Department of Sociology
Cheryl Teelucksingh
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Cheryl Teelucksingh, Associate Professor OFFICE: JOR-314 |
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EDUCATION:
B.A. Honours (Queen’s University), M.C.S. (University of Calgary), Ph.D (York University, Sociology)
TEACHING INTERESTS:
Toronto and Global Cities; Race and Racialization; Urban Sustainability
RECENT COURSES:
SOC470: Toronto: The Changing City
SOC402: The City and Social Problems
ISS 8930: Race and Ethnic Relations
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Environmental Justice; Racialization; Community-Based Research
Professor Teelucksingh’s research over the last ten years has focused on examining the relationship between environmental justice in Canada and concerns for social inequality. In 2008-2010, she was a co-director of the Environment Health Justice Research Interest Group, which was funded by the Centre for Urban Health Initiatives. Dr. Teelucksingh also has SSHRC and CIHR funded grants as well as numerous publications in the areas of environmental justice and racialization in Canada. One of her recent grants explores energy reduction strategies and policies in light of Toronto’s diverse population. Her research uses a range of qualitative and quantitative methods to explore her areas of interest, including community-based research.
RECENT AND KEY PUBLICATIONS
| 2012 | With J. Masuda, T. Zupancic, A. Crabtree, R. Haber, E. Skinner, B. Poland, J. Frankish, and M. Fridell. “Out of our inner city backyards: Re-scaling Urban Health Inequity Assessment” Social Science & Medicine, 75 (7), 1244–1253. |
| 2011 | With B. Poland. “Energy Solutions, Neo-liberalism, and Social Diversity in Toronto, Canada”, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 8, 1, 185-202. |
| 2011 | “Environmental Racialization: Linking Racialization to the Environment in Canada”. In Shirley A. Rainey and Glenn Johnson, Environmental Justice Reader: Addressing the History, Issues, Policy and Change. Deer Park, NJ: Linus Publications Inc. |
| 2009 | “Social Inequality and Brownfields Redevelopment in Downtown Toronto”. In Environmental Conflict and Democracy in Canada, Laurie Adkin (ed.) Vancouver: UBC Press, Chapter 16, 262-278. |
| 2008 | with Andil Gosine. Environmental Justice and Racism in Canada: An Introduction. Toronto: Edmond Montgomery Publications. |
| 2007 | “Environmental Racialization: Linking Racialization to the Environment in Canada” ,Local Environments 12(06), pp. 645 - 661. |
| 2007 | with Grace-Edward Galabuzi. "Working Precariously: The Impact of Race and Immigration Status on Employment Opportunities and Outcomes in Canada", in Tania Das Guptas, Carl E. James, Roger C.A. Maaka, Grace-Edward Galabuzi, and Chris Anderson, Race and Racialization: Essential Readings, Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press Inc, 202-208. |
| 2006 | Claiming Space: Racialization and Spatiality in Canadian Cities (edited collection). Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. |
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Prof. Teelucksingh is actively involved with several community organizations and environmental non-governmental organizations that are committed to both social and environmental change.
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