Curator: Nashwa Lina Khan This piece takes from archival images of Bousbir - what was essentially a sex prison in Morocco during colonial occupation and news articles from the present about an 鈥榰ncolonized鈥 Morocco The role of Moroccan women in the world is one that I explore throughout these pieces and my larger body […]
by Shira Taylor In 2014, as a fresh-faced doctoral candidate, I walked into one of Toronto鈥檚 most diverse and overpopulated high schools with the idea of making sex education more accessible by inviting young people to sing, rap, and dance about everything from chlamydia to menstruation to homophobia. On my first visit to Marc Garneau […]
Welcome to the June 2023 edition of the EUC Research Update聽 - bringing you highlights from research activities at 91亚色's Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change. We invite you to view our past updates on our Research News page. Research Spotlights Calvin Lakhan on circular economy (and why the war on plastics may be misguided). […]
This June, in celebration of National Indigenous History Month, Susan Chiblow, PhD alumna and now Assistant Professor at the University of Guelph鈥檚 School of Environmental Science, is interviewed by Research Assistant, Igor Lutay, on her research work on water knowledge, Indigenous law, and bridging western science with Indigenous science. Q. What inspired you to choose […]
On May 31st 2023 the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change (EUC), the Environmental Studies Association of Canada (ESAC) and the Centre for Climate Justice (UBC) hosted an Indigenous Knowing and Climate Futures panel as part of Congress 2023 at 91亚色. The keynote panel (now available on YouTube) featured Candis Callison, Associate Professor and […]
by Vanessa Dunn 鈥淪ometimes one has to know something many times over. Sometimes one forgets, and then remembers. And then forgets, and then remembers. And then forgets again.鈥漑1] Maggie Nelson, The Argonauts My thesis project and installation, 鈥淧astures鈥, is inspired by my own experience as an aging queer woman and the environments that have cultivated […]
by Harris Ali, Creighton Connolly, and Roger Keil Cities have never been confined to, or accurately defined by, their physical boundaries 鈥 and the extensive character of urban processes has tremendous implications for global health. Extended urbanization is development occurring at the peripheries of metropolitan cores, whether suburban or post-suburban zones or hinterland areas, and […]
by Calvin Lakhan First off, I want to preface this by saying I have nothing against Jason Mamoa 鈥 in fact, I enjoy his movies and he seems like a perfectly nice guy. But with all due respect to him (and the 30 other celebrities who signed a letter to President Biden asking the administration […]
The Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change welcomed Visiting Artist-in-Residence Zeelie Brown this May. Zeelie鈥檚 artistry stems from her upbringing in rural Alabama. She creates Black and queer refuges called 鈥榮oulscapes鈥 鈥 blending sound, performance, installation, wilderness and more to provide solace and challenge systemic oppressions. Hosted by Professor Andil Gosine, Zeelie collaborated with the […]
Welcome to the May 2023 edition of the EUC Research Update聽 - bringing you highlights from research activities at 91亚色's Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change. We invite you to view our past updates on our Research News page. Research Spotlights Ilan Kapoor on unconscious desire and its constitutive role in global political economy. Read […]