Topic: From Bacteria to Bikes – Quantitative Cycling Research in Toronto

After a PhD in biophysics, Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher turned her hobby into her job as a data scientist quantifying the impacts of cycling infrastructure in Canadian cities. Join her to discuss advocacy, citizen science, and the latest research on cycling in Toronto.

Speaker:

Dr. Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher is a Data Sciences Institute Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto studying how safe cycling networks influence the destinations people can access by bicycle in Canadian cities.

She is a co-founder of UofT Coders, a group for graduate students to teach each other programming skills in a supportive peer environment.

You can find her on Bluesky at @mbonsma.bsky.social or riding around Toronto with her family on her beloved cargo bikes.

Agenda:

7:00-7:20 Welcome and Introductions

7:20-7:50 Presentation and Q&A/discussion

7:50-9:00 Breakout groups

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