Join us at the "Transit for Tomorrow" summit on Oct 28 in Ottawa for the panel, "How Public Transit Can Build More Inclusive Communities." The panel will feature the following four experts: Steven Farber , Lea Ravensbergen , Apooyak'ii/Tiffany Prete , and David Cooper. Register here:

The next panel is discussing equity and bias in transit. The first bias mentioned: our transportation system privileges people with cars! Lea Ravensbergen tells us around 30% of people don't have access to a car, but many of those people can use transit.

Feeling energized from the EnvironmentalDefence Transit for Tomorrow Summit in Ottawa this week. Now lets (properly) fund public transport! Their new reports shows Canada can DOUBLE public transit ridership by 2035 & cut emissions by 65 million tonnes. environmentaldefence.ca/report/putting…

MIRA and AGE-WELL award $250K to MIRA members Marla Beauchamp, Lea Ravensbergen & University of Waterloo colleagues on through the AgeTech Advance: Healthy Aging Research Program (HARP), advancing tech-enabled solutions to support healthy aging. The full story: agewell-nce.ca/archives/19913

Measures with a purpose📜! In our work with Nick Mooney and Lea Ravensbergen , we use the cumulative opportunity and competitive accessibility measures in a gender-sensitive examination of multimodal access to Mobility of Care destinations in Hamilton. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Join MIRA member Lea Ravensbergen for an engaging discussion on bridging research and practice to make cycling more accessible for all! Registration: forms.office.com/pages/response…

My first book comes out next month. I'm very grateful that it has received these generous endorsements from scholars whose work I admire tremendously.

Thank you to everyone who attended last week's Community Engaged Research Days #CERDay2025 Thank you to Spark: a centre for social research innovation for partnering with us. Thank you SSHRC for the funding. Thank you #HamOnt for building community through action & research. #McMasterOCE

Excited to welcome Democratic Engagement Exchange to #HamOnt to talk about the Federal election with community members & organizations. 🤯 11.2 million eligible voters did not vote in 2021. That is equivalent to the total population of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, & Manitoba🤯

Excited about the new Community Engagement course INSPIRE 4B06: Urban Innovation & Policy with CityLAB Hamilton Students will get a chance to work directly on urban challenges impacting #HamOnt with City of Hamilton #McMasterOCE Ameil J. Joseph Ph.D. (he/him) Lea Ravensbergen Karen Balcom

INSPIRE 4B06 - Urban Innovation & Policy. An exciting new & experiential opportunity with McMaster OCE, McMaster University CityLAB Hamilton, & City of Hamilton Students will get the chance to directly work on urban challenges impacting #HamOnt #McMasterOCE

Wonderful to see the excellent work done by ⁦McMaster University⁩ CMTYENGA 4B06 students at the ⁦CityLAB Hamilton⁩ showcase!