Studies in National and International Development Podcast Series

A Studies in National and International Development presentation by Dr. Barbara Perry and Dr. Shana MacDonald The stabbing of a faculty member and two students in a gender issues class at the University of Waterloo in the summer of 2023 has brought renewed urgency to anti-violence work on campus. This panel brings together experts in […]

Drawing from her recent book, “Why Would I Be Married Here? Marriage Migration and Dispossession in Neoliberal India” (Cornell University Press 2022), Dr. Kukreja examines marriage migration undertaken by rural bachelors in North India who seek brides from outside their customary marriage pools such as from development peripheries of India. She connects the macro-political violent […]

“Revolutions” is a short documentary that asks sports enthusiasts, brands, and manufacturers to think differently about environmental sustainability by putting sporting goods at the center of the conversation. The film uses the bike as a storytelling device to ask some important questions about sustainability such as: What happens to our “toys” when we’re done with […]

Join us for the second panel discussion of the mini-series “Legacies of War. Imperialisms, Racisms and Transnational Feminist Solidarities”, co-organized Vanessa Thompson and Katherine Mazurok. This series aims to interrogate, from a transnational feminist perspective, articulations and politics of war, in their many forms and on a global scale. We ask how we can challenge […]

Join us for the second panel discussion of the mini-series “Legacies of War. Imperialisms, Racisms and Transnational Feminist Solidarities”, co-organized Vanessa Thompson and Katherine Mazurok. This series aims to interrogate, from a transnational feminist perspective, articulations and politics of war, in their many forms and on a global scale. We ask how we can challenge […]

David P Thomas, Veldon Coburn, Rebecca Hall  This talk features a discussion of the new book Capitalism & Dispossession: Corporate Canada at Home and Abroad. Both co-editors and one contributing author will talk about the book and their unique contributions.  The book brings together a broad range of case studies to highlight the role of Canadian […]

José Marcelo Zacchi / September 22, 2022 In this talk, José Marcelo Zacchi reflects on his years as a lawyer and public manager dedicated to the strengthening of civic space and democratic construction in Brazil. He is currently committed to the creation of Núcleo Sumaúma, a new space for the elaboration and dissemination of civil society agendas […]

March 31st 2022 Equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives are often characterized as a “hallmark of the neoliberal university,” and a “non-critical, anti-theoretical and ahistorical answer to managing difference” (“Equity, Diversity, Inclusion: A Dialogue with Human Rights and Decolonization,” a roundtable hosted by Wilfred Laurier University on November 13, 2020). In this contribution to the SNID […]

Panelists will draw from their studies both in Canada and internationally to highlight the lives and livelihoods reproduced, sustained and compromised by the circulations and politics of waste. Dr Kesha Fevrier is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning at Queen’s University. Her research unfolds broadly at the intersection of race and […]

Canada’s waste crisis is the product of two inter-related issues: the problems of amplification and ongoing settler colonialism. In this presentation, Dr Myra Hird draws on decades of empirical waste studies research to argue that resolving our waste crisis requires an orientation away from techno-fixes and individual responsibility and towards upstream social justice issues.