Carolyn Whitzman

Background

Mrs. Whitzman was born in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, on May 7, 1963. She is a daughter of Earl, who worked as a salesman, and Sheila, a real estate agent whose maiden name was Kastner, Whitzman.

Education

Carolyn Whitzman graduated from Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, receiving Bachelor of Arts (with honors) in 1986. She also completed her education at University of Toronto in 1988 from which she obtained Master of Arts degree. She did a doctoral study at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. In 2003 Carolyn Whitzman earned Doctor of Philosophy from McMaster University.

Career

In 1989 Mrs. Whitzman became a coordinator of Safe City Committee of City of Toronto, Ontario. Currently Dr. Carolyn Whitzman is a professor in Urban Planning at the University of Melbourne. She is the lead editor, co-author and author of a number of books.

Achievements

• Carolyn Whitzman has an international reputation for her work on the prevention of violence. She is a recipient of several awards from different organizations.

Works

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  • The Handbook of Community Safety Gender and Violence Prevention: Practical Planning Tools 2008
  • Suburb, Slum, Urban Village: Transformations in Toronto’s Parkdale Neighbourhood, 1875-2002 2009

Views

Quotations: "If cities are where you go to find yourself, find a job, meet others like you, revel in diversity, then why do so many writers on cities hate cities? If cities are where you go to find your freedom, as a lesbian, or as an artist, or as someone with a great idea, why do so many people feel trapped in their homes? What would a safe city look like? Would it necessarily be boring or repressive?”

Membership

• Planning Institute of Australia , Australia

• Women in Cities International

• Planning for Health and Well-being project

Interests

• reading, cooking, walking

• Sport & Clubs

  canoeing

Connections

Carolyn Whitzman married David Owen Hunt, a publisher, in 1985. The couple has one son, Simon Omer.

Father:

Earl Whitzman

Mother:

Sheila (Kastner) Whitzman

husband:

David Owen Hunt

Son:

Simon Omer Hunt