Research
Research on leadership, sustainability and stronger communities.
A community-engaged researcher, Audrey studies how local actors, nonprofits, businesses and anchor institutions keep wealth circulating in the places that build it.
Community wealth buildingSocial & community financeNonprofit leadershipSustainable local economic developmentDowntown revitalizationCommunity-led governance
Selected work
All publications on Google Scholar →- 2026The Community Wealth Building Movement in Canada: Recommendations for a Comprehensive StrategyTwenty Years of Community Wealth Building · The Democracy Collaborative · with H. Hachigian
- 2025Canada's economic vulnerabilities show why it must invest in the wealth of local communitiesThe Conversation
- 2024Deployment and development of community wealth building in Canadian mid-sized citiesCommunity Development Journal · with J. Scholten
- 2024Grappling with governance: Emerging approaches to build community economiesJournal of Rural Studies · with R. Gordon
- 2022Community-based economic development is the key to a strong pandemic recoveryThe Conversation
- 2022Community Economies: Literature ReviewShorefast
- 2018From Operational to Aspirational? Business Improvement Areas (BIAs) in Mid-Sized CitiesPlanning Practice & Research
- 2018Regional Planning and Urban Revitalization in Mid-Sized Cities: A Case Study on Downtown GuelphCanadian Journal of Urban Research
- 2018Coworking spaces in mid-sized cities: A partner in downtown economic developmentEnvironment and Planning A: Economy and Space