New policy brief: Morinville and Harris, Participatory urban water governance in Ghana
Morinville, C & L. Harris (2016) Policy brief: Analyzing participatory urban water governance in Accra, Ghana. The University of British Columbia, Institute of Resources, Environment and Sustainability. See full text HERE.
Photo exhibition by Graham McDowell
Graham McDowell, an environmental change researcher and EDGES member, recently opened a photo exhibition at the Liu Institute lobby gallery at The University of British Columbia. The official opening of the exhibition happened on Monday September 12. It will run until the end of November. Description: High places––mountains and the Arctic––are home to some of the planet’s most […]
New Pub: Harris,Theorizing gender, ethnic difference, and inequality in relation to water access and politics in southeastern Turkey
Harris, L. (in press) Theorizing gender, ethnic difference, and inequality in relation to water access and politics in southeastern Turkey. In: C. Ashcraft and T. Mayer (Eds) The Politics of Freshwater: Access, Conflict and Identity. Routledge, Earthscan. Abstract: This chapter makes two assertions. First, one cannot assess, and fully understand the politics of fresh water without attention to inequality, notably […]
Article by Noal Amir on exploring Afghan identity through her grandfather’s pictures
Check out this beautiful post by Noal Amir on exploring Afghan identities through photos of her grandfather. Noah’s grandfather grew up in Kabul, Afghanistan. He passed her a rich collections of photographs from the 1950s, 60s and 70s Afghanistan. Read the full piece HERE. Noal is a Master of Arts student at the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality […]
Congratulations to Graham McDowell!
EDGES member Graham McDowell is a recent receiver of the prestigious Vanier Doctoral Award. See full press release HERE. In his PhD, Graham focuses on vulnerability, adaptation, and transformation with a particular emphasis on governance strategies that promote human well-being and ecological resilience in the context of a changing cryosphere. You can learn more about his […]