Kathrine Richardson recently completed her Ph.D. in Economic Geography at the University of British Columbia. She specializes in the mobility of the international creative class, with a focus on regional migrations within North America and transnational migrations between the Americas and the Asia Pacific. While finishing her Ph.D. dissertation, Dr. Richardson simultaneously developed and executed a key study for the Government of Canada that examined why the international creative class was drawn to Vancouver’s biotechnology cluster. Before coming to Canada as a Canada-U.S. Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Richardson worked as an economic planner for the Governor’s Office, State of Oregon, where her work focused primarily on the collaborative creation of a strategic plan and vision for the state of Oregon. Dr. Richardson also has a M.C.R.P. in Community and Regional Planning and a M.S. in Public Policy and Management, both from the University of Oregon.