Education
B.A, 1979, University of Toronto, Ontario
B.Music, 1979, University of Toronto, Ontario
M.A, 1988, York University, Ontario
Ph.D, 1993, York University, Ontario

Rae Bridgman's analyses of chronic homelessness among women and men, youth homelessness, and studies of innovative housing models addressing their needs, as well as child-friendly cities, have been published internationally. She is author of StreetCities: Rehousing the Homeless (Broadview Press, 2006), Safe Haven: The Story of a Shelter for Homeless Women (University of Toronto Press, 2003), co-author of Braving the Street: The Anthropology of Homelessness (Berghahn Books, 1999), and co-editor of Feminist Fields: Ethnographic Insights (Broadview Press, 1999). She has been the recipient of several major research grants from the federal Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). In parallel with her scholarly research, she is a practicing visual artist with many arts grants and exhibitions to her name, and is also an author and illustrator of young adult fantasy novels, including Kingdom of Trolls (Sybertooth, 2011), Fish & Sphinx (Great Plains, 2008), Amber Ambrosia (Great Plains, 2007), and The Serpent’s Spell (Great Plains, 2006).

Dr. Bridgman’s undergraduate and graduate teaching duties in the Faculty of Architecture span thesis/practicum preparation and research methods, as well as child-friendly cities. She is also a member of the architectural and planning firm BridgmanCollaborative Architecture.