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Peggy Chi, PhD, MLA, BArch, OALA, CSLA (she/her/hers)

Post-doctoral Fellow
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

I am a landscape architect, post-doctoral fellow, and co-founder of the Centre for Aging Environments Research whose work focuses on research, knowledge mobilization (i.e., bridging academic research to practice), and use of evidence to inform the design and decision-making of aging environments. At the Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation at the University of Toronto, I combine methodologies from landscape, architecture, health services research, dementia care, and organization management to transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries in research and practice.

Inspired by mental health and well-being concerns of older adults and their professional caregivers in long-term care and the need for more rigorous research on its built and naturalized environments— I completed a multiphase mixed-method investigation in 83 long-term care home areas to help improve older adults' quality of life and healthcare workers' quality of work-life. Evidence derived from this study serves to inform ongoing and upcoming redevelopments and new constructions of long-term care settings.

Prior to health services, I worked in landscape and architecture design firms on projects such as Canary Wharf Crossrail Station (London, ENG.), East York Civic Centre's outdoor environment (Toronto, CA), and King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

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