Dr. Zhixi Zhuang is the Associate Director for Education and Capacity Building at the Global Migration Institute, Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU). She is a Registered Professional Planner (RPP), a member of the Canadian Institute of Planners (MCIP), an Associate Professor at the School of Urban and Regional Planning at TMU. As the Founder and Director of DiverCityLab (www.divercitylab.com), Zhixi’s research challenges an important disciplinary divide, as migration studies and planning studies are often treated separately. Through an interdisciplinary research program, she examines the growing urban diversity of Canadian cities and investigates how city-builders can instill the values of equity and inclusion into planning policies and practices. Specifically, she explores the intersections of immigrant settlement and integration, urban transformations, and municipal policies and governance, all from a lens of equity, inclusion, and socio-spatial justice. With a strong record of successful grant writing and peer-reviewed publications in high-impact, multidisciplinary international journals spanning planning, urban design, geography, migration, health, and education, her research generates empirical evidence and policy recommendations for city strategies that aim to support migrant integration in both large and smaller Canadian cities, promote ethnic entrepreneurship and food security, foster suburban placemaking and transformation, and enhance the role of municipal planni