Cloé St-Hilaire

University of Waterloo

Cloé St-Hilaire is a PhD Candidate in Planning at the University of Waterloo, where she holds a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship. Her thesis, “Financialization and digital divide in Canada” looks at the relationship between digital technologies such as surveillance tech and revenue management software and the rise and proliferation of financial landlords in Canada’s rental housing sector. Previously, she completed her Master of Urban Planning and Bachelor of Commerce at McGill University. Cloé’s research interests centre around housing justice, financialization, digital technologies, big data methods, and critical planning. She is part of the Urban Politics and Governance research group at McGill, and has co-authored numerous reports on short-term rentals, evictions, and housing transitions.

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