EDGES: Environment and Development: Gender, Equity, and Sustainability

CONGRATS TO EDGES MEMBER RONA MACNICOL ON THE COMPLETION OF HER MA DEGREE IN RES!!

EDGES member Rona MacNicol has successfully completed her MA degree from UBC’s Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability. Congrats, Rona! Her master’s thesis is titled “Coping together?: Metro Vancouver tenant’s engagement with mutual aid during extreme heat events“. Master’s Thesis Abstract: Multiple factors coalesce to make some communities more at risk than others during extreme […]

CONGRATS TO EDGES MEMBER RACHEL STERN ON THE COMPLETION OF HER MA DEGREE IN GEOGRAPHY!!

EDGES member Rachel Stern has successfully completed her MA degree from UBC’s Geography Department. Congrats, Rachel! Her master’s thesis is titled “’We knew it was coming, we just didn’t know what it would be like to live it’: the extreme weather worlds of senior tenants in Vancouver, British Columbia“. Master’s Thesis Abstract: This thesis explores […]

NEW PUB FROM CECILIA CAMPERO, LEILA HARRIS, ALESSIA RODRIGUEZ, AND NADJA KUNZ: WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN THE MINING INDUSTRY: TRACING THE BUSINESS CASE ACROSS APEC COUNTRIES

Abstract: The role of women in mining economies is increasingly recognized in management and policy fora. Nonetheless, mining remains a male-dominated industry. In this paper, we examine how women’s participation in the mining industry is commonly articulated through what we refer to as a ‘business case’ approach, and find that this approach is frequently adopted […]

NEW PUB FROM ALEXANDRA BREWIS, LEILA HARRIS, AND OTHERS: GENDER IDENTITIES, WATER INSECURITY, AND RISK: RE-THEORIZING THE CONNECTIONS FOR A GENDER-INCLUSIVE TOOLKIT FOR WATER INSECURITY RESEARCH

Abstract: Informed by decades of literature, water interventions increasingly deploy “gender-sensitive” or even “gender transformative” approaches that seek to redress the disproportionate harms women face from water insecurity. These efforts recognize the role of gendered social norms and unequal power relations but often focus narrowly on the differences and dynamics between cisgender (cis) men and […]

WELCOME NEW EDGES MEMBER: KATE LAI REYNOLDS

The EDGES Research Collaborative is very pleased to welcome a new member, Kate Lai Reynolds, who is working on her Master’s of Arts degree under the supervision of Prof. Leila Harris at UBC’s Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability! More about Kate below: Contact email: kreynol@student.ubc.ca Kate’s research, rooted in feminist political ecology, explores the […]

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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