Rae Bridgman B.A., B.M., M.A., Ph.D., M.C.I.P.
 

Telephone: (204)474-7179

Fax Number: (204)474-7532

J.A. Russell Bldg.
Faculty of Architecture
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada  R3T 2N2
 
bridgman@cc.umanitoba.ca

Position: Professor

Research Interests:

  • Homelessness 
  • Diversity and cultural aspects of design
  • Social justice and marginalised populations 
  • Analysis of buildings codes and planning guidelines 
  • Feminist practice 
  • Case study research 
  • Life history research 
  • Ethnographic and experimental writing 
  • Teaching practices
  • Child-Friendly Cities

Teaching Interests:

  • Social and cultural aspects of architectural design and urban planning 
  • Environment and behaviour 
  • Gender and diversity in the city
  • Housing and homelessness 
  • Visual and spatial images in research 
  • Art and ritual 
  • Qualitative research methods

Research, Creative Work and Teaching

    Rae Bridgman's most recent publications include two books---"StreetCities:
    Rehousing the Homeless" (Broadview Press, 2006) and "The Serpent's Spell," a
    fantasy novel for young people (Great Plains Publications, 2006). She received a
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Standard
    Research Grant (2006-2009) for her Toronto-based research on rehousing
    chronically homeless women and men, and is on sabbatical from autumn 2006 to
    spring 2007. For more information, see her websites:
    <home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~bridgman> and <www.raebridgman.ca>.