Jessica Parish

Jessica Parish is an 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. Her MSCA project, funded through the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program, investigated the role of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factor investing in the build-to-rent housing sector in the United Kingdom. Jessica’s research and teaching interests are interdisciplinary and focus on debates across gentrification studies, urban environmental justice, sustainable development, and feminist theories of social reproduction. In addition to her academic roles, Jessica has also held research and policy positions at the Ontario Chiropractic Association and Lancaster House Publishing, and she is a past Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors at the Toronto-based Federation of Metro Tenants’ Associations.