WELCOME, TAYA TRIFFO AS OUR NEWEST EDGES MEMBER!
The EDGES Research Collaborative is very pleased to welcome its newest member, Taya Triffo who has just begun her Master of Arts degree working under the supervision of Prof. Leila Harris at UBC’s Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability! More about Taya below: Taya Triffo is a graduate student with the Institute of Resources, Environment, […]
NEW PUB: MCDOWELL, HARRIS, KOPPES, ET AL. “FROM NEEDS TO ACTIONS: PROSPECTS FOR PLANNED ADAPTATIONS IN HIGH MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES”
Abstract: Adaptation needs in high mountain communities are increasingly well documented, yet most efforts to address these needs continue to befall mountain people who have contributed little to the problem of climate change. This situation represents a contravention of accepted norms of climate justice and calls attention to the need for better understanding of prospects for externally resourced adaptation initiatives […]
NEW PUB: MEEHAN, JEPSON, HARRIS, ET AL. “EXPOSING THE MYTHS OF HOUSEHOLD WATER INSECURITY IN THE GLOBAL NORTH”
This manuscript was developed based on the workshop “Household Water Insecurity in the Global North” held at the University of British Columbia, 17–19 November 2019 as part of the Household Water Insecurity Experiences Research Coordination Network (HWISE-RCN). Safe and secure water is a cornerstone of modern life in the global North. This article critically examines […]
CONGRATULATIONS TO GAYLEAN DAVIES ON HER UBC PUBLIC SCHOLAR AWARD!
EDGES member Gaylean Davies is a new UBC Public Scholar. Gaylean’s Public Scholars Initiative (PSI) award will support the arts-based portion of her “Women, Water, and Empowerment” PhD project in Ghana. PSI funding will allow Gaylean to engage women through employing a combination of visual methods (photovoice and participatory mapping) and focus group discussions (FGDs) […]
CONGRATS TO GAYLEAN DAVIES ON HER KILLAM DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIP!
EDGES member Gaylean Davies has been awarded a Killam Doctoral Scholarship to support her PhD research project “Women, Water, and Empowerment: Investigating Connections and Disconnections in Small Water Enterprises in Ghana”. Gaylean’s work aims to employ feminist conceptualizations of empowerment to investigate women’s experiences of small water enterprise (SWE) projects in Ghana. Feminist understandings of empowerment […]
CONGRATS TO VICTOR LAM ON SUCCESSFUL DEFENSE AND COMPLETION OF HIS MA DEGREE!
EDGES member Victor Lam has successfully completed his master’s degree from UBC’s Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability. His master’s thesis was titled “Justice, Reconciliation, and Solidarity: Religious Environmental Organizations in the Construction and Tailoring of Climate Change Messages in the Trans Mountain Resistance.” MA Thesis Abstract: Religious environmental organizations (REOs) are emerging religious actors in broader […]
NEW PUB: HARRIS ET AL. “WATER SHARING AND THE RIGHT TO WATER: REFUSAL, REBELLION, AND EVERYDAY RESISTANCE”
Leila Harris, Chad Staddon, Amber Wutich, Jessica, Budds, Wendy Jepson, Amber L. Pearson, and Ellis Edjei Adams published a guest editorial in Political Geography titled “Water sharing and the right to water: Refusal, rebellion and everyday resistance”. In this commentary we draw attention to water sharing as political, highlighting the stakes and concerns around such practices. We engage a broad definition of […]
CONGRATS TO GRAHAM MCDOWELL ON COMPLETION OF HIS PHD DEGREE IN RES + NEW JOB!
EDGES member Graham McDowell has successfully completed his PhD degree from UBC’s Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability. His PhD thesis was titled “Adaptation to glacio-hydrological change in high mountains“. Graham has accepted a position as Project Leader for the Canadian Mountain Assessment, a flagship initiative of the recently established Canadian Mountain Network. In this […]
NEW PUB: SENGUPTA “CONSERVING AND COMMERCIALISING FORESTS: TRIBAL WOMEN AND SUBJECTIVITY IN BAGAFA FOREST OF TRIPURA (NORTHEAST INDIA)”
EDGES alumna, Mayuri Sengupta, published an article titled, “Conserving and commercialising forests: tribal women and subjectivity in Bagafa forest of Tripura (Northeast India)” in Gender, Place & Culture. Abstract: Two perspectives on women’s relationships to forests are usually invoked in much of the mainstream policies and research on gender and forest management in India. First, forest-dwelling women, particularly […]
CONGRATS TO EDGES ALUMNA CYNTHIA MORINVILLE ON HER AAG AWARD!
Congratulations to EDGES alumna, Cynthia Morinville (now at the University of Toronto Department of Geography and Planning) for winning the 2020 Glenda Laws Student Paper Award. This award is administered by the American Association of Geographers (AAG) Feminist Geographies Speciality Group. Cynthia’s paper is titled: “Women, Labour, and the Circulation of Value in Bholakpur’s Scrap Economy” in […]
UPCOMING TALK: DACOTAH-VICTORIA SPLICHALOVA AT LLED SEMINAR SERIES EVENT
On January 23rd from 2.30-4.00pm, EDGES member Dacotah-Victoria Splichalova will participate in a talk titled “Research with Impact: Conversations with Public Scholars” as part of the Language, Literacy & Education (LLED) department’s research seminar series. Dacotah is a UBC Public Scholar and, along with other panelists, will discuss what it means to be a public scholar. […]
NEW REPORT PUBLISHED: APEC WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN THE MINING INDUSTRY
Cecilia Campero, Alessia Rodriguez, Leila M. Harris, and Nadja Kunz published a report titled “APEC Women’s Participation in the Mining Industry” for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Policy Partnership on Women and the Economy. Executive Summary: This project focuses primarily on the effects of mining on women, in the context of general interest in gender dynamics […]
CONGRATS TO KIELY MCFARLANE FOR COMPLETION OF HER PHD DEGREE IN RES + NEW POST-DOCTORAL POSITION
EDGES member Kiely McFarlane has successfully completed her PhD degree from UBC’s Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability. Her PhD thesis was titled “Waiting on the law to change? A critical geographic analysis of water law reform in British Columbia“. Following the completion of her PhD, Kiely has recently started a new position as a […]