Julie Mah, University of Toronto

Research

Evictions Gentrification Financialization Socio-spatial Inequality Housing Policy Tenant Displacement Rental Housing Legislation Housing Insecurity

Latest funding

Rank-ordering effort in financial statement analysis
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$47,734
New Housing Alternatives for a Socially-Just, Post-Covid Urban Canada
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$286,635
An intersectional minority stress model of the effects of weight and sexuality self-stigma on psychosocial outcomes
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$58,333

All 5 grants and awards

Rank-ordering effort in financial statement analysis

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lundholm, Russell J.

Keywords: estimating the value of financial statement analysis

$47,734

New Housing Alternatives for a Socially-Just, Post-Covid Urban Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Grants

Keywords: housing policy; housing precarity; housing financialization; community land trusts; models of housing provision

$286,635

An intersectional minority stress model of the effects of weight and sexuality self-stigma on psychosocial outcomes

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral

Principal investigators: Withnell, Samantha

Keywords: weight stigma; sexual orientation; intersectionality; self-stigma; minority stress

$58,333

Preserving affordable housing through eviction prevention: Understanding the impacts of housing legislation on rental affordability

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Mah, Julie

Keywords: Evictions; Gentrification; Financialization; Socio-spatial Inequality; Housing Policy; Tenant Displacement; Rental Housing Legislation; Housing Insecurity; Spatial Analysis; Rental Housing affordability

$59,676

Mapping housing insecurity: enhancing capacities to preserve affordable rentals in Toronto

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Buckley, Michelle

Keywords: housing security; Toronto; interactive digital mapping tools; GIS; renovations; evictions

$22,567

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: Evictions Dear Professor Mah, 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]. Your research on evictions 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 "Preserving affordable housing through eviction prevention: Understanding the impacts of housing legislation on rental affordability" (2023), 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]