Anneke Smit

Anneke Smit is a Special Advisor to the Provost and Associate Professor at the University of Windsor, with a hybrid appointment at the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research (GLIER). Smit focuses on municipal law, urban planning, municipal climate policy, housing policy, placemaking, equitable citybuilding, and property law and policy. In addition to this role, Smit serves as Director at Windsor Law Centre for Cities and has experience as an independent consultant for the UNHCR, where a feasibility study on Higher Education Scholarships for refugees was created. Prior academic positions include Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Windsor Faculty of Law and Lecturer at the University of Reading. Smit's professional background also includes legal counsel for the Department of Justice Canada and human rights work with OSCE. Educational qualifications include a PhD in Law from the University of Reading, an LL.B. from McGill University, and a Bachelor of Music in Performance from the University of Alberta.