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I was awarded my PhD in Political Science from York University in 2019, with a focus on Canadian and comparative politics. During my doctoral studies, I spent time as a visiting scholar at the Great Cities Institute at the University of Illinois in Chicago. Prior to joining Laurier, I was a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Guelph, with a joint appointment to the Political Science Department and Community-Engaged Scholarship Institute. I grew up in Hamilton, Ontario and was the first person in my family to attend university, though my siblings soon followed!
My work focuses on community-engaged approaches to publicy problems, and I engage with a number of analytical lenses including intersectionality based policy analysis, human rights discourses, and political economy (broadly defined). I focus on the relationship between structural inequalities and public policy problems. Current research projects focus on policy responses to encampments, eviction prevention, migrant political participation and lived expertise leadership in policymaking.
- 2023-26 SSHRC Insight Development Grant
- 2023-25 CIHR Planning and Knowledge Dissemination Grant
- 2022 SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant
- 2022 Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation Grant
- 2021 SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant
- 2020-22 SSHRC Connection Grant
I am happy to supervise graduate students in the areas of Canadian politics, social policy, poverty governance, and housing policy.
2024 Pin, L., Haley, T., and Levac, L. Using Community-Engaged Arts-Based Methods to Explore Housing Insecurity in Rural-Urban Spaces. Engaged Scholarship Journal: Community-Engaged Research, Teaching, and Learning.
2024 Malenfant, J, Annan, J, Pin, L., Levac, L., and +Buchnea, A. Toward the Right to Housing in Canada: Lived Experience, Research, and Promising Practices for Deep Engagement. Engaged Scholarship Journal: Community-Engaged Research, Teaching, and Learning.
2024 Haley, T., Woodhall-Melnik, J., Pin, L, and Durell, S. New Roles Amidst Crisis: Comparing Municipal Affordable Housing Strategies in New Brunswick. International Journal on Homelessness, 4(2): 1-19.
Pin, L., and Haley T. On the Edge of the Bubble. Transformative Housing Policy on the Rural-Urban Fringe. Journal of Rural and Community Development. 1-24.
2022 Pin, L., Levac, L., and Rodenburg, R. Legislated Poverty? An Intersectional Policy Analysis of Covid-19 Income Support Programs in Ontario, Canada. Journal of Poverty, 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/10875549.2022.2113590
2022 Levac, L., Cattapan, A., Haley, T., Pin, L., Tungohan, E., and Wiebe, S.M. Better Together: Disrupting Power and Transforming Public Policy with Engaged Scholarship. Policy and Politics, 1-24.
2021 Pin, L. From Aldermanic Patronage to Aldermanic Menus: Racial Exclusion and the Reinvention of Participatory Democracy in Neoliberal Chicago. Studies in Political Economy. 102(2): 1-21
2021 Pin, L. Bridging the Gap between Electoral and Participatory Democracy: The Electoral Motivations behind Participatory Budgeting. Urban Affairs Review. https://doi.org/10.1177/1078087420964871
2020 Pin, L. Intersections of Race, Class and Citizenship in Participatory Democracy: Interrogating the Racial Dynamics of Participatory Budgeting. New Political Science: Special Issue on Race and Citizenship. https://doi.org/10.1080/07393148.2020.1840199
2018 Bernhardt, N. and Pin, L. Engaging with ‘identity politics’ in the Canadian social sciences. Canadian Journal of Political Science.51(4): 771-794.
PO604 Applied Policy Analysis
PO627 Policy Research in Action
PO245 The Art & Science of Policy Design
PO263 Politics and Government in Canada
2024 Haley, T. and Pin, L. Staying Home: The Role of Rent Banks in Enhancing Housing Stability for Canada’s Renter Households. Report for the Canadian Rent Bank Coalition. www.rentbanks.ca
2024 Pin, L., Barnett, N.R.G., Ermeta, N., and Suthakaran, S. “A Place to Find Community” Findings from the A Better Tent City Survey. Report hosted by Social Development Centre Waterloo Region. https://civichubwr.org/a-better-tent-city/
2023 Pin, L., Forma, L., and Petrovic, A. Civic Engagement and Grassroots Organizing through the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Civic Hub Waterloo Region. Report hosted by Social Development Centre Waterloo Region. https://www.waterlooregion.org/sites/default/files/CivicHubReport-2023.pdf
2022 Brown, A., Gillies, S., Marshall, V., Mcgurk, Hannah, and Pin, L. Homeless Encampments Through a Human Rights Lens. Report hosted by Canadian Observatory on Homelessness. https://www.homelesshub.ca/resource/homeless-encampments-through-human-rights-lens
022 Levac, L., Buchnea, A., Pin, L., Karyar, R., Annan, J., Morton, E. and Malenfant, J. A National Housing Strategy By and For Whom? Report prepared for the National Housing Council. https://assets.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/sites/place-to-call-home/pdfs/national-housing-council/nhs-a-national-housing-strategy-by-and-for-whom-en.pdf?rev=9090b766-002c-4e4a-a757-0502aeca9f9b
2021 Pin, L., Levac, L., Rodenberg, E., & Hatt, K. Dangerous Disruptions to Housing: The COVID-19 related experiences of people living with poverty in rural and small communities in southern Ontario. https://liveworkwell.ca/dangerous-disruptions-housing
2020 Stienstra, D., Grand’Maison, V., Pin, L., Rodenburg, E., Garwood, K., and Reinders, K. (2020). Disability Inclusion Analysis of Lessons Learned and Best Practices of the Government of Canada’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Report prepared for Employment and Social Development Canada.
2020 Morris, S., and Pin, L. Bill 184 and the Myth of Tenant Protection. Policy Options. Op-Ed. https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/september-2020/ontarios-bill-184-and-the-myth-of-tenant-protection/