Alison Smith

Alison is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Toronto Mississauga. She completed her Ph.D. at l’Université de Montréal. She also holds an M.A. from UBC and a B.A.(Hons) from Mount Allison University. From 2009–2010, Alison was a Parliamentary Intern in Ottawa. Her research interests include the welfare state, social protection, homelessness, poverty and inequality. She became an Assistant Professor in Canadian Politics at UTM in 2017.

Other teaching and research interests include urban and multilevel governance, and social protection in comparative perspective. Her work has been published in Urban Affairs Review, The International Journal of Social Welfare, Housing Studies, the European Journal of Homelessness and Canadian Public Administration.