Eloise Flesh is a student pursuing a bachelor’s degree in urban planning at Concordia University in Montréal. She interned at UTILE a non-for profit organization dedicated to researching, developing and promoting student housing cooperatives in Québec. Her work at UTILE aimed at researching how to intentionally and seamlessly integrate a student cooperative into an existing neighbourhood’s socio-economic tissue. She is also a member of the provisional housing committee for UTILE's first student cooperative.