Due to the topical nature of my research and the high profile I gained through media interviews, I was sought out by various municipal policymakers for input on the short-term regulations that many cities began to contemplate in this era, which in turn allowed me to have a degree of influence on policy that was unusual for a master’s student. My engagement and influence on public policy debates was recognized through various academic awards in my master’s program.

Also in 2014, I was appointed as a volunteer member of the City of Vancouver’s first renters advisory committee and later became its chair, at which point I regularly did media interviews in that capacity as well. Finally, in 2016, I was part of the group who co-founded the pro-housing advocacy group, Abundant Housing Vancouver, and occasionally did media interviews for that reason over the next two years.

Below is a small selection of the print stories and broadcasts that I was quoted in during this period. Between short-term rentals and other rental housing topics, the volume of interviews, which were all done on my volunteer time, soon became more than I had time to fully document.