Nishan Zewge-Abubaker

Nishan (she/her) is a planning and geography scholar whose work investigates the role of social infrastructures of care in shaping black life and freedom(s) in the modern city. This work combines critical qualitative and mixed methods, archival data, and community-driven approaches. Nishan holds a Masters of Public Health from the University of Toronto with a specialization in Public Health Policy.

Nishan's work over the past 12 years has included working with municipalities and resident coalitions to develop consent-based 911 crisis alternatives, creating new community research governance models for urban health research centers, and coordinating critical mixed-methods studies of housing and neighborhood health policy interventions across multiple Canadian cities. Nishan’s work has been published in journals including Geoforum, BMC Public Health, and the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.