Mohammad Qadeer

Mohammad is Professor Emeritus of Urban and Regional Planning at Queen’s University. He also taught at the Punjab and Engineering Universities in Pakistan, Columbia University, and USA and was a Visiting Scholar at Cambridge and Sheffield Universities in England. He has been a Consultant for CMHC, Ontario Ministry of Housing, CID and numerous community groups in Eastern Ontario and internally for UNDP, UN and the government of Pakistan. His publications include two books, numerous academic and professional articles, newspaper and magazine articles and a number of reports. He co-authored the book “Towns and Villages in Canada” (1983). His research in Multiculturalism and Urban Planning won him an award in the form of Honorable Mention for best Article of 1997 from the Journal of the American Planning Association. He’s a Fellow of the Joint Centre of Excellent for Research on Immigration and Settlement (CERIS). Among his community activities are volunteering stints at a Homeless Shelter in Kingston, Board Member of the Social Planning Council of Kingston and Board Member of HABITAT, at Kingston.