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Andrew (Andy) Crosby is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Carleton University, located on unceded, unsurrendered Algonquin land. He completed his Ph.D. in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University. His research focuses on critical themes, including policing and housing justice, with particular attention to settler colonialism, financialization of rental housing, housing insecurity, governance, gentrification, evictions, social movements, and tenant resistance. As part of his postdoctoral work under the supervision of Dr. David Hugill, Andy leads the Housing Finance node of a CMHC-SSHRC-funded partnership grant titled 'A Safe Affordable Place to Call Home: Multi-disciplinary Longitudinal Outcomes Analysis of the National Housing Strategy.' His contributions to the field are reflected in recent publications that address socio-spatial dynamics of evictions, financialization, and community wellbeing, alongside contentious issues like tenant rights and the implications of policing in a settler-colonial context.
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