Richard Maaranen is a geographic data analyst who completed his Master’s degree in Spatial Analysis in 2001 at the University of Toronto. He has worked at the University of Toronto on the Neighbourhood Change Research Partnership project from 2005 to 2023, with Open Policy Ontario and with Toronto Metropolitan University from 2023 to the present. He has contributed statistical analysis and GIS cartography support to a wide range of publications on gentrification, neighbourhood income inequality, the working poor, income security of older adults and rental housing evictions.