Dr. Zhixi Zhuang is a Registered Professional Planner and an Associate Professor at the School of Urban and Regional Planning, Toronto Metropolitan University. As the Academic Director of Toronto Metropolitan Centre for Immigration and Settlement and Founder and Director of DiverCityLab (www.divercitylab.com), her research explores the intersection of immigrant settlement, urban landscapes, and municipal policies related to building welcoming infrastructure in non-traditional gateway cities, immigrant entrepreneurship and city building, ethnic place-making in ‘third places,’ migration and suburban transformation, and the role of municipal planning in immigrant settlement and integration.