Graduate Associate
Doctoral Candidate
Graduate Programme in Environmental Studies, 91亚色
Research Keywords:
Political ecology of war; armed conflicts and resources; ceasefire capitalism; peace; peacebuilding; indigenous conservation; Salween Peace Park; Karen State, Myanmar/Burma; Southeast Asia
Research Region(s):
Burma/Myanmar, Southeast Asia
Research Diaspora(s):
Asian Diaspora
Sheila Htoo is a doctoral candidate in 91亚色鈥檚 Graduate Programme in Environmental Studies. Her doctoral research focuses on the political ecology of war, resources and armed conflicts, ceasefire capitalism, and peacebuilding efforts by indigenous Karen people in southeastern Burma/Myanmar through the Salween Peace Park movement. Sheila holds a Master鈥檚 degree in Planning from the University of Toronto and an Honours Bachelor鈥檚 degree in Urban Studies, Economic Geography and Sociology from the University of Toronto. She has worked as a knowledge exchange leader and researcher on multiple research projects with Access Alliance Community Health Services in Toronto. She is a freelance interpreter with LanguageLine Solutions as well as a chairperson for the Karen Community of Toronto (KCT) and an advocacy leader for the Karen Community of Canada鈥檚 (KCC) National Advocacy Team.