Laura Johnson

Degrees

Ph.D. Sociology, Cornell University, United States

M.A. Sociology, Cornell University, United States

B.A. Sociology-Anthropology, Antioch College, United States

• Recipient of the American Planning Association 2004 National Women in Planning Award (in honour of Diana Donald) for the 2003 UBC Press book, The Co-Workplace: Teleworking in the Neighbourhood, as well as research publications in the areas of employment and family, alternative work environments, child care, and family friendly workplaces.

Research interests

For the last seven years I have been studying the redevelopment of Regent Park public housing in downtown Toronto. Working with my students I have been conducting longitudinal research to examine the social impacts of the revitalization from the perspectives of the low-income residents who are being relocated and then resettled in a rebuilt, higher-density, mixed-income Regent Park. Supported by grants from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada we are documenting the residents' experiences. Other research interests include: social planning; telecommuting and home-based work; work-family balance.

Contact Laura Johnson for more information on research opportunities.

Graduate student supervision since 2007

Recent/key publications

Co-authored with student (*)

• Johnson, Laura C. and Robert E. Johnson. Regent Park Redux: Reinventing Public Housing in Canada. Forthcoming book, Routledge, 2017
• Johnson, Laura C. “We Call Regent Park Home.” In Planning Canada: A Case Study Approach, Ren Thomas, Ed., Toronto: Oxford University Press, pp. 187-196, 2016.
• Andrey, J. and Johnson, L.C., Being Home: Family Spatialities of teleworking households. Ch. 4, Bonnie C. Hallman, ed., Toronto: Oxford University Press, pp. 68-87, 2010
• Johnson, Laura C., with *Rick Schippling. Regent Park Revitalization: Young People’s Experience of Relocation from Public Housing Redevelopment. Ottawa: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 2009. Published with DVD, Regent Park Revitalization.
• *Hilbrecht, Margo,  Susan Shaw,  Laura C. Johnson, and Jean Andrey, J. “I’m home for the kids: Contradictory implications for work-life balance” Gender, Work and Organization. 15 (5) : 454-476, 2008.
• Johnson, Laura C., Jean Andrey and Susan Shaw. ”Mr. Dithers Comes to Dinner: Telework and the merging of women’s work and home domains in Canada.” Gender, Place & Culture, 14 (2):141-161, 2007.
• *Schatz, Laura K. and Laura C. Johnson. “Smart City North: Economic and labour force impacts of call centres in Sudbury, Ontario.” Work Organization, Labour and Globalization. 1 (2): 116-130, 2007.
• *Moos, Marcus, *Jason Whitfield, Laura C. Johnson and Jean Andrey. “Does design matter? The Ecological Footprint as a planning tool at the local level.” Journal of Urban Design. 11 (2): 195-224, 2006.
• *Charbonneau, Pamela,  Laura C. Johnson, and Jean Andrey. “Characteristics of university student housing and implications for urban development in mid-sized cities.” Canadian Journal of Urban Research. 15 (2): 278-300, 2006.
• Johnson, Laura C. The Co-Workplace: Teleworking in the Neighbourhood. Vancouver: UBC, 2003.
• Johnson, Laura C. “Patchwork Quilt or Seamless Day? Parent, teacher, and child care staff views on early childhood education programs for kindergarten-age children in Canada.” Early Education & Development, 14 (2): 215-232, 2003.
• Johnson, Laura C. “From Hybrid Housing to Cybrid Neighborhoods: Case studies of five decentralized tele-workspaces.” Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, 20 (2): 136- 152, 2003.
• Johnson, Laura C. and Robert E. Johnson. The Seam Allowance: Industrial Home Sewing in Canada. Toronto: The Women’s Press, 1982.

Read a complete list of publications in the curriculum vitae

Courses taught

• PLAN 233: People and plans
• PLAN 333: Neighbourhood and community planning
• PLAN 431/614: Issues in housing
• PLAN 433/623: Social concepts in planning
• PLAN 625: Methods of social investigation for planners (online)