PhD Candidate | Planning
Prior Degrees
Master of Science, Rural Planning & Development, University of Guelph, 2019
Master of Science, Applied Mathematics, University of Guelph, 2016
Bachelor of Math, University of Windsor, 2013
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Planning Interest
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Housing
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Social capital
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Cities as complex adaptive systems
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Agent-based modelling for urban social networks
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Third-sector/Non-profit activit
Research Topic
Impacts of missing middle housing on social capital in communities.
Presentations/Publications/Professional Experience
Publications:
- Reid, B., Petric, A., Levett, K., Squires, E. (2023). Place-based generosity during the pandemic: Innovative rural philanthropic organizations’ responses to COVID-19 and (re-)building resilient rural communities in Canada. Local Development & Society, 1–16.
- Petric, A. T., & Gibson, R. F. (2022). Embedding rural capital? Community investment funds in Canada and their implications for rural communities. Community Development, 1-20.
- Petric, A., Guzman-Novoa, E., & Eberl, H. J. (2017). A mathematical model for the interplay of Nosema infection and forager losses in honey bee colonies. Journal of biological dynamics, 11(sup2), 348-378.
Presentations:
- Petric, A., & Gibson, R. (2021, September). Embedding local capital: Lessons from community investment fund programs in Canada. Presentation at the 33rd Annual Canadian Rural Revitalization Conference, Online.
- Petric, A., & Gibson, R. (2019, October). A glimpse of rural philanthropy in Canada. Poster presented at the 31st Annual Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation Conference, St. John’s, NL.
- Petric, A. (2018, October). Opportunities and obstacles for open data in rural Canada. Presentation at the 30th Annual Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation Conference, Saskatoon, SK.
- Wylie, B., Weeden, A., Gaspard, V., & Petric, A. (2018, May). Community continuum: Rural/Urban and the missing middle in open government. Panel discussion at GOOD 2018 – Open Data Conference, Barrie, ON.
- Petric, A. & Stoop, N. (2017, September). The definition of rural and its implications. Poster presented at the 29th Annual Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation Conference, Nelson, BC.
- Petric, A. (2015, October). Mathematical modelling of honeybee populations, some of their diseases, and other stressors. Presented at the 5th International Conference on Mathematical Modelling and Analysis of Populations in Biological Systems, University of Western Ontario, London, ON.
Experience:
- Rural Data Analyst, Rural Ontario Institute, 2021
- Research Assistant, University of Guelph, 2017–2021
At the University of Waterloo
- Graduate Research Assistant, “Why Did the ‘Missing Middle’ Miss the Train?”, 2022–2023
- National semi-finalist, Map the System competition, 2022