Samantha Biglieri, Toronto Metropolitan University

Research

urban planning care suburbs dementia socio-spatial relations urban design neighbourhood housing

Latest papers

Developing and Sustaining Dementia Capable Communities: An Analysis of the Current Evidence.
Dementia (London, England) · 2025 · first author
The 'Double Risk' of Aging: Examining Vulnerability and (Un)supportive Built Environments in Canadian Cities.
Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement · 2024 · first author
Social Citizenship Through Out-of-Home Participation Among Older Adults With and Without Dementia.
Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2022

All 4 publications

Latest funding

Listening to make care labour harm-less: Restorative practices for personal support care (PSC) workers amidst gender and race-based harm (GRBH)
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$65,850
Age-friendly Shrinking Cities: Planning for a New Era of Global Urbanism
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$58,869
Public Exclusions: Understanding and Addressing the Inaccessibility of Public Buildings and Places in the Canadian Context
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$412,925

All 9 grants and awards

4 publications.

01

Developing and Sustaining Dementia Capable Communities: An Analysis of the Current Evidence.

Biglieri S, Ahmed N, Main S, Tupling OL, Vijayakumar R, Boger J, Daum C, Dupuis S, Koch M, Liu L, Lopez K, Mann J, Martin M, McAiney C, Nasir HJ, Nasir N, Pearce B, Weldrick R, Vanderlinden K, Middleton L

Dementia (London, England)2025First author

DOI: 10.1177/14713012251404533 PMID: 41432943

02

The 'Double Risk' of Aging: Examining Vulnerability and (Un)supportive Built Environments in Canadian Cities.

Biglieri S, Hartt M

Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement2024First author

DOI: 10.1017/s0714980823000429 PMID: 37665016

03

Social Citizenship Through Out-of-Home Participation Among Older Adults With and Without Dementia.

Gaber SN, Thalén L, Malinowsky CW, Margot-Cattin I, Seetharaman K, Chaudhury H, Cutchin M, Wallcook S, Kottorp A, Brorsson A, Biglieri S, Nygård L

Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society2022

DOI: 10.1177/07334648221112425 PMID: 35773080

04

Thinking relationally about built environments and walkability: A study of adult walking behavior in Waterloo, Ontario.

Dean J, Biglieri S, Drescher M, Garnett A, Glover T, Casello J

Health & place2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2020.102352 PMID: 32838880

Listening to make care labour harm-less: Restorative practices for personal support care (PSC) workers amidst gender and race-based harm (GRBH)

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lopez, Kimberly J.

Keywords: race; gender; care labour; migration; harm; complaint; personal support care; Canada

$65,850

Age-friendly Shrinking Cities: Planning for a New Era of Global Urbanism

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hartt, Maxwell

Keywords: shrinking cities; age-friendly communities; older adults; urban planning

$58,869

Public Exclusions: Understanding and Addressing the Inaccessibility of Public Buildings and Places in the Canadian Context

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Chupin, Jean-Pierre

$412,925

Meet Us at the Steps: Understanding the needs of 2SLGBTQI+ Older adults in Toronto

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Perez-Amado, Victor

Keywords: 2SLGBTQI+ aging in place; older adults housing; queer kinship; affordable housing; gender diversity; community services

$23,747

Quality in Canada's Built Environment: Roadmaps to Equity, Social Value and Sustainability

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Grants

Keywords: built environment; quality; social value; equity; sustainability; inclusive places; architecture; landscape architecture; Indigenous studies; urban design; urban resilience; health; heritage; competitions; awards; qualitative comparative analysis

$499,172

Quality in Canada's Built Environment: Roadmaps to Equity, Social Value and Sustainability

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Grants

Keywords: built environment; quality; social value; equity; sustainability; inclusive places; architecture; landscape architecture; Indigenous studies; urban design; urban resilience; health; heritage; competitions; awards; qualitative comparative analysis

$998,657

Quality in Canada's Built Environment: Seeking Equity, Social Value and Sustainability

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Grants

Keywords: built environment; quality; social value; equity; sustainability; inclusive places; contemporary architecture; landscape architecture; urban design; urban resilience; heritage conservation; competitions; awards; qualitative comparative analysis

$20,000

Care and Sub/urbanisms: Understanding everyday life of people living with dementia in Toronto's inner suburbs

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Biglieri, Samantha

Keywords: urban planning; care; suburbs; dementia; socio-spatial relations; urban design; neighbourhood; housing; accessibility; social networks

$73,220

Creation of a Dementia-Capable Neighbourhood from Person to Policy: A Participatory Action Research Approach

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Middleton, Laura

Keywords: Dementia Inclusion Social Change Stigma Community Neighbourhood Urban Planning Public Education Interdependence

$250,000

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 Planning
School of Nursing
Kinesiology and Health Sciences
Gerontology
Systems Design Engineering
Recreation and Leisure Studies
Other

1 shared papers, latest 2024

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: urban planning Dear Professor Biglieri, 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 "Developing and Sustaining Dementia Capable Communities: An Analysis of the Current Evidence." (2025), 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 "Care and Sub/urbanisms: Understanding everyday life of people living with dementia in Toronto's inner suburbs" (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]