Victoria Fast, University of Calgary

Research

accessibility disability crowdsourcing mapping mobility access score data science cartography

Latest papers

Spatial Accessibility to Primary Healthcare Services by Multimodal Means of Travel: Synthesis and Case Study in the City of Calgary.
International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Computational Urban Accessibility: Understanding, Mapping, and Scoring Barriers in the Built Environment
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$41,874
Toward a more Accessible Canada: Benchmarking and Analyzing Accessibility in Small Towns
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Accessible Mobility: Getting Around in the Smart City
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$58,383

All 4 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Spatial Accessibility to Primary Healthcare Services by Multimodal Means of Travel: Synthesis and Case Study in the City of Calgary.

Kaur Khakh A, Fast V, Shahid R

International journal of environmental research and public health2019

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16020170 PMID: 30634454

Computational Urban Accessibility: Understanding, Mapping, and Scoring Barriers in the Built Environment

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Fast, Victoria V.

Keywords: accessibility; access score; data science; disability; cartography; comparison; crowdsourcing; equity; diversity and; inclusion (EDI); geographic information science; mapping; mobility; social justice; spatial data; urban analytics

$41,874

Toward a more Accessible Canada: Benchmarking and Analyzing Accessibility in Small Towns

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Fast, Victoria V.

Keywords: accessibility; disability; crowdsourcing; geographic information systems; mapping; mobility; rural; standards; urban; volunteered geographic information

$25,000

Accessible Mobility: Getting Around in the Smart City

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Fast, Victoria

Keywords: (1) geographic information systems; (2) accessibility analytics; (3) mobility; (4) smart city; (5) social justice; (6) open data; (7) volunteered geographic information; (8) spatial analysis; (9) internet and communication technologies; (10) transportation

$58,383

The social and environmental implications of smart cities: toward a global comparative research agenda

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Miller, Byron A.

Keywords: smart cities; social implications; environmental implications; comparative research; global; policy mobility; adaptation; culture; governance; social justice; sustainability; risk

$25,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: accessibility Dear Professor Fast, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Spatial Accessibility to Primary Healthcare Services by Multimodal Means of Travel: Synthesis and Case Study in the City of Calgary." (2019), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Computational Urban Accessibility: Understanding, Mapping, and Scoring Barriers in the Built Environment" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]