Yushu Zhu, Simon Fraser University

Research

housing inequality neoliberalism housing financialization Canada mixed-effects regression model COVID-19 housing vulnerability community housing

Latest papers

Gone with the weed: incidents of adolescent marijuana use in the United States, 1976-2021.
Annals of epidemiology · 2023
Housing and psychosocial well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Habitat international · 2023 · first author

All 2 publications

Latest funding

One-Twentieth of Canada: Authoritarian-Racist Mythology and Socio-Political Realities of Chinese Canadians
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$37,510
Des épistolières aux vilaines filles : construction d'un outil de référence sur les femmes qui écrivent au Québec
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$54,393
Championing Older Adults for Leadership in Environmental Sustainability and Climate Empowerment: The 'COALESCE' Project Phase I
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$124,955

All 7 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Gone with the weed: incidents of adolescent marijuana use in the United States, 1976-2021.

Gu J, Guo X, Liu X, Yuan Y, Zhu Y, Chen M, Zhou TY, Fu Q

Annals of epidemiology2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2023.10.002 PMID: 37839727

02

Housing and psychosocial well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Zhu Y, Holden M

Habitat international2023First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2023.102812 PMID: 36992843

One-Twentieth of Canada: Authoritarian-Racist Mythology and Socio-Political Realities of Chinese Canadians

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Fu, Qiang

Keywords: Chinese Canadian; Authoritarianism; Racism; Computational Sociology; Respondent Driven Sampling; Survey Experiment; Social Capital; Social Networks; Political Incorporation; Activism

$37,510

Des épistolières aux vilaines filles : construction d'un outil de référence sur les femmes qui écrivent au Québec

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Bédard, Mylène

Keywords: Écrivaines; littérature québécoise; histoire littéraire des femmes; histoire littéraire du Québec

$54,393

Championing Older Adults for Leadership in Environmental Sustainability and Climate Empowerment: The 'COALESCE' Project Phase I

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Catalyst Grant: CBR in Climate Change Priority Area - Climate Justice

Principal investigators: Fang, Mei Lan; Loverin, Annwen; Sixsmith, Andrew

Keywords: Age-Friendly Cities And Communities; Aging, Health And Wellbeing; Citizen Science And Empowerment; Climate Change, Justice And Resilience; Community-Engaged Participatory Research; Diversity, Equity And Inclusion; Knowledge Mobilization; Long-Term Scalability; Older Adults; Transdisciplinary Working

$124,955

A Comprehensive approach to enhance Older adults’ Preparedness for Extreme heat (COPE)

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023New Frontiers in Research Fund - International

Principal investigators: Pauly, Theresa

$847,951

How to build a nation for all nations? A mixed big-data approach to social integration of immigrants in Canada, 1970--2020

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Fu, Qiang

Keywords: social integration; immigrants; Canada; big data; machine learning; topic modelling; sentiment analysis; mixed methods; social capital; place making; computational social science

$30,745

The Uneven Impact of Neoliberalization and Housing Financialization: A Multi-level Analysis of Housing Inequality in Canada: 1981 - 2016

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Zhu, Yushu

Keywords: housing inequality; neoliberalism; housing financialization; Canada; mixed-effects regression model

$57,200

Housing vulnerabilityin the pandemic: An evaluation of COVID-19 impact on community housing tenant well-being in B.C

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Engage Grants (PEG) COVID-19 Special Initiative

Principal investigators: Zhu, Yushu

Keywords: COVID-19; housing vulnerability; community housing; well-being

$24,680

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

Frequent collaborators

Urban Geography
Urban and Regional Studies, Environmental Studies
School of Public Policy and Global Affairs

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Qiang Fu

School of Public Policy and Global Affairs

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Meg Holden

Urban and Regional Studies, Environmental Studies

1 shared papers, latest 2023

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: housing inequality Dear Professor Zhu, 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 "Gone with the weed: incidents of adolescent marijuana use in the United States, 1976-2021." (2023), 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 "The Uneven Impact of Neoliberalization and Housing Financialization: A Multi-level Analysis of Housing Inequality in Canada: 1981 - 2016" (2021), 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]