Alison Mountz

Alison Mountz is Associate Vice-Principal of Research & Innovation, Strategic Partnerships & Initiatives, UTSC and a professor in the Department of Geography & Planning.

Before moving to U of T, Professor Mountz was on faculty at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and Wilfrid Laurier University's Balsillie School for International Affairs. She held a Canada Research Chair in Global Migration at Laurier and the William Lyon Mackenzie King Visiting Professorship of Canadian Studies at Harvard University. Her work has been funded by the Canada Research Chair in Global Migration, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Canadian Embassy, the US National Science Foundation, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the Canadian Foundation for Innovation. Professor Mountz is a member of the College of the Royal Society of Canada and a fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.