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  • CONGRATS TO EDGES MEMBER EVELYN ARRIAGADA ON THE COMPLETION OF HER PHD IN RES!!

    EDGES member Evelyn Arriagada has successfully completed her PhD degree from UBC’s Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability! Her PhD thesis is titled “Performing gender through contested waters: Women+ water activists in Chilean hydrosocial struggles. PhD Thesis Abstract: A vast literature – cross-cutting fields such as Environmental Sociology, Environmental Justice, and Political Ecology – explains […] Read More

  • CONGRATS TO EDGES MEMBER MANVI BHALLA ON HER SELECTION AS A CHANGEMAKER FOR THE PLANET!

    EDGES member Manvi Bhalla has been selected to join the Changemaker for the Planet program through ChangemakerXchange — a global network of young leaders advancing climate justice and systemic change. Congratulations, Manvi! This prestigious opportunity brings together changemakers from around the world to collaborate on innovative, community-driven solutions for a more sustainable and equitable future. […] Read More

  • CONGRATS TO EDGES MEMBER RENATA ROVELO VELÁZQUEZ ON HER SSHRC CGSM AWARD!

    EDGES member Renata Rovelo Velázquez has been awarded a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Canada Graduate Scholarship Master’s (SSHRC CGSM) award. Congratulations, Renata! The CGSM program provides financial support ($27,000 annually) to up to 3,000 high-calibre scholars who are engaged in an eligible master’s programs in Canada. This support allows these scholars to concentrate […] Read More

  • NEW PUB FROM EDGES MEMBERS EVELYN ARRIAGADA, DACOTAH-VICTORIA SPLICHALOVA, & LEILA HARRIS: BEYOND MATERIAL DIMENSIONS OF WATER INSECURITY: GENDERED SUBJECTIVITIES, SENSES OF COMMUNITY, AND RENEWED POLITICAL POSSIBILITIES

    Abstract: Common paradigms of water insecurity focus on material aspects and outcomes, for instance, piped infrastructure or bodily health. Definitions of water insecurity often engage with uses of water for domestic, productive, and industrial purposes. Considerable research foregrounds the ways that water insecurity is differentiated in terms of gender, age, socio-economic status, caste, or other […] Read More

  • NEW PUB FROM EDGES MEMBER RACHEL STERN: TO COOL OR NOT TO COOL: UNDERSTANDING AND IMPROVING COOLING CENTRE USE IN METRO VANCOUVER THROUGH COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH

    Abstract: Extreme heat events present significant health risks, particularly for populations facing systemic marginalization. Through interviews and FGs with 63 (n = 60 residents; n = 3 service providers (SP)) participants, this paper explores the barriers and opportunities related to access and use of cooling centres from both user and provider perspectives, as well as broader implications for […] Read More

EDGES is a research collaborative based at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. The acronym EDGES identifies the major themes of our research: Environment & Development: Gender, Equity, and Sustainability. The use of the term EDGE is also meant to invoke several of its meanings—highlighting the goal of cutting edge research, signaling the focus of research on marginal and vulnerable populations (women, impoverished, etc.), and also referencing the aim for sharp analysis that will serve to advance knowledge of key issues of contemporary social and environmental concern.  In addition to regular research meetings, the collaborative also sponsors occasional lectures and events related to our research themes.

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