This paper was supervised by Dr. Marcus Taylor from the Department of Global Development Studies at Queen’s University. With the general shift of men turning to…
This project is currently a proposal to the Native American Indian Studies Association (NAISA) for the 2019 NAISA Conference in New Zealand. This paper describes the…
Within a context of 150 years of external Canadian government interference in their local affairs, a northeastern North American Mohawk community called ‘Kanata’ is steeped…
Together, rapid population growth, increased commercialization and exploitation of aquatic resources, deforestation and pollution, and encroachments on communally owned resources by national and transnational private…
When the Soviet Union fell, Cuba pedaled its way to independence–by bicycle. What has become of Havana’s sole-powered communities born out of the need to…
It is widely accepted that limiting climate change to 2°C will require substantial and sustained investments in low-carbon technologies and infrastructure. However, the dominance of…
From the rise of fully automated factories to the creation of new migrant work forces, the world of work, employment, and production is rapidly changing. By…
Are legal agreements designed to protect the interests of foreign investors compromising the ability of governments to protect the environment? Recent years have seen an explosive…
In the book Food Fears: From Industrial to Sustainable Food Systems, (Alison Blay-Palmer), my chapter titled Food Fears: Making Connections, explores the links between the overwhelming economic pressures exerted…
Although North Americans may not recognize it, Cuba has long shaped the German imaginary. Sun, Sex, and Socialism picks up this story from the early 1960s, detailing…