). Planning the day care home environment for young children. In
A. E. Osterberg, C.P. Tiernan and R.A. Findlay (eds.) Design Research Interactions:
Proceedings of EDRA 12 Conference, Environmental Design Research Association,
Ames, Iowa, 294-300.
Books, Authored (3)
4. Johnson, L.C. and R. E. Johnson. Regent Park Redux: Reinventing Public
Housing in Canada. Forthcoming, UK: Routledge, 2016.3. Johnson, L.C. (2003).
The Co-Workplace: Teleworking in the Neighbourhood. Vancouver, BC: UBC Press).
2. Johnson, L.C. with Johnson, R.E. (1982). The Seam Allowance: Industrial Home
Sewing in Canada. Toronto: The Women’s Press.
1. Johnson, L.C. and Dineen, J. (1981). The Kin Trade: The Day Care Crisis in Canada.
Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson.
Refereed Monographs (1)
Co-authored with student (*)
1. Johnson, L.C. and *Ruddock, A. (2000a). Building capacity: Enhancing women’s
economic participation through housing. Ottawa: Status of Women Canada.
Other Refereed Publications (1)
1. Johnson, L.C. & *Swanton, S. (2014). Social Housing. In A. C. Michalos (Ed.),
Encyclopedia of quality of life and well-being research. Retrieved from
http://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_3337
Books, Edited (2)
2. Barnhorst, R. and Johnson, L.C. (1991). The State of the Child in Ontario. Toronto:
Oxford University Press.
1. Johnson, L.C. and Barnhorst, R. (1991). Children, Families and Public Policy in the 90s.
Toronto: Thompson Educational Publishing.
Chapters in Books (10)
10. Johnson, L.C. “We call Regent Park home: Tenant perspectives on redevelopment
of their Toronto public housing community” In Ren Thomas (ed.) Planning
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Canada: A Case Study Approach. Toronto: Oxford University Press Canada,
2016.
9. Leahy Laughlin, D. and Johnson, L.C. (2013). Defining and exploring public space:
Perspectives of young people from Regent Park, Toronto. Ch. 12 in Ruth Evans and
Lousie Holt (eds.) Diverse Spaces of Childhood and Youth. UK: Routledge. (Reprinted
from Children’s Geographies, special issue, 2011, 9 (3-4): 439-456.
8. Andrey, J. and Johnson, L.C. (2010). Being Home: Family spatialities of
teleworking households, pp. 68-87 in Bonnie Hallman (ed), Family Geographies:
The Spatiality of Families and Family Life, Toronto, ON: Oxford University Press
Canada.
7. Johnson, L.C. and Galaway, B. (1993). Social support needs of single parent families:
Policy implications and research agenda. In J. Hudson and B. Galaway (eds.) The Single
Parent Family, Toronto: Thompson Educational Publishing, Inc.: 271-276.
6. Krahn, H., Mosher, C. and Johnson, L.C. (1993). Conducting panel studies on the
transition from school to work. In P. Anisef and P. Axelrod (eds.) Transitions. Toronto:
Thompson Educational Publishing: 169-187.
5. Johnson, L.C. and Abramovitch, R. (1988). Paternal unemployment and family life. In
A. Pence (ed.) Ecological Research with Children and Families: From Concepts to
Methodology. New York: Teachers College Press, Columbia University: 49-75.
4. Johnson, L.C. (1987). Developmental implications of home environment. In C.S.
Weinstein and T.G. David (eds.) Spaces for Children: The Built Environment and Child
Development. New York: Plenum Press: 139-157.
3. Johnson, L.C. (1983). Down in the day-care marketplace. In P. Schom-Moffatt and C.
Telfer (eds.) The Women’s Workbook. Toronto: Between the Lines: 45-47.
2. Johnson, L.C. (1978). Childcare as a cottage industry. In K. Gallagher Ross (ed.) Good
Day Care. Toronto: Women’s Press:119-126.
1. Lightman, E.S. and Johnson, L.C. (1978). The childcare needs of parents in
Metropolitan Toronto. In K. Gallagher Ross (ed.) Good Day Care. Toronto: The
Women’s Press: 39-50.
Articles in non-refereed publications (10)
10. *Schatz, L. and Johnson, L.C. (2009). Call centres as a downtown revitalization strategy
in Sudbury, Ontario. Plan Canada. 49 (3): 31-34.
9. Hare, M. and Johnson, L.C. (1999). Alternatives to working from home. Women and
Environments International Magazine. 46-47: 31-32.
8. Johnson, L.C. (1994). Le travail à la maison (Work at home). Relations. 601: 137-138.
(June).
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7. Johnson, L.C. (1993). Life beyond the white picket fence: Housing for families. Cross
Sections 1: 4-9 and 20-24 (Fall).
6. Johnson, L.C. (1990). The new extended family: patterns of youth employment and
family configuration in three Canadian cities. In M. Pijl (ed.) Changing Patterns of
Work. The Hague: Programmeringscollege Onderzoek Maatschappelijke Dienstverlening
(PCMD): 48-64.
5. Johnson, L.C. and Abramovitch, R. (1988). Rush hours: How some parents cope with
work and child care. Women and Environments.10(2):18. Based on article by L.C.
Johnson and R. Abramovitch (1987). Rush hours: A new look at parental employment
patterns. Social Infopac. 6(4), Toronto: Social Planning Council, 4pp.
4. Johnson, L.C. and Abramovitch, R. (1987). Breadwinners at home: Jobless fathers cope
with new roles. Perception. 10 (3): 21-22.
3. Johnson, L.C. (1985). Parents in the workplace: Alternative work arrangements. Social
Infopac. 4(5). Toronto: Social Planning Council, 4pp.
2. Johnson, L.C. (1984). Measuring day care need: The numbers game. Social Infopac. 3 (3)
Toronto: Social Planning Council, 4pp.
1. Johnson, L.C. (1979). The homeworkers: An invisible, highly exploited segment of the
female labour force. Perception. 3(1): 32-34.
Conference and workshop papers
Co-authored with student (*)
Johnson, L.C. (2015). Getting it right on the second try? Phase 1 tenants’ views on the
redevelopment of Toronto’s Regent Park public housing. Working paper presented to
SSHRC-funded academic workshop, Future of Public Housing, University of British
Columbia, May 20-23, Vancouver, BC.
*Tehara, Navroop Singh and Johnson, L.C. (2015). Tenants' Right of Return: Early
Experience from Toronto's Regent Park Public Housing Redevelopment Paper presented
to Association of American Geographers (AAG) annual conference, Chicago, April 21.
Johnson, L.C. and Johnson, R.E. (2014). Renewing renewal: Changing strategies of
urban planning and subsidized housing in Toronto’s Regent Park, 1947-2014. Paper
presented to 39th Annual Meeting, Social Science History Association, Toronto,
November 8.
Johnson, L.C. (2012). Our right to the city: Displaced public housing tenants opt to
return to their redeveloped downtown community. Paper presented to the 53rd annual
conference Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP). Cincinnati, Ohio,
Nov. 1-4.
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Johnson, L.C. (2012). Whose right of return? Displaced public housing tenants’ experiences in
Toronto’s Regent Park redevelopment. Paper presentation to the annual meeting of Association of
American Geographers (AAG) New York City, February 24.
Johnson, L.C. (2010). Residents’ experience of displacement, relocation, and
resettlement during public housing redevelopment in Canada. Paper presented at
European Network of Housing Research. Istanbul, Turkey, July 3-7.
*Leahy Laughlin , D. and Johnson, L.C. (2009). Defining and exploring public space:
Young people’s perspectives from Regent Park, Toronto. Paper presented to the 2nd
International Conference on Children’s Geographies, Universitat Autònoma de
Barcelona, Spain, July 16-18
Johnson, L.C. (2009). “This is what home seems to me”: Public housing residents’ experiences
with dislocation and resettlement. Paper presented at the 50th Anniversary Association of
Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) conference, Crystal City Virginia, October 1-4.
Shaw, S. M., *Hilbrecht, M. , Johnson, L.C. and Andrey, J. (2009). Parenting practices and
flexible schedules: the everyday lives of teleworking mothers and fathers. Presentation to
conference: Whose Flexibility? Families, Firms, Governments and Conflicting Agendas. Centre
for Families, Work, and Well-Being, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, October 30.
Shaw, S.M., *Hilbrecht, M., Johnson, L.C. and Andrey, J. (2009). Remixing work, family and
leisure: Experiences and meanings of telework. Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the
Canadian Sociological Association, May 26-29, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON.
Johnson, L.C. and *Schippling, R. (2007). Regent Redux: Gentrification or Revitalization?
Paper presented at 48th Annual Conference, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
(ACSP), Milwaukee, WI, Oct 18-21.
Gurstein, P., Johnson, L.C., *Tate, L., *Hallenbeck, J. and *Schatz, L. (2007) Global work/Local
lives: Multimedia in creating a public dialogue. Paper presented at the 48th annual conference,
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), Milwaukee, WI, Oct.18-21.
Andrey, J., Johnson, L.C. and *Cochrane, S. (2007). At work at home: Spatial and social
impacts of home-based telework. Paper presented at Royal Societies Conference: Rooms of their
own. University of Alberta, Edmonton, May 2-4.
Johnson, L.C. and *Schatz, L. (2004). Smart City North: Plan for study of e-Work cluster in an
Ontario city. Rockefeller Foundation International Team Meeting, Invitational conference of
research team of SSHRC INE-funded, UBC-based EMERGENCE project, Mapping the global
dimensions of telemediated employment relocation, Bellagio Center, Italy, Dec.8-14.
*Schatz, L. and Johnson, L.C. (2005). Pink collar work in a blue collar town: Economic and
labour force impacts of call centres in Sudbury, Ontario. Paper presented at 45th annual
conference, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), Kansas City, Missouri, Oct.
29.
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Shaw, S., Andrey, J. and Johnson, L.C. (2003). The struggle for life balance: Is telework a
solution? Paper presented at National Recreation and Park Association’s Leisure Research
Symposium, St. Louis, MO, Oct. 22-25.
Andrey, J., Johnson, L.C. and Shaw, S. (2003). Time and space: Women’s experiences with
home-based telework. Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, University of
Victoria, May 27-June 1.
Johnson, L.C., Andrey, J. and Shaw, S. (2002). The new company town: A case study of spatial
and temporal impacts of home-based telework. Paper presented to 44th Annual Conference
American Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), Baltimore, Maryland, Nov. 22.
Andrey, J., Johnson, L.C. and Shaw, S. (2002). Teleworkers’ physical activity spaces:
Implications for work-wife integration. Paper and poster presentation to 17th conference of the
International Association for People-Environment Studies (IAPS). La Coruna, Spain, July 26.
Johnson, L.C. and Mathien, J. (1998). Early childhood services for kindergarten-age children.
Annual Conference National Association for the Education of Young Children. Toronto,
November 19.
Johnson, L.C. and Mathien, J. (1998). Early years project. European Network for School Age
Childcare. Edinburgh, Scotland, October 2.
Johnson, L.C. (1998). Bringing work home: Developing a model residentially-based telework
facility. 14th World Congress of the International Sociological Association, Research Committee
43: Housing and the Built Environment. Montreal, July 28.
Hare, M. and Johnson, L.C. (1997). Exploring alternatives to the home based work environment:
Women Plan Toronto’s proposed common work place community. A case history for the
Humane Village Conference, International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSD 97),
Toronto, Design Exchange, August 24-27.
Johnson, L.C. (1997). The community-based telework centre: A feasibility study. Presented to a
session on Telecommunications Technology, Gender and Development. Canadian Law and
Society Association, Annual Meeting (with Society for Socialist Studies). Memorial University,
St. John’s, Newfoundland, June 7.
Johnson, L.C. and Mummé, J. (1993). Policy initiatives for housing Canadian families at higher
densities. Paper presented at 6th Biennial Conference on Social Welfare Policy, St. John’s
Newfoundland, June 28.
Johnson, L.C., *Chalmers, C. and *Twombly, D. (1991). School and work experiences of male
and female engineering graduates. Johnson was principal researcher, Twombly and Chalmers
provided research assistance. Annual Meeting, Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association,
Queen’s University, Kingston, June 2.
Johnson, L.C. (1989). The new extended family: Patterns of youth employment and family
configuration in three Canadian cities. Fifteenth European Symposium on Social Welfare,
International Council on Social Welfare, The Hague, The Netherlands, July 4.
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Johnson, L.C. and Abramovitch, R. (1989). The relations between employment and parenting: A
survey of urban Canadian families with young, school-age children. Presented at the Biennial
Meeting, Society for Research in Child Development, Kansas City, Missouri, April 30.
Johnson, L.C. and Sullivan, T. (1988). Youth and Employment: results of a Longitudinal
Survey. Tenth International Symposium, International Federation of Social Workers, Stockholm,
July 26.
Johnson, L.C. and Abramovitch, R. (1986). Parental unemployment and family life. Presentation
to a SSHRC-funded research symposium on Ecological Approaches to the Study of Children and
Families, University of Victoria, March 18-22.
Johnson, L.C. and Abramovitch, R. (1985). The social impact of paternal unemployment.
Presented at the Annual Meeting, Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association, Montreal,
May 29.
Johnson, L.C. (1985). The captive labour force: Homework by immigrant women in Toronto.
Presented at conference on Immigration and Ethnicity inn Ontario: An exploration of women’s
History. University of Toronto and Multicultural History Society of Ontario. May 8-10.
Johnson, L.C. and Johnson, R.E. (1984). The fall and rise of industrial homework: Historical
perspectives on a contemporary dilemma. Presented at the Sixth Berkshire Conference on the
History of Women. Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, June 1.
Johnson, L.C. (1981). Planning the day care home environment for young children. Presented at
the Annual Meeting of the Environmental Design Research Association, Ames, Iowa, April 3.
Johnson, L.C. (1977). A wage for housework: A case study of family day care work as an
occupational role. Presented to Annual Meeting of the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology
Association, Fredericton, New Brunswick, June 12.
Research Reports
Johnson, L.C. with *Schippling, R. (2009). Regent Park Revitalization: Young people’s
Experience of Relocation from Public Housing Redevelopment. Ottawa, Ontario: Canada
Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Includes DVD of 30 minute video: Growing Up Regent.
Davis, C., Flett, D., Johnson, L.C., Gosselin, L., Holmes, L. and Gerrits, E. (2000). Supportive
housing for seniors. Prepared for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) by Social
Data Research, Ltd. Ottawa: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
Johnson, L.C. and Mathien, J. (1998). Early childhood services for kindergarten-age children in
four Canadian provinces. Ottawa: Caledon Institute of Social Policy. September.
Johnson, L.C. (1998). Housing and Community: A Review of Literature. Background paper
commissioned by Fannie Mae Foundation for the Tri-Country Conference on Housing.
Washington, D.C. October.
Johnson, L.C. (1997). Beyond the Home Office: An Exploratory Study of the Residentially-
based, Shared Telework Centre. Ottawa: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (July).
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Johnson, L.C. (1997). The Community/Privacy Trade-off in Supportive Housing: A Qualitative
Study of Consumer Preferences. Ottawa: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. March.
Johnson, L.C. (1995). Housing the new family: Reinventing housing for families. Centre for
Future Studies in Housing and Living Environments, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.
Ottawa: CMHC. Published as full research report (133pp.) and research summary (46pp.).
Johnson, L.C. (1995). Changing Families, Changing Workplaces. Ottawa: Human Resources
Development Canada.
Johnson, L.C., Hierlihy, D. and Muirhead, B. (1995). Physical environment as a determinant of
the health and well being of children and youth: Review of literature. Background paper prepared
for the Premier’s Council on Health, Well-being and Social Justice, Toronto, Ontario.
Anisef, P.and Johnson, L.C. (1993). The young adult learner: Fifteen- to eighteen-year-old
students in the Ontario English-language school system. Ontario Ministry of Education and
Training. Toronto: Queen’s Printer.
Armstrong, P. and Johnson, L.C. (1991). Families at play: Future outlooks for recreation from a
family-related perspective. Toronto: Child Youth and Family Policy Research Centre. Report
submitted to Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Recreation. June.
Johnson, L.C. and *Yzerman, M. (1988). Putting the pieces together: An inventory of work and
family resources. Toronto: Social Planning Council. August.
Johnson, L.C. (1986). Youth and Employment: Baseline report on young people’s work
experience and attitudes. Toronto: Social Planning Council. October.
Johnson, L.C. and Abramovitch, R. (1986). Between jobs: Paternal unemployment and family
life. Toronto: Social Planning Council. June.
Robson, B., Johnson, L.C., Homatidis, G. and Orlando, F. (1986). The Toronto family study:
Effects of ethnicity and marital status on Canadian-born, Greek-born and Italian-born mothers
and their children in Metropolitan Toronto. Research co-sponsored by C.M. Hincks Treatment
Centre, University of Toronto, and Toronto Board of Education, funded by SSHRC Strategic
grant.
Johnson, L.C. (1986). Working families: Workplace supports for families. Toronto: Social
Planning Council. February.
Johnson, L.C. and Abramovitch, R. 1985. Unemployed fathers: Parenting in a changing labour
market. Toronto: Social Planning Council January.
Johnson, L.C. and McCormick, N. (1984). Day care in Canada: A background paper. Ottawa:
Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women. August.
Johnson, L.C. and *Ho, A. (1982). Home sweat home: Regulation of Industrial homework in
Ontario. Toronto: Social Planning Council. April.
Johnson, L.C. and Reitz, J.G. (1981). Youth unemployment in Metropolitan Toronto. Toronto:
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Social Planning Council. September.
Friendly, M. and Johnson, L.C. (1981). Perspectives on work-related day care. Child in the City
Report no. 11. Background paper prepared for conference on work-related day care. Toronto:
University of Toronto Centre for Urban and Community Studies. April.
Johnson, L.C., Shack, J. and Oster, K. (1980). Out of the cellar and into the parlour: Guidelines
for the adaptation of residential spaces for young children. Ottawa: Children’s Environments
Advisory Service, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Research Project 9. June.
Johnson, L.C. (1978). Taking Care: A report of the Project Child Care survey of caregivers.
Toronto: Social Planning Council. April.
Johnson, L.C. (1978). The search for childcare. Toronto: Social Planning Council. January.
(18pp. and appendix).
Johnson, L.C. (1977). Who Cares? A report of the Project Child Care survey of parents. Toronto:
Social Planning Council. November.
Invited addresses, posters, conference and workshop presentations, and expert testimony
Presentation with/by student (*)
Johnson, L.C. and *Fernandes, S. (2013). Community presentation to public meeting at TD
Centre of Learning Toronto, “Ask a Professor” series: Oct.23, 2013, about our ongoing research
in the Regent Park community.
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Johnson, L.C. (2004). The Co-Workplace: Teleworking in the Neighbourhood. Luncheon
Speaker, University of Waterloo Centre for Business Entrepreneurship and Technology (CBET).
February 26.
*Yessis, J., Andrey, J. and Johnson, L.C. (2002). Attitudes toward automobile idling: Survey
results. Poster presentation to 93rd Annual Conference Canadian Public Health Association.
Yellowknife, NWT. July 9. (Awarded first prize for the day’s presentations.)
Johnson, L.C., Andrey, J. and Shaw, S. (2002). Telework: A case study of remote work
arrangements. Presentation to Canadian Institute of Planners’ (CIP) conference, Vancouver, BC,
May 27.
*Mortimer, K., Andrey, J. and Johnson, L.C. (2002). The impacts of telework on household
travel patterns. Presentation to the Conference on Time Pressure, Work-Family Interface, and
Parent-Child Relationships: Social and Health Implications of Time Use. University of Waterloo,
March 22.
Johnson, L.C., Andrey, J. and Doherty, S. (2001) Women’s work, telework and the delicate
balance. Poster presentation to 32nd Annual Meeting, Environmental Design Research
Association (EDRA), Edinburgh, Scotland, July 4.
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Andrey, J., Johnson, L.C. and Doherty, S. (2000). Understanding the transportation implications
of telework. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers. Brock University, St.
Catharines, Ontario, June 3.
Johnson, L.C., *Head, E. and *Lederer, J. (2000). Using the CATI lab: The Healthy
Communities survey. Presentation to University of Waterloo Survey Research Centre Speaker
Series, April 6.
Johnson, L.C. (1997). Workshop presentation. Jane Jacobs: Ideas That Matter Conference.
Women as designers, developers. Toronto, October 18.
Johnson, L.C. (1997). Ontario Professional Planners Institute Workshop on Gender Issues in
Planning. Presentation on telework centres, North York Central Library, Toronto, Ontario, May
28.
Johnson, L.C. (1996). Workshop Presentation: The Residentially-Based Telework Centre,
Women Plan Toronto. Toronto, January 22.
Johnson, L.C. (1994). Plenary Speaker: Reinventing family housing. Women Plan Toronto
Conference, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto, October 15.
Johnson, L.C. (1994). Workshop Presentation: Housing the New Family. Habitat 94,
International Federation of Housing and Planning World Congress and Canadian Institute of
Planners Annual Meeting, Edmonton, Alberta, September 20.
Johnson, L.C. (1994). Presentation: Work and family challenge: Directions for Public Policy.
The Conference Board of Canada, Work-Family Council. Ottawa, April 26.
Johnson, L.C. (1994). Workshop panelist and recorder, Families, housing and shelter, United
Nations Non-Governmental Organizations World Forum for International Year of the Family,
Valletta, Malta, November 30. North American delegate of Habitat International Coalition,
representing Rooftops Canada.
Johnson, L.C. (1994). Panelist: Sustainable communities and non-profit housing. Housing
Development Resource Centre, Annual General Meeting. Toronto. November 23.
Johnson, L.C. (1993). Conference Presentation, Re-Thinking family housing, address to the
CMHC National Housing Research Committee, Ottawa, November 2.
Johnson, L.C. (1993). Workshop speaker, Keeping families downtown: Results from the family-
oriented housing survey. Canadian Housing and Renewal Association Annual Congress, Cities
Alive! Toronto, June 10.
Johnson, L.C. (1992). Workshop facilitator, Conference on Homeworking, Co-sponsored by
International Ladies Garment Workers Union, Public Service Alliance of Canada, York
University Centre for Research on Work and Society, and Coalition for Fair Wages and Working
Conditions for Homeworkers, Toronto, November 14.
Johnson, L.C. (1991). Workshop presentation, State of the child in Ontario, Annual Meeting,
Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Assn., Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, June 3.
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Johnson, L.C. (1991). Invited participant, National consultation on youth issues, Youth Affairs
Branch, Employment and Immigration Canada, Corner Brook, Newfoundland, December 10-12.
Johnson, L.C. (1989). Panel presentation, Child care in Canada: Current issues. Office and
Professional Employees International Union, International convention, Miami, Florida, June 11.
Johnson, L.C. (1988). Workshop presentation, Parental employment and family life. Conference
on Work and Family: New partnerships. Toronto, Ryerson University and Ontario Ministry of
Community and Social Services. November 30.
Johnson, L.C., Lowe, G., Krahn, H., Hartnagel, H.T., Lewko, J. and Tanner, J. (1988).
Workshop presentation on Canadian youth employment study. Joint presentation by co-directors
of SSHRC-funded survey. Annual Meeting, Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association,
University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, June 5-7.
Johnson, L.C. and Abramovitch, R. (1988). Workshop presentation: The relations between
employment and parenting and panelist on Policy issues at the boundaries of paid work:
Homeworking. University of Toronto Centre for Urban and Community Studies Workshop on
Women and Community Structure. Toronto, April 20.
Johnson, L.C. (1988). Participant, Invitational Symposium on Workplace Research on the
Family. The Conference Board, Arden House, Harriman, New York, March 23-25.
Johnson, L.C. (1987). Invited workshop presenter: Childcare and the home environment.
Conference on the Child and the Environment. Bronxville, New York, Sarah Lawrence College,
April 4.
Johnson, L.C. (1986). Expert witness. Parliamentary Special Committee on Child Care, Ottawa.
June 11.
Johnson, L.C. (1985). Invited workshop presenter, Computer work-at-home. Science Council of
Canada Workshop on Technology and Women’s Employment: New Directions for Research and
Policy. Ottawa, May 6-7.
Johnson, L.C. (1985). Keynote speaker, Childcare and the quality of family life. Western
Association of Sociology and Anthropology, Annual Conference. February 14.
Johnson, L.C. (1984). Invited expert witness on impact of office automation and electronic
homework on clerical workers. Subcommittee on Labor Standards, U.S. House of
Representatives, Washington, D.C. (Written submission).
Johnson, L.C. (1983). Invited participant, National Executive Forum on Office Workstations in
the Home. Washington, DC, National Academy of Sciences, November 9-10.
Johnson, L.C. (1983). Keynote speaker, Moving toward quality childcare. Manitoba Childcare
Association, Annual Meeting, Winnipeg, October 15.
Johnson, L.C. (1982). Workshop speaker, Potential and problems of office homework,
International conference on office work and new technology, Working Women Education Fund,
Boston, Mass. October 28.
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Johnson, L.C. (1982). Workshop presentation, Second Canadian Conference on Day Care,
Canadian Council on Social Development and Health and Welfare Canada, Winnipeg, Sept. 23.
Johnson, L.C. (1982). Guest speaker, British Columbia Day Care Coalition. The real system of
day care in Canada. Vancouver, BC, May 12.
FUNDING
2014-2016 Principal Investigator, UW/SSHRC grant, Social mix in public housing
redevelopment, $16,000.
2008-2013 Principal Investigator, SSHRC standard research grant, Public housing
revitalization: Regent Park tenants’ experience of displacement, relocation and
resettlement, $94,230. Collaborator: J. Dunn, Dept. of Geography, University of
Toronto and St. Michael’s Hospital Centre for Research on Inner City Health.
2013-2016 Co-Investigator, SSHRC Partnership Development Grant, Sejal Patel Principal
Investigator, Ryerson University. Co-Investigators: J. Dunn, Dept. of Geography,
McMaster, University; P. O’Campo, Centre for Research on Inner City Health,
St. Michael’s Hospital and University of Toronto; C. Corter, University of
Toronto; J. Pelletier, University of Toronto; M. Yao, Toronto District School
Board; l. Mcleod, City of Toronto, $75,000.
2007-2008 Principal Investigator, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
External Research Program grant, Regent Park Revitalization: Young People’s
Experience of Relocation from Public Housing Redevelopment, $25,000.
2006-2007 UW/SSHRC grant, Impacts of redevelopment on public housing residents,
$5,000.
2003-2006 Co-Investigator (Principal Investigator P. Gurstein, University of British
Columbia) Canadian EMERGENCE: A Study of Employment Relocation in the
Global Economy, multi-year, international research funded by Social Sciences
and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Initiatives on the New Economy
(INE).
2003-2004 UW/SSHRC grant re: Law Commission of Canada Virtual Scholar in Residence
Application. $5000.
2004-2006 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Community-
University Research Alliance (CURA) completion grant, $377,000 for two years.
Planning the Mid-Sized City. L.C. Johnson Co-Investigator with T. Bunting, P.
Deadman, S. Murphy, P. Filion, M. Seasons and R. Shipley.
2001-2004 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Community-
University Research Alliance (CURA) L.C. Johnson Co-Principal investigator
with E. Haldenby. $600,000 for three years. Planning the Mid-Sized City. Project
of UW Faculty of Environmental Studies and community partner organizations.
Co-investigators: T. Bunting, P. Deadman, S. Murphy, P. Filion, M. Seasons and
R. Shipley.
2001-2004 SSHRC standard research grant. $76,500 for three years, L.C. Johnson Principal
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Investigator with Co-investigators J. Andrey and S. Shaw. Social and community
impacts of telework.
2000 SSHRC CURA stage 1: letter of intent $5,000. Planning the mid-sized city:
Center for core area research and design, L.C. Johnson co-director with E.
Haldenby, co-investigators T. Bunting, P. Deadman, S. Murphy, P. Filion and M.
Seasons.
2000 UW Interdisciplinary grant. $17,895. J. Andrey Principal Investigator, L.C.
Johnson and S. Shaw, Co-investigators. Leisure in the context of flexible work.
2000 UW/SSHRC $4,917. Assessing the ecological footprint of ecovillages, L.C.
Johnson (with MA student J. Whitfield).
2000 UW/SSHRC $5,000. Social and community impacts of telework, L.C. Johnson,
principal investigator, with co-investigator J. Andrey.
1999 UW/SSHRC Incentive Grant, $9,602.
1999 UW/SSHRC RA $6,140.
1998 UW Travel $765.
1998 UW Teaching Resources and Continuing Education (TRACE) grants (2) total:
$1100.
1998 UW/SSHRC RA, $6,743.
1998 UW/SSHRC Research/travel $1,994.
1998 Fannie Mae Foundation, $5,000 US.
1998 Status of Women Canada/Canadian Housing and Renewal Association (CHRA)
research grant administered by UW, $34,400.
1996 Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) External Research Grant,
$19,885.
1996 Affordability and Choice Today (ACT) (to Women Plan Toronto) $10,000.
ACT grant to Women Plan Toronto for project with L.C. Johnson as research
consultant. ACT sponsors: Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Canadian
Home Builders' Association, Canadian Housing and Renewal Association and
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
1995 Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) External Research Grant,
$19,960.
1994 University of Toronto /SSHRC incentive grant $3,333.
1993-94 Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Expert in Residence
$115,000 (total includes $42,000 survey research budget.)
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1992 Co-operative Housing Association of Ontario, $12,700. Grant to develop
research on family-oriented housing.
1985-89 Ontario Women’s Directorate, various grants to L.C. Johnson for research at
Toronto Social Planning Council: 1987-89, Work and family life among single-
parent families ($8,000); 1987-88, and 1985 Workplace supports for families,
($5,000); and ($15,000).
1986-88 SSHRC Strategic Grant, Paternal Unemployment: A longitudinal study of effects
on family life, $69,857 (L.C. Johnson Co-Principal Investigator with R.
Abramovitch, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto).
1986-1988 SSHRC Grant, A longitudinal study of youth employment, underemployment
and unemployment in three Canadian cities, $145,549 (with Principal
Investigator T. Hartnagel, H. Krahn, and Co-Investigators G. Lowe, Department
of Sociology and Population Research Laboratory, University of Alberta, and J.
Lewko, Centre for Human Development, Laurentian University).
1984-85 SSHRC Strategic Grant. Stresses and supports for parenting: Pilot study.
$15,000. (with R. Abramovitch, Department of Psychology, University of
Toronto).
1982-83 Health and Welfare Canada, Senior Welfare Research Fellowship, $37,000.
1982-83 SSHRC Strategic Grant, Stresses and supports for parenting, seed money,
$4,100. (with R. Abramovitch, Department of Psychology, University of
Toronto).
1982-83 Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) External Research Grant.
Environmental design implications of work-at-home. $3,448. (with J. Shack,
Faculty of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of Toronto).
1981 Law Foundation of Ontario, Grant for research on homeworkers’ rights. $1,000.
1981 Ontario Arts Council Writer’s Grant $2,550. (with J. Shack).
1981 Labour Temple, Metropolitan Toronto. Grant for research on homeworkers.
$500.
1979-1980 Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women. Research Grant,
Homeworking, $2,000.
1967-69 Predoctoral Fellowship. US National Institute of Mental Health.
TEACHING : COURSES TAUGHT IN PAST FIVE YEARS
UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO, GRADUATE
Doctoral Research Forum (PLAN 801-802, 2010)
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Methods of Social Investigation for Planners (PLAN 625, 2010-present; online in Fall 2014)
Issues in Housing (PLAN 614, with PLAN 431, 2010-present)
Social Concepts in Planning (PLAN 623, with PLAN 433 2010)
Teamwork Strategies (non-credit milestone workshop course; co-taught M. Seasons, R. Shipley,
2010-2013)
UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO, UNDERGRADUATE
People and Plans (PLAN 233, 2011, 2013, 2014)
Neighbourhood and Community Planning (PLAN 333, 2014)
Social Concepts in Planning (PLAN 433, 2010)
GRADUATE SUPERVISION
COMPLETED
Name Degree Role Topic date
Schatz, L. PhD Supervisor Planning for population decline: Case
studies of two shrinking cities
2010
Laughlin Leahy, D. PhD Supervisor Young people’s understandings of
public space in Regent Park
2008
Swanton, S. MA Supervisor Single person households and housing
affordability
2011
Willcocks, C. MA Supervisor Urban intensification and family
housing
2011
Schippling, R. MA Supervisor Residents’ experience of public
housing redevelopment
2007
Gouldsborough, A. MAES Co-supervisor
P.Hall
Arts and community economic
development
2007
Sanderson, M. MA Co-supervisor
M. Seasons
Planning barrier-free design 2007
Paske, J. MA Supervisor Perceptions of safety in urban core
areas
2005
Blackstock, G. MA Co-supervisor
R. Shipley
Housing communities designed for
single parents
2005
Roberts, J. MA Co-supervisor
T. Bunting
Sense of place in core area
revitalization
2003
Charbonneau, P. MA Supervisor University students and local housing
market
2002
Mortimer, K. MA Co-supervisor
J. Andrey
Telework as a transportation demand
mechanism
2002
Whitfield, J. MA Supervisor Resident-developed sustainable
housing
2002
Goodwin, D. MA Co-supervisor,
C. Mitchell
Live-work housing for artists 2001
Hoehn, J. MA Co-supervisor
T. Bunting
Deciphering the city/suburban choice 1999
Austin, J. MA Co-supervisor
T. Bunting
Community safety audit 1999
Fernandes, S. MA Supervisor Social mix and public space in 2014
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redeveloping housing community
Mohammadi, R. MA Supervisor Relocation of a bazaar in a heritage
district in Erbil city, Iraq: social and
planning implications
2014
Ogundele, A. MES Co-supervisor
R. Shipley
Evaluating slum housing upgrading in
Kenya
2014
Park, J.H. MA Supervisor Housing affordability in Mimico
redevelopment
2014
Tehara, N. A. MA Supervisor Tenants Right of Return in housing
redevelopment
2015
IN PROGRES S
Name Degree Role Topic
Davies, B. MA Co-Supervisor Resident attitudes toward living in Downtown
Kitchener
Rudkevitch, A. MA Co-Supervisor Cultural Tourism in Yellowknife
Accioly Gomes, V. MA Co-Supervisor Gentrification and social mix in Toronto
GRADUATE THESIS COMMITTEE MEMBER OR READER FOR THESIS OR
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATIONS, PAST FIVE YEARS
Name Degree Department Role Date
Suzanne Ainley PhD Recreation and
Leisure
Studies, AHS
Internal-External 2012
Alizadeh, Tooran PhD Faculty of
Architecture,
Design &
Planning
External, Univ. of
Sydney, Australia
2010
Kramer, A. PhD Planning Committee member 2013
Christidis, T. PhD Planning Committee member 2015
Kobaner, F. PhD Planning Committee member 2014
Kohli, P. MA Planning Committee member 2014
Andres, S. MA Planning Reader 2013
SENIOR HONOURS ESSAY SUPERVISION
Name Department Role Date Topic
Revital Weiss Planning Supervisor 2012 Social media and public
participation in planning
Glenis Canete Planning Supervisor 2009 Vancouver laneway housing
Phung Lam Geography Co-supervisor J.
Andrey
2008 Asian youth experiences with
Regent Park revitalization
Markus Moos ERS Co-supervisor J.
Andrey
2004 Sustainability of telework
Joyce Wilson Planning Supervisor 2001 Cooperative housing development
Dena Warman Planning Supervisor 1999 Community gardening, community
development
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SUPERVISED READING COURSE (PLAN 485)
Name Department Role Date Topic
Reneé Mak Planning Supervisor 2009 Topics in social research: Residents’
experience of displacement and
relocation in Regent Park
redevelopment
Bryan Sherwood Planning Supervisor 2007 Topics in social research: Youth and
Regent Park redevelopment
SUPERVISED READING COURSE (PLAN 675)
Hodgan Egeh Planning Supervisor 2012 Topics in social research: Immigrants
and public housing redevelopment
Sarah Cellini Planning Supervisor 2011 Topics in social research: Review of
Literature on social impacts of tenant
displacement from social housing
redevelopment
COLLEGIALITY AND SERVICE
1. Committees, Boards
a. University
Member, Teaching Excellence Council 2009-2012
Board Member, University of Waterloo Survey Research Centre 2005-2011
Faculty representative, Advisory Committee on Graduate Scholarships and Awards, 2009-present
Faculty Representative, University of Waterloo Human Research Ethics Committee, 2001 to
2006
Faculty of Environmental Studies Representative, Hagey Lecture Committee, 2002 to 2004
Member, University Interdisciplinary Grants Committee, Winter 1999 term (replacing committee
member on leave)
b. Faculty
Member, Environment, Teaching and Learning Committee, 2013-2014
Member, Faculty of Environmental Studies Tenure and Promotion Committee, 2007-2008
Department Representative, Planning Director Nominating Committee, 2007-2008
Board Member, University of Waterloo Community University Research Alliance (CURA)
project, 2001 to 2003
School of Planning Representative, Faculty Council, 1999-2002
c. School
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Member, Graduate Studies Committee, School of Planning, 2012-2014
Member, Graduate Entrance Committee, School of Planning, 1998-2001, 2005
Member, Graduate Scholarship Ranking Committee, School of Planning, 2003, 2005, 2008,
2013-2014
Member, School of Planning Tenure and Promotion Committee, 2006-2007, 2009-2010, 2011-13,
2014-2015
Member, School of Planning Advisory Committees on Faculty Appointments, 1999, 2001, and
2003-2006
2.Other University Service
Teaching Excellence Academy, University of Waterloo, April 25-27 and 30, 2007
3.Community, Professional Service
Adjudication Committee Member, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada,
Standard Research Grants Program. Committee #9: Geography, urban planning, environmental
studies, 2009, 2010 and 2011
Selection Committee Member, Canada Mortgage and Housing Studies Achievement Award,
Ottawa, June 13-15, 2007
Member, Regent Park Research Steering Committee, Regent Park Longitudinal Health Study,
Regent Park Health Centre, 2007-2013
Panel member, OGS academic panels, 2005-2007 competitions
Guest Editorial Committee Member, Women and Environments International Magazine, 30th
anniversary special issue, 70/71, Gender and Urban Sustainability, 2005
International Journal of Work Innovation, Member, Editorial Board, 2012-2015
Member, International review board, Journal of e-Working, 2007-2010
University of Waterloo representative, Housing Statement Advisory Committee, Regional
Municipality of Waterloo, 2002-2004
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Refereeing
Journals
Canadian Journal of Sociology
Canadian Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education
Gender, Work and Organization (UK)
Canadian Journal of Urban Research
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Canadian Planning and Policy -Aménagement et politique au Canada
Urban Affairs Review
Grant Applications
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Mitacs-Accelerate internship