Leela Viswanathan
Biographic Data
| ID | 806258 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leela Viswanathan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leela |
| FAMILY NAME | Viswanathan |
| SIGNATURE | VISWANATHAN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen's University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Transforming Precedent: A Systematic Review Methodology for Informed Planning Decisions
Urban planners are often tasked with locating, assessing, and integrating multilevel policy, regulatory, administrative, and governance information. Through a recent systematic literature review (SLR) of Canadian municipal interventions targeting women’s equity, this paper answers the following research question: how can planners use an SLR methodology to increase the rigor and transparency of precedent research within practice? This article high…
Finding Common Ground: A Critical Review of Land Use and Resource Management Policies in Ontario, Canada and their Intersection with First Nations
This article provides an in-depth analysis of selective land use and resource management policies in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It examines their relative capacity to recognize the rights of First Nations and Aboriginal peoples and their treaty rights, as well as their embodiment of past Crown–First Nations relationships. An analytical framework was developed to evaluate the manifest and latent content of 337 provincial texts, including 32 …
A First Nations-led social innovation: A Moose, a Gold Mining Company, and a Policy Window
McCarthy, D. D. P., M. Millen, M. Boyden, E. Alexiuk, G. S. Whitelaw, L. Viswanathan, D. Larkman, G. Rowe, and F. R. Westley. 2014. A First Nations-led social innovation: a moose, a gold mining company, and a policy window. Ecology and Society 19(4): 2. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06771-190402
Evaluating the Role of the Project Course in Professional Planning Education and Its Influence on Planning Policy and Practice
Project courses in graduate planning education are characterized by collaborative work among participants, including students, faculty and community members who act as clients and/or coaches. Drawing from empirical research involving focus groups with these course participants, this article examines the mechanics and outcomes of project-based learning in professional planning education and the relevance of this form of learning to planning practi…
Contesting racialization in a neoliberal city: Cross-cultural collective formation as a strategy among alternative social planning organizations in Toronto
Covering Multiculturalism: Popular Images and the Politics of a Nation as Reflected on the Covers of Maclean’s and L’Actualité
How have images of immigration and multiculturalism been depicted on Canadian magazine covers and what do they say about the national politics of immigration and multiculturalism? A discursive and visual analysis of the covers and articles in Maclean’s (from January, 1960 to May, 2006), and to a lesser extent in L’Actualité (from 1976 to May 2006), reveals a dualistic pattern depicting multicultural and immigrant representations as either the suc…
Contesting racialization in a neoliberal city: Cross-cultural collective formation as a strategy among alternative social planning organizations in Toronto
Covering Multiculturalism: Popular Images and the Politics of a Nation as Reflected on the Covers of Maclean’s and L’Actualité
How have images of immigration and multiculturalism been depicted on Canadian magazine covers and what do they say about the national politics of immigration and multiculturalism? A discursive and visual analysis of the covers and articles in Maclean’s (from January, 1960 to May, 2006), and to a lesser extent in L’Actualité (from 1976 to May 2006), reveals a dualistic pattern depicting multicultural and immigrant representations as either the suc…
Covering Multiculturalism: Popular Images and the Politics of a Nation as Reflected on the Covers of Maclean’s and L’Actualité
How have images of immigration and multiculturalism been depicted on Canadian magazine covers and what do they say about the national politics of immigration and multiculturalism? A discursive and visual analysis of the covers and articles in Maclean’s (from January, 1960 to May, 2006), and to a lesser extent in L’Actualité (from 1976 to May 2006), reveals a dualistic pattern depicting multicultural and immigrant representations as either the suc…
Contesting racialization in a neoliberal city: Cross-cultural collective formation as a strategy among alternative social planning organizations in Toronto
Evaluating the Role of the Project Course in Professional Planning Education and Its Influence on Planning Policy and Practice
Project courses in graduate planning education are characterized by collaborative work among participants, including students, faculty and community members who act as clients and/or coaches. Drawing from empirical research involving focus groups with these course participants, this article examines the mechanics and outcomes of project-based learning in professional planning education and the relevance of this form of learning to planning practi…
A First Nations-led social innovation: A Moose, a Gold Mining Company, and a Policy Window
McCarthy, D. D. P., M. Millen, M. Boyden, E. Alexiuk, G. S. Whitelaw, L. Viswanathan, D. Larkman, G. Rowe, and F. R. Westley. 2014. A First Nations-led social innovation: a moose, a gold mining company, and a policy window. Ecology and Society 19(4): 2. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06771-190402
Finding Common Ground: A Critical Review of Land Use and Resource Management Policies in Ontario, Canada and their Intersection with First Nations
This article provides an in-depth analysis of selective land use and resource management policies in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It examines their relative capacity to recognize the rights of First Nations and Aboriginal peoples and their treaty rights, as well as their embodiment of past Crown–First Nations relationships. An analytical framework was developed to evaluate the manifest and latent content of 337 provincial texts, including 32 …
Transforming Precedent: A Systematic Review Methodology for Informed Planning Decisions
Urban planners are often tasked with locating, assessing, and integrating multilevel policy, regulatory, administrative, and governance information. Through a recent systematic literature review (SLR) of Canadian municipal interventions targeting women’s equity, this paper answers the following research question: how can planners use an SLR methodology to increase the rigor and transparency of precedent research within practice? This article high…
Political science (5 works) · Law (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Art (1 works) · Australian History and Society (1 works) · Biology (1 works) · Canadian Identity and History (1 works)