Ted Rutland

Ted Rutland is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment at Concordia University, Montreal, specializing in urban politics, planning, and security/policing with a focus on social and racial justice in Canadian contexts.

His research centers on anti-Black racism in urban systems, examining how racial dynamics shape planning practices and policing in Halifax and Montreal. Key works include Displacing Blackness: Planning, Power, and Race in Twentieth-Century Halifax (2018) documenting historical anti-Blackness in urban planning, and Out to Defend Ourselves: A History of Montreal's First Haitian Street Gang (2023) analyzing racial profiling and gang policing. He integrates Black geographies and critical race theory to explore community resistance and alternative urban futures.

Rutland's publication analysis reveals consistent interdisciplinary engagement across urban geography, criminology, and critical race studies. His work spans historical and contemporary case studies in Montreal and Halifax, addressing eviction dynamics, policing transformations, and housing discrimination through frameworks of biopolitics, financialization, and spatial justice. Recurring themes include state violence against Black communities, community-led resistance, and the racialized production of urban space.

He actively supervises graduate research on Montreal's municipal politics and urban security, and has led participatory-action projects with racialized youth in Saint-Michel. His community collaborations include Montréal sans profilage and the Comité logement de la Petite Patrie, producing influential reports on police racial profiling and condo conversion impacts.