Join us for the School of Environmental Studies Colloquium Series featuring MES Candidates Celia Mason and Anya Joyce
Location: BioSciences Complex, Room 1120
Celia Mason
Cultivating Urban Agrarianism through explorations of place: A case study of the Compost Education Centre
Celia (she/they) is a 2nd year MES student supervised by Dr. Kristen Lowitt. She has a background in biological anthropology, which sparked her interest in human-environment interactions. Currently, Celia is studying the ways in which humans interact with each other, non-humans, and land in place-based NGO settings, to explore how these interactions might contribute to beliefs and actions that support food movements.
Anya Joyce
Rethinking Remediation: Care, Community Knowledge, and Environmental Futures at Kwetı̨ı̨ɂaà (Rayrock)
What comes after mine closure? Drawing on research conducted in partnership with the Tłı̨chǫ Government, this presentation explores community perspectives on environmental futures at Kwetı̨ı̨ɂaà (Rayrock), a former uranium mine in the Northwest Territories. Moving beyond purely technical models of remediation, it highlights how relationships to land, care, and community knowledge shape alternative understandings of post-extractive futures.
Anya Joyce is a Master of Environmental Studies candidate at Â鶹ÍøÕ¾. Her research examines environmental governance, community engagement, and post-extractive futures, with a focus on northern and Indigenous contexts. She works in partnership with the Tłı̨chÇ« Government and as a consultant on community engagement and environmental planning.