PhD. Professor
Graduate Program Director, Master of Spatial Analysis (MSA)
(2015-2018)
Undergraduate Program Director, BA in Geographic Analysis (GA) (2013-2015)
Department of
Geography and Environmental Studies
Toronto
Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University)
350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada, M5B 2K3
Email: luwang
.at. ryerson.ca, Tel: 416-979-5000 x 2689
Fax: 416-979-5362, Website: www.geography.ryerson.ca/luwang/
PhD (Economic
Geography, 1999-2004,York University, Canada)
M.S. (Management Science, 1999, CAS, China)
B.S. (Geography, 1996, ECNU, China)
Biography
I hold B.A. in Geography from East China Normal
University (ECNU) in Shanghai,
China and M.S. in Management Science from Inst. of Policy and Management Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing,
China. I received my PhD in economic geography from York University in Toronto, Canada in 2004.
After teaching at Queen’s University in
Kingston, Ontario from 2004 to 2006, I joined Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly
Ryerson University) in Toronto in August, 2006.
Graduate and undergraduate teaching
SA8904: GIS Project Management Applications (Graduate)
SA8991: MSA Practicum (Graduate)
GEO 645: Place and Population Health
GEO 421: Geography of Retail Economy
GEO 301: Marketing Geography
GEO 302: Retail Location
GEO 772: Individual Research Paper
GEO 208: Geography of Global Economy
GEO 721: Retail Project Management
Courses taught at Queen’s University
Gphy 247: Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Geography (Statistics)
Gphy 327: Cultural Geography
Graduate and Post-Doctoral Supervision
Meira Greenbaum (2022) Older immigrant access
to family physicians in the Toronto CMA: A mixed-methods approach (MSA)
Jie Yu (Mar 2020-Dec 2021) Post Doctoral Fellow
(PDF)
Janelle Lee (2021 Co-supervision with Tony
Hernandez) Investigating the role of ethnic grocers in health and healthy
eating among Chinese and South Asian immigrants in the Toronto CMA (MSA)
Jack Forsythe (2021) Spatiotemporal
geodemographic analysis of covid-19 case rates and mobility in Toronto
neighbourhoods (MSA)
Alexandra Wehr (2021) Using a
spatial–quantitative approach to evaluate geographic accessibility to social
and natural neighbourhood amenities: Implications for older adult health in the
Toronto CMA (EnSciMan)
Adam Anthony (2019) An anatomy of older
immigrant population in Toronto CMA: Demographic characteristics, settlement
patterns and ethnocultural compositions (MSA)
Samantha Perry (2019) The changing spatial
organization of ethnic retailing: a case study of Chinese and South Asian
grocery store retailers in the Toronto CMA from 2001 to 2016
Selasi Dorkenoo (2019) Accessing Informal And Formal Social Supports Among Older Immigrants In
Toronto: A Mixed-Methods Approach (MSA)
Gelsomina
Montana (2018) Healthcare desert in Toronto CMA: a geo-segmentation approach
(MSA)
Stephanie
Dizonno (2018) Influenza prevalence in Ontario and access to community
pharmacies (MSA)
Patrick Laforest
(2018) Developing an age-friendly community walkability index within the
Regional Municipality of York, Ontario (MSA)
Gabby Lee (2017)
Crime and individual and neighbourhood sociodemographic characteristics in the
City of Toronto (MSA)
Joseph Ariwi
(2017) Spatial accessibility to mental health care in the city of Toronto
(MSA)Anne Christian (2016) integration, healthcare, and well-being: A
case-study of Sri Lankan immigrants in the Toronto CMA Using a mixed-methods
approach
Sasha Ramroop
(2016) Measuring Accessibility to Community Pharmacies in the Greater Toronto
Area: The role of community pharmacies in healthcare provision
Tylor Munn
(2015) Spatial Analysis of 911 STEMI Calls for Toronto Paramedic Services
Jacob Levy (2015)
A Spatial Analysis of Distribution of Practicing International Medical
Graduates in Canada, Ontario and Toronto
Shannon Streliof
(2015) Examining Street Level Robbery Predictors in Durham, Ontario Using
Statistical and Risk Terrain Modeling
Elmer Palacios
(2015) The social and spatial patterning of stress in Canada
Chantel Spade
(2014) the ‘good’ refugee is traumatized: post-traumatic stress disorder as a
measure of credibility in the Canadian refugee determination system
Matthew Emmons
(2013) Modifying the Two Step Floating Catchment Area Model to Consider
Population Heterogeneity in Regards to Primary Care
Physician Access in the Toronto CMA
Marina Carr
(2013) Obesity in Canada: A preliminary analysis of potential predictors of BMI
Emily Hazell
(2012) Exploring Individual and Contextual Influences on Self-Perceived Mental
Health of Foreign-Born Populations within the Toronto CMA, 2007 - 2010
Vivian Wei Hu
(2012) Neighbourhood Environment, Individual Characteristics and Immigrant
Health in Canada’s Metropolitan Areas: A Multi-Level Modeling Approach
Karen Li (2012)
Accessibility to Primary Care Physicians among on-Reserve Aboriginals in
Northern Ontario: A Three Zone 2SFCA Approach
Haoran Zhang
(2012) Examining the Changing Spatial Relationship between Ethnic Grocery
Business Development and Immigrant Settlement Patterns in the Toronto CMA
Hana Sze Hang Fu
(2011) Neighbourhood environment, individual characteristics and mental
wellbeing among Canadian-born and foreign-born populations in Toronto CMA
Georgi Marhasin (2011) Spatial Accessibility of the Senior
Population to Family Physicians and Geriatric Specialists in the Toronto CMA
Travis Tomala
(2010) Accessibility to Physicians within the Sudbury CMA: An Integrated
Approach Using Both Spatial and Aspatial Factors
Sang-Mi Suh
(2009) The Self-Perceived Health Status and Access to Health Care Services
among Korean Immigrants in Ottawa, Ontario
Kevin Liu (2009)
Ethnicity and Accessibility to Linguistically-Matched
Family Physicians in Major Canadian Immigrant Receiving Cities
Kevin Park
(2009) Utilization of and Spatial Accessibility to Korean-Speaking Family
Physicians among Korean immigrants in Toronto and Hamilton
Gary Papas
(2008) Analyzing the Spatial (Mis)Match and Modelling Accessibility to
Linguistically Diverse Family Physicians in the Toronto Census Metropolitan
Area
Tsegaye Bekele
(2008) Integrating Spatial and Non-Spatial measures to Examine Accessibility to
Family Physicians in Toronto
Alex Istanboulin (2008) A Spatial Analysis of Ethnic Marketing:
A Case Study of Establishing Bell Presence within Toronto’s Chinese Community
Deborah Roisman
(2007) Modelling Spatial
Accessibility to Primary Health Care among Mainland Chinese Immigrants in the
Toronto CMA
Wafa Raza (2007) Pakistani Immigrants and Their
Challenges in Accessing Culturally Diverse Physicians in the Toronto CMA
Undergraduate Student Supervision
Keyah Qingyi Xie
(2021) Project assist to COVID 19 project. Career Boost RA, Ryerson University.
Nathan Sugunalan
(2021) Assessing the Unmet Needs of Chinese Seniors in the Toronto Area (IRP)
Takoda Kemp
(2020) Socioeconomic Determinants of COVID-19 Caseload in Toronto
Neighbourhoods: Exploring the relationship between deprivation and health
outcome (IRP)
Meira Greenbaum
(2020) Analyzing 2019 physician dataset (Undergraduate research assistant)
Erlis (2019) A
spatial analysis of Toronto safe injection sites. (IRP)
Mahir Omar
(2018) IMGs and healthcare provision in Canada. Summer RUO/AURA Research
Assistant)
Selasi Dorkenoo
(2017) Gaps in healthcare access among older population in Toronto (IRP)
Selasi Dorkenoo
(2017) 2017-2018 Fall/Winter Work Study RA Program
Phillip Bowen
(2017) Health Analyst for “long term healthcare deserts” project. AURA (Arts
Undergraduate Research Assistant)
Dermain Bailey
(2016) Undergraduate Independent Research Paper: Analyzing Spatial
Accessibility to the New Humber River Hospital
Sonya Karamchandan (2015) Undergraduate Independent Research
Paper: An Exploration of Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria in the Ayerawaddy Delta in Myanmar after Cyclone Nargis: GIS
Techniques in Epidemiology
Nebojsa Stulic
(2013) Undergraduate Independent Research Paper: A GIS-assisted evaluation of
Toronto fire services and proposed closures
Matthew Emmons
(2011) Undergraduate Independent Research Paper: An Examination of the Ethnic
Economy as a Tool to Combat Food Deserts
Obert Munodawafa
(2009) Undergraduate Independent Research Paper. Spatial access of seniors to
hospitals and clinics
Georgi Marhasin (2009) Undergraduate Independent Research Paper.
Influence of Chinese Immigration on Markham 1991-2006
David Smith
(2007-2008) Research assistant. Constructing a literature database for research
on ethnicity and health
Min Kim
(2007-2008) Research assistant. Health GIS analyst
Kenneth Pong
(2006) Undergraduate Independent Research Paper. An Examination of Mainland and
Hong Kong Immigration to Toronto from1986 and 2001
Sumair Tabish
(2006 - 2007) Research assistant. Location preferences of major retailers in
the Greater Toronto Area (GTA)
Owen McMillan
(2006 - 2007) Research assistant. Programming in Google-Map
Shuhan Wu (2006 - 2007) Research
assistant. Web-crawling in health research
Graduate Thesis, Major Research Paper
(MRP), PhD Dissertation Examination
Lingqian Li, 2021, Examiner, “The effect of utilization strategy on
age-related associative memory deficit”. Supervisor Lixia Yang (PhD in
Psychology)
Nour Abu-Shaaban, 2021, The impacts of ethnic retail access on health
& well-being within the Chinese newcomer population in the GTA (ISS)
Xiaojun Deng, 2020, external examiner of PhD defense “The healthy
immigrant effect on older Chinese immigrants in the greater Toronto area”
(Supervisor. Dr. Mark Rosenberg. Queen’s University)
Alexander Shatov, 2019, A Spatial Understanding of Well-Being in the
City of Toronto (MSA)
Jennifer Nhieu, 2019, The Retail Absorption of Sears and Target’s Former
Store Portfolio: Examining the Spatial Consequences of Long-Term Vacancies in
Shopping Centres across Canada (MSA)
Nicholas Pulsone, 2019, Using Credit Scores to
Predict and Analyze Areas of Gentrification and Urban Development in Toronto,
Canada - A Geo-Spatial Approach (MSA)
Claudia Iveth Suarez Zamora, 2019, Betting on Canada: the immigration
trajectories of Mexican professionals as international students (ISS)
Igor Fiodorov, 2019, International medical graduates, PhD in Policy
Studies, comprehensive exam committee member
Emily Hazel, 2016-present, EnSciMan, Proposal
committee member; Dissertation committee member.
Samantha Bouchard, 2019, Understanding the Spatial Distribution of
Elderly Victimization in the City of Toronto: 2014 and 2015 (MSA)
Gary Maloney, 2018, Commuting for employment: a spatial analysis of the
origin-destination flows of residents of Toronto community housing (MSA)
Carmen Huber, 2018, Modelling airport catchment areas using retail
geography techniques: an application to the international spread of infectious
disease (MSA)
Cindy Chen, 2018, Condo development and revitalization of food retailing
in downtown Toronto (MSA)
Mengq Yang, 2017,
Health inequalities of older people in china, PhD
Defense. External reviewer. Queen’s University (supervisor: Mark Rosenberg)
Brenda Wong, 2017, The role of attentional resources in age‐ related associative deficits. PhD Defense. Internal -
external reviewer. Ryerson University (Supervisor: Lixia Yang)
Sarah Levy (2016) Evaluating approaches of measuring potential
displacement in areas experiencing or anticipating transit-oriented
development: the case study of Sheppard line (MSA)
Hannah Goodbrand (2016) Regionalization of immigrant settlement in
Ontario: exploring experiences of small and medium sized reception centres (ISS)
Florence Ipaye (2016) Evaluation of Walmart on neighbouring
retailers and small towns in St. Catharines, Ontario
(MSA)
Adrien Friesen (2015) Smart Track Station Evaluation in Toronto
(Masters. MSA)
Michael Morrish (2015) Developing an Analytical Technique for the
Exploration of Spatiotemporal Problems in Public Health (Masters. MSA)
Kirk Suitor (2015) Spatio-Temporal Analysis of
Toronto Housing (Masters. MSA)
Daniel Liadsky (2015) Exploring Toronto’s Foodscapes: Measuring the Food
Environment and Healthy Dietary Behaviour (Masters.
MSA)
James Steenberg (2015) Urban Forest Vulnerability and its Implications
for Ecosystem Service Supply at Multiple Scales (External/Internal committee
member. PhD in Environmental Applied Science and Management, Ryerson
University)
Ivy Dam (2015) Exploring daily dietary behaviour
through examination of the food choice process. (External reviewer. PhD in
Geography. Wilfred Laurier University)
Alicia Fong (2015) Health Experiences of Cantonese-‐Speaking
Older Immigrant Women in Toronto. (Masters. ISS)
Heather Hart (2015) Maps as Evidence in Health Care Service Improvement
and Monitoring (Masters Thesis. MSA)
Sina Tehranchi (2014) Spatial Assessment of Road Traffic Injuries in the
Greater Toronto Area (GTA): Spatial Analysis Framework (Masters. MSA)
Daniel Galati (2014) Applying Spatial Analysis Tools to Predict Valley
Fever in California, USA (Masters. MSA)
Alexander Little (2014) Testing the Spatial Accuracy of Selected Trade
Area Delineation Techniques in Relation to Cinema Patronage: A Comparison of
Toronto and Vancouver (Masters. MSA)
Patrick Kniss (2014) Recreation, place & urban revitalization: a
case study of the Regent Park Aquatics Centre & Scadding Court Community
Recreation Centre (Masters. MSA)
Christina Cattana (2013) A GIS-assisted
evaluation of Toronto public libraries: Assessing impacts of proposed closures
(Masters. MSA)
Abel Anissa (2013) Spatial Analysis of Urban Environmental Quality
Around Condominium Neighbourhoods in Toronto (Masters. MSA)
Yurie I. Maher (2013) An impact assessment of particulate matter on
human health - An exploratory analysis in India as a case study (Masters. MSA)
Kevin p. Mackay (2013) The effect of occupation on the spatial
distribution of HIV and AIDS in Thailand using Amoeba cluster analysis
(Masters. MSA)
Alison Jackson (2012) A Spatial Analysis of Food Deserts and Income in
the Hamilton CMA (Masters. MSA)
Brett Karl Hermann (2012) Cineplex SCENE Member Crossover and Trade Area
Analysis: A Comparison of the Toronto and Vancouver CMA (Masters. MSA)
Dara Vlajkovic (2012) Exploring the
Interconnections between Housing And Health: A Review
of The Canadian Literature (Masters. MSA)
Phil Prendergast (2012) Associating with a Transient National Identity:
An Analysis of the Sense of Belonging to Canada among Non-Visible and Visible
Minorities in the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area (Masters. MSA)
Matthew Alyea (2011): Are Food Banks located where the most vulnerable
populations need them to be? A case
study of Toronto’s CMA using Multivariate Regression and Hot Spot Analysis. MRP examination committee (Masters. MSA)
Hong Chen (2011): A Spatial Analysis of Discount Supermarkets and their
Implications for Food Deserts. MRP oral examination Chair (Masters. MSA)
Grainne Carberry (2011) Crime and alcohol accessibility in the City of
Toronto. MRP oral examination Chair (Masters. MSA)
Andrew Ingraldi (2010): The impact of neighbourhood and social mix on
housing affordability in the City of Toronto. MRP examination committee
(Masters. MSA)
Jason Zhong (2009): Delineating ethnoburbs: A framework for examining
the impact of ethnic settlement on the commercial and political landscape in
the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area. MRP examination committee (Masters. MSA)
Jacqueline Young (2009): Neighbourhood-level planning for newcomer
health services: The role of maps and indicator standardization. MRP
examination committee (Masters. MSA)
Brent Harris (2009) Smoking Variation in India. MRP examination
committee (Masters. MSA)
Julia Xiaoping Lin: (2009) The role of internet-based social support
network in immigrant settlement. MRP examination committee (Masters. ISS)
Derek Yee (2008): Neighbourhood Characterization for Pandemic Planning
in Peel Region" MRP examination committee (Masters. MSA)
Erin Vandahl (2008): A place for Urbanity in Retail Sales Forecasting
(MSA) MRP examination committee (Masters. MSA)
Sasha Mikhailovna Bozheva
(2007). Retail development in post-socialist megapolis: Saint-Petersburg.
Masters of Spatial Analysis (MSA) MRP examination committee
(Masters. MSA)
Sean Borque (2007): Recent changes in the department stores system in
Canada and the impacts of Shopping centres,
1993-2005. Masters of Spatial Analysis (MSA) MRP examination committee
(Masters. MSA)
Yukari Hayakawa (2007): Access to professions: The experience of
Japanese immigrants in Canada. Masters in Immigration and Settlement Studies
(ISS) MRP examination committee (Masters. ISS)
Brian Kelsey (2007): Usability analysis of map-centred
decision support: an application in community health planning. Masters of
Spatial Analysis MRP examination committee (Masters. MSA)
Hieu Nguyen (2005): An exploration of public participation in China’s
land use planning. School of Urban and Regional Planning (SURF), Queen’s
University, Masters of Planning (M. PL) thesis
examination committee
Research interests
Broadly speaking, my research focuses on the social
and economic dimensions of urban experience. Under this broad heading, I have
related research foci in the geography of health and health care, economic
geography and retailing and immigration and settlement studies. Specifically,
my research areas include:
·
Neighbourhood
and health
·
COVID-19.
Spatial mobility. Disease transmission
·
Accessibility
to care and vulnerable populations
·
Healthcare,
aging, and age-friendly community
·
Modeling
of spatial accessibility, walkability index, deprivation index
·
Ethnic
variation in health and health care, immigrant health, transnational health
practice
·
Spatial
analysis of crime, individual and neighbourhood predictors of crime occurrences
·
Access
to healthy food, lifestyle factors, health outcome
·
Ethnic
retailing and ethnic economy
My methodological and fieldwork interests include:
·
Mixed-methods
approach combining quantitative and qualitative methods
·
Statistical
modeling
·
GIS
and spatial analysis
·
Survey
design
·
Focus
groups
Funded Research Projects
2020 – 2022, Nominated PI, CIHR Operating Grant (Covid-19 rapid response), “Spatial and social
patterning of COVID-19 prevention and transmission in Canada: Investigating the
impacts of risk perception and preventive behaviour
on individual activity space”
2019 – 2023, PI, SSHRC Insight Grant. “Examining
transnational health practices and healthcare access among older immigrants in
Canada”
2019 – 2020, PI, The RBC Immigrant, Diversity and Inclusion Project. “Ethnic grocery
retailing and healthy food provision in marginalized ethno-cultural
neighbourhoods in Toronto CMA”
2017 – present, PI,
Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR)
Planning and Dissemination Grant– Institute Community Support.
"Spatial and Language Discordance in Accessing Physicians among Older
Immigrants in Toronto: Identifying Barriers, Facilitators and Interventions”
2016 – 2019, Co-Applicant,
SSHRC Partnership Development Grant
(PDG). “Aging Well: Partnering to optimize social network and support for
older immigrants in Ontario”. (PI: Sepali Guruge)
2015 – 2017, PI,
The RBC Immigrant, Diversity and
Inclusion Project. “Investigating immigrant consumer choice in a
multicultural commercial system: A comparison between Chinese and South Asian
groups in Toronto”
2008 – 2014, PI,
Social Science and Humanities Research
Council (SSHRC) Standard Research Grant. “Healthy Integration”: Ethnicity,
Geography and Immigrants’ Utilization of Primary Care Physicians in Toronto”
(solo investigator) (project extended due
to maternity leave)
2008 – 2010, PI,
Centre of Excellence for Research on
Immigration and Settlement (CERIS RFP) “Utilization of Family Physician
Resources among Recent Immigrants in the Toronto CMA” (solo investigator)
2008 – 2009, PI,
SSHRC Institutional Grant (SIG) “An
Investigation of Utilization patterns of family physicians among South Asian
immigrants in Toronto, Canada” (solo investigator)
2008 – 2009, PI
“The socioeconomic determinants of physician service utilization among South
Asian immigrants” Ryerson University
Faculty of Arts SRC Research Grant (solo investigator) (declined)
2008 – 2009, PI,
SSHRC Institutional Grant (SIG),
“Geography, ethnicity and access to primary health care services” (solo
investigator)
2007 – 2008, PI,
“A pilot study on health care seeking behaviour among
Pakistani immigrants” Ryerson University
Faculty of Arts SRC Research Grant (solo investigator) (declined)
2007-2009, PI,
“Ethnicity, integration and access to health care” Ryerson New Faculty SRC Development Fund (solo investigator)
2006 – 2007, PI,
Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration
and Settlement (CERIS RFP). “Ethnicity, Spatial Equity and Utilization of
Primary Care Physicians - A Case Study with Mainland Chinese Immigrants in the
Toronto CMA” (solo investigator)
2005 – 2006, PI,
“A Historical Anatomy of Urban Ethnic Economies: Exploring the Chinese Ethnic
Economy in Toronto, Canada”. Queen’s
University Advisory Research Committee Grant (solo investigator)
Publications
Lee,
J., Wang, L., Hernandez, T., & Daniel, C. (2024). Ethnic Grocery
Retailing and Health: A Case Study of Chinese and South Asian Immigrants in
Toronto. Papers in Applied Geography, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/23754931.2024.2371785
Yasin,
Y. M., Al-Hamad, A., Guruge, S., Metersky, K., Catallo, C., Wang, L.,
Yang, L., Zhuang, Z., & Salma, J. (2024). Healthcare practices among
refugee older adults: A scoping review protocol. Open Science Framework.
https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/J8V4U
Forsyth, J., Wang, L., & Thomas-Bachli, A. (2023).
COVID-19 case rates, spatial mobility, and neighbourhood socioeconomic
characteristics in Toronto: a spatial–temporal analysis. Canadian Journal of
Public Health, 114(5), 806-822. https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-023-00791-4.
Wang, L., Yu, J., Chen, D., & Yang, L. (2021). Relationships among COVID-19
Prevention Practices, Risk Perception and Individual Characteristics: A
Temporal Analysis. International journal of environmental research and
public health, 18(20), 10901. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010901
Wang, L., & Ariwi, J. (2021). Mental health crisis and spatial accessibility
to mental health services in the city of Toronto: A geographic study.
International Health Trends and Perspectives, 1(2), 191-213.
Perry, S., Wang, L., & Hernandez, T. (2020).
The Changing Spatial Organization of Ethnic Retailing: Chinese and South Asian
Grocery Retailers in Toronto. Papers in Applied Geography, 6(4),
287-305.
Wang L. (2020), “Healthcare
Access among Immigrants and Transactional Migrants” in Newbold B. and Wilson K.
(Eds) A Research Agenda for Migration and
Health, Elgar Research Agenda Programme (Edward Elgar) pp. 29-49
Wang L., Guruge S., and Montana
G., 2019, A scoping review of accessing primary care physicians among older
immigrants in Canada. Canadian Journal on
Aging/La Revue canadienne du vieillissement
(Cambridge). Volume 38, Number (2), 193-209 (Featured as Article of the Month in Oct, 2019 by the
Journal
Wang, L., Lee, G., Williams
I., 2019, The Spatial and Social Patterning of Property and Violent Crime in
Toronto Neighbourhoods: A Spatial-Quantitative Approach, ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf (International Journal of Geo-Information - IJGI)
8, 51. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi8010051
Guruge S., Sidani1 S., Wang L., Sethi B., Spitzer D., Walton-Roberts M., Hyman I., 2018,
Understanding social network and support for older immigrants in Ontario,
Canada: A multi-methods study protocol, JMIR
Aging. doi:10.2196/12616
Wang L., Ramroop S., 2018,
Accessibility to community pharmacies in the Greater Toronto Area among
vulnerable populations, Can J Public
Health (CJPH) (Springer) 109 (5-6): 821-832 https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-018-0110-1.
Wang L., Carr M., 2018,
Investigating Potential Predictors of BMI and Regional Variation in Canada: A
Logistic Regression Approach. SF Journal
of Obesity Research. 2:2.
Wang L., Dorkenoo S., 2018, Measuring spatial accessibility of
older adults to primary care physicians and adult day programs in the Toronto
CMA. Nursing and Palliative Care.
3(3): 1-8. doi: 10.15761/NPC.1000186
Wang L., 2018,
Unequal spatial accessibility of integration-promoting resources and immigrant
health: a mixed-methods approach. Applied
Geography (Elsevier). Vol 92
(March): 140-149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2018.01.017
Wang L.,
Lara Palacios E. (MSA), 2017, The Social and Spatial Patterning of Life Stress
among Immigrants in Canada. Journal of
Immigrant and Minority Health (Springer) 19:665-673 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10903-016-0538-4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-016-0538-4
Kolpak Patrycia (MSA), Wang Lu, 2017, Exploring the social and neighbourhood predictors of
diabetes: a comparison between Toronto and Chicago. Primary Health Care Research & Development (Cambridge
University Press). 18(3)291-299 https://doi.org/10.1017/S1463423617000044
Wang L., (2015), Immigrant Health Services and
Healthcare, in Bauder H. & Shields J. (Eds.) Immigrant Experiences in North America, Canadian Scholars’ Press
Inc. pp 343-366
Wang L., Kwak
M., (2015), Immigration, barriers to healthcare and transnational ties: A
case study of South Korean immigrants in Toronto, Canada, Social Science and Medicine, Vol 133: 340-348 (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953614007710).
Wang L., Tormala
T., 2014, Integrating Spatial and
Aspatial Factors In Measuring Accessibility To Primary Health Care Physicians:
A Case Study of Aboriginal Population In Sudbury, Canada. Journal of Community Medicine and Health Education. 4:3
Wang L, H.
Wei, (2013). “Immigrant health, place effect and regional disparities in
Canada”, Social Science and Medicine,
98: 8-17. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953613005054
Lo Lucia and Wang L, Economic Rationality, (2012), “Economic Rationality, Ethnic
Identity, and the Geographies of Consumption”, in Warf, Barney (ed.),
Encounters and Engagements between Economic and Cultural, Springer, Series: GeoJournal Library, Vol. 104. pp 79-101
Wang L, 2011, Analyzing spatial
accessibility to health care: a case study of access by different immigrant
groups to primary care physicians in Toronto, Annals of GIS. 17(4): 237–251.
Wang L,
Chacko Elizabeth, Withers Lindsay, 2011, “Immigration, Health and Health Care”
in Wei Li, Teixeira Carlos and Audrey Kobayashi (Eds.) Immigrants in US and Canadian Cities (Oxford) pp. 158-178
Wang L and
Roisman D., 2011, Modeling Spatial Accessibility of Immigrants to Culturally
Diverse Family Physicians, The
Professional Geographer, 63(1): 73–91
Wang L, 2008, Book Review of Geocoding
Health Data: The Use of Geographic Codes in Cancer Prevention and Control,
Research and Practice, The Canadian Geographers 52(4): 517-518
Wang L, Rosenberg M and Lo L, 2008,
“Ethnicity, Accessibility, and Utilization of Family Physicians - A Case
Study of Mainland Chinese Immigrants in Toronto, Canada”. Social Science and
Medicine 67(9): 1410-1422
Wang L and Lo L, 2007, “Global
connectivity, local consumption, and Chinese immigrant experience” Geojournal 48: 183-194
Lo,
L and Wang, L., Wang, S. & Yuan, Y. 2007. Immigrant Settlement
Services in the Toronto CMA: A GIS-Assisted Analysis of Demand and Supply.
Working Paper Series. No. 59. Toronto: Centre of Excellence for Research on
Immigration and Settlement.
Wang L, 2007, “Immigration, Ethnicity,
and Accessibility to Culturally Diverse Family Physicians” Health and Place
13: 656-671
Wang L and Lo L, 2007, “Immigrant Grocery
Shopping Behaviour: Ethnic Identity versus
Accessibility” Environment and Planning A 39: 684-699
Lo
L and Wang L (with Li Wei),
2006, “Consuming Wal-Mart: A Case Study in Shenzhen, China” in S. Brun (ed) Wal-Mart World:
The World's Biggest Corporation in the Global Economy pp.
315-330 (Routledge)
Lo
L and Wang L, 2005, “Economic Status of the Chinese Population in the
Toronto CMA: Immigrant Origin and Landing Period” Journal of International
Migration and Integration 5(1):107-140
Wang L, 2004, “An Investigation of
Chinese Immigrant Consumer Behaviour in Toronto”,
Canada Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services 11: 307-320
Ghosh
S and Wang L, 2003, “Transnationalism and identity - Tales of Two Faces
and Multiple Lives” Canadian Geographers 47(3): 269-282
Wang L, Wang Z and Ma C, 2002, “Chinese
Knowledge Network: Simulation and Policy Recommendation (II)” R&D
Management 23(1): 17-26
Wang
Z, Ma C and Wang L, 2001, “Chinese Knowledge Network: Simulation and
Policy Recommendation (I)” R&D Management 22(3): 126-133
Wang
Z and Wang L, 2000, “An Exploration of Optimal Urbanization Ratio of
China” Chinese Journal of Management sciences 8(2):56-64
Wang
Z and Wang L, 1999, “A Discussion of the Principles of Environmental
Ethics for Sustainable Development” in Chiao-Min Hsieh Ed. Human Geography:
Nature, Culture, Human and Environment Science Press: Beijing, 216-27
Chen
Z, Hong X, Li S, Wang L, and Shi X, 1997, “Environmental Archaeology in
Tai Lake Region” ACTA Geographica Sinica 52(2):131-6
Conference Presentations and Invited Talks
Lu Wang (2022) Older adult health, wellbeing and neighbourhood context:
A geographical and spatial analysis approach. Invited speaker for ICOI
(Inclusive Communities for Older Immigrants) training session.
Yu, Jie, Wang, L., Chen, D. & Yang, L. (2022, Oct). Home and older
immigrants’ well-being in the context of COVID-19. 2022 Applied Geographer
Conference (virtual)
Greenbaum M., Wang, L., 2022, Older immigrant access to family
physicians in the Toronto CMA: A mixed-methods approach, Paper presented at the
CAG conference (Toronto)
Wang, L., Yu, J., Chen, D. & Yang, L. (2022, July 18-22). COVID-19,
neighbourhood health and prevention behaviour in Toronto, Canada. The IGU
(International Geographical Union) conference, oral presentation Paris, France.
Wang, L., Yu. J, Yang, L., Chen, D. (2021) COVID-19 Risk Perception,
Prevention and Individual Mobility. Invited talk at 2nd CNIW Health and
Bio-Medical Forum, Toronto, Canada (Dec 16, 2021)
Wang, L., Yang, L., Chen, D. Yu.J (2021)
Spatial and social patterning of COVID-19 prevention and transmission within
the Chinese community of Canada: Investigating the impacts of risk perception
and preventive behaviour on spatial mobility. Poster Presentation. Public
Health 2020, Canadian Public Health Association.
Yu.J, Wang, L., Yang, L., Chen, D. (2021) Spatial and social patterning of
COVID-19 prevention and transmission in Canada: exploring risk perception,
preventive behaviour and individual activity space. American Association of
Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting.
Wang L., Guruge S., Dorkenoo S., 2021, Using GIS and spatial analysis
in research concerning older immigrants: understanding the role of mapping and
location-based information, ICOI SUMMIT, March, 2021
Dorkenoo S., Wang L,, Guruge S.,
Walton-Roberts M., Sethi B and Spitzer D., 2021, Accessing informal and formal
social supports among older immigrants in Canada: A mixed-methods approach.
Poster, ICOI SUMMIT, March, 2021
Lu Wang (2021) The social and spatial patterning of COVID-19, risk
perception and prevention, Blue Box Talk, Saint Mary's University.
Wang, L., 2020, Invited talk - Migration, health and well-being:
investigating the role of neighbourhood contexts in immigrant health. GGIS
Distinguished Guest Speaker. Department of GGIS (Geography and Geographic
Information Science), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Lu Wang (2020) Panel discussion on impacts of COVID-19 on immigrant
& newcomer population by Ryerson Immigrant Employees Community Network
Wang, L., 2020, Researching migration, health and healthcare in Canada:
data availability, challenges and opportunities, paper presented in Panel
Measuring migrant health, at IFMS 2020 (International Forum on Migration
Statistics), Cairo, Egypt
Wang, L., Guruge S., Khan Kamran, 2019, Spatial
and Language Discordance in Accessing Physicians among Older Immigrants in
Toronto, Canada: Identifying Barriers, Facilitators and Interventions. Poster
presentation at AAG Annual Meeting, Washington DC.
Dorkenoo S., Wang L., Guruge S., Walton-Roberts
M., Sethi B and Spitzer D., 2019, Accessing informal and formal social supports
among older immigrants in Canada: A mixed-methods approach. Poster presentation
at AAG Annual Meeting, Washington DC.
Wang L., J. Ariwi, 2018, Accessibility to
mental health services in Toronto. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of
the Association of American Geographers, N.O., USA
Wang L., 2017, Ethnic grocery retailing: a
temporal and spatial story. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the
Canadian Association of geographers, Toronto
Wang L., Anne Christina, 2017, Integration,
healthcare and well-being: a case study of Sri Lankan immigrants in Toronto,
Canada. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Association of American
Geographers, Boston, USA
Wang L., 2016, Highly-skilled
Transnational Migration and Immigration: International Medical Graduates (IMGs)
in Canada, Annual IMC International Metropolis Conference, Japan
Wang L., Lara Palacia
Elmer, 2016, The social and spatial patterning of stress among immigrants in
Canada. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Association of American
Geographers, San Francisco, USA
Wang L., 2016: panelist. RBC Immigrant,
Diversity and Inclusion Project Breakfast & Workshop. Immigrant consumer behaviour and ethnic retail
Wang L., 2015, Immigrant health, socioeconimc factors and residential neighbourhood
characteristics: A comparison of multiple ethnic groups in Canada. Paper
presented at IGU Regional Conference, State University of Moscow.
Wang L., Levy J., 2015, Composition and
locational strategies of Practicing International Medical Graduates (IMGs) in
Canada Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Association of American
Geographers, Chicago, USA
Wang L., 2014, Exploring ethnic variations in
healthcare access in Canada: a comparison among multiple ethnic groups Paper
presented at the Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers,
Tampa, USA, May
Wang L, 2013, “Health, healthcare and
immigration in Canada and U.S.A.”. Invited talk at York University (March)
Wang L., M.J. Kwak, 2013, Immigration, Health
and Transnational Ties, Paper presented at the XVth
International Symposium in Medical/Health Geography, East Lansing, Michigan,
USA. July
Wang L., M.J. Kwak, 2013, An investigation of
South Korean immigrants’ use of transnational health care. Paper presented at
Ryerson RCIS conference on Immigration and Settlement: Precarious Futures?
(Toronto. May)
Haoran Zhang, Lu Wang, 2012, Changing
geographies of ethnic food retailing in Toronto. Paper presented at the Annual
Meetings of the Canadian Association of Geographers, Waterloo, Canada. May.
Wang L, 2012, Healthy Integration":
Accessing Culturally-Appropriate Health Services among
Immigrants in Toronto, Canada. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the
Association of American Geographers, New York, USA, Feb
Wang L, Lucia Lo, 2011, Regulatory Reform,
Retail Internationalization, and Consumer Behaviour
in China, presented at the Applied Geography Annual Meeting, Redlands, USA, Oct
Wang L, Elizabeth Chacko, Lindsay Withers, 2011,
“Immigration, Health and Health Care in Canada and US” Paper presented at the Annual
Meetings of the Association of American Geographers, Seattle, USA, Apr 15
Wang L, 2011, “Accessing and Using Primary Care
Physicians among Immigrant Populations in Canada”, CERIS Public Seminar, Mar
25, Toronto
Wang
L, 2009, “Analyzing spatial accessibility to family
physician among ethnic groups in Toronto CMA” Paper presented at the Annual
Meetings of the Association of American Geographers, Las Vegas, USA, March
Wang
L. 2009, “Defining Chinatown”. Panellist. The Annual Meetings of the
Association of American Geographers, Las Vegas, USA, March
Wang
L. 2008, “Ethnic variations in health care access” Paper presented at
Settlement Without Boundaries Symposium OCASI 30th Anniversary
(Hosted by OCASI, CERIS, and Ryerson University
Wang
L, Roisman D, 2008, “An Investigation of Access to Physician Resources among
Immigrant Populations in Toronto” Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the
Association of American Geographers, Boston, USA, April
Wang
L, 2008, “Marketing Research, Geodemographics, and Business Geomatics” Paper
presented at the Symposium on Pattern Recognition
in Marketing Analysis jointly organized by Generation 5 and Laboratory for
Industrial and Applied Mathematics (LIAM) at York University, February 22
Wang
L, 2007, “A GIS approach to analyzing health care
utilization” Paper presented at the 2007 OAGEE (Ontario Association of Geographers
and Environmental Educators) Conference. Toronto, Canada. October
Wang
L, 2007, “Ethnicity, Immigration and Access to Family Physicians” Paper
presented at the Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers,
San Francisco, USA, April
Wang
L, 2006, “Urban consumption and immigration” Paper presented at the Annual
Meetings of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, USA, March
Li
W and Wang L, 2006, “Managing Transnational Capitals: Preliminary Exploration
on Banking and Consumption in a Transnational World” Paper presented at the
special session “Transnationalism: comparative
perspectives” at IGC, Brisbane, Australia
Lo
L and Wang L, 2006, “Urban Chinese consumer behaviour:
choices among foreign supermarkets, domestic supermarkets and traditional
markets” Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Association of American
Geographers, Chicago, USA, March
Wang
L and Lo L, 2005, “Consumption, ethnic identity and immigrant businesses: A
case study of Chinese immigrants in Toronto, Canada” Paper presented at the 10th
International Metropolis Conference, Toronto, Canada, October
Wang
L and Lo L, 2005, “Consuming Wal-Mart: A Case Study in Shenzhen, China” Paper
presented at the Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers,
Denver, USA, April
Lo
L and Wang L, 2005, “A GIS Approach to Examining the Delivery of Immigrant
Settlement Services in Toronto” Paper presented at the
Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers, Denver, USA, April
Wang
L, 2005, “Retail Internationalization, Shopping and Consumer Culture in Urban
China” Paper presented at the second China Symposium at Queen’s University.
Wang L and Lo L, 2004, “Enhancing Immigrant Settlement
Service Delivery with GIS” Demo at the GEOIDE Annual Science Meeting, Ottawa,
May-June.
Wang L and Lo L, 2004, “Urban Chinese Grocery Shopping
Behaviour - The Impact of Foreign Retail Formats”
Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Association of American
Geographers, Philadelphia, USA, March.
Wang L and Lo L, 2003, “An Analysis of Immigrant
Grocery Shopping Behaviour” Paper presented at the
Annual Meetings of the Canadian Association of Geographers, Victoria, Canada,
May-June.
Wang L, 2003, “The Role
of Ethnic Identity in Immigrant Consumption” Paper presented at the Annual
Meetings of the Association of American Geographers, New Orleans, USA, March.
Wang L and L, 2002, “Consumption in a New Home - A
Case Study of the Chinese Immigrants in Toronto” Paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers, Toronto, Canada, May.
Ghosh S and Wang L, 2002, “Transnationalism and
identity - Tales of Two Faces and Multiple Lives” Paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers, Toronto, Canada, May.
Wang L, 2002, “A
Conceptual Framework on Immigrant Consumer Behaviour”
Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Association of American
Geographers, Los Angles, USA, March.
Wang L and Lo L, 2001, “Economic Status of the Chinese
Immigrants in Toronto: An Examination of the 1996 Census” Paper presented at
the Annual Meetings of the Canadian Association of Geographers, Montreal,
Canada, May-June.
Wang L and Lo L, 2001,
“Occupational Concentration and Economic Performance of the Chinese Immigrants
in the Toronto CMA: An examination of the 1996 census” Paper presented at the
Annual Meetings of Association for American Asian Studies, Toronto, March.
Wang L, 2000, “Chinese
Knowledge Network: Simulation and Policy Recommendation” Paper presented at the
Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers, Pittsburgh, USA,
March.
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