Emeriti

Political economy of Latin America and its implications for development; the transformation of the world of work in this region since 1980s; the centrality that labour struggles play in giving concrete shape to patterns of development.

Country(ies) or Region(s) of Interest: Latin America

Keywords: political economy, development, labour

My research interests focus on feminist urban geographies of gender, race and sexuality, particularly as they pertain to the global south, and specifically Guyana. I also have long standing interests in whiteness and anti-racist practices, and feminist methodologies, particularly in terms of the work these do in transnational feminist praxis. My current research is a global feminist comparative project (funded by a SSHRC Partnership Grant) on the urban working with teams in Cairo, Cochabamba, Delhi Georgetown, Ibadan, Mumbai, Ramallah and Shanghai investigating processes of urban place-making and the changing relations between social reproduction and production since the 2007 financial global crisis. I also have a strong interest in addressing the mental health crisis in academia and currently co chair the American Association of Geographers Affinity Group on Mental Health in the Academy (with Prof. Beverley Mullings, Queen’s University).

Country(ies) or Region(s) of Specialization: Guyana

Keywords: Human Geography; Feminist urban based research; Whiteness and anti-racist practices; Mental health and the academy.

Dick Roman taught in the Sociology Department as well the Latin American and Canadian Studies programs at the University of Toronto for 29 years and was the co-coordinator of the Mexico Group (research group of faculty members at various Ontario universities) for over two decades. He has been a Visiting Professor in Japan and Argentina. His interests are race, unions, class struggle, and the various facets of continental integration in North America, with special emphasis on Mexico. He is co-author with Edur Velasco (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico City) of Continental Crucible: Big Business, Workers and Unions in the Transformation of North America (PM and Fernwood, second expanded edition, 2015; an expanded Spanish-language edition, La Gran Cazuela en América del Norte (CISAN-UNAM) was published in 2016.

Country(ies) or Region(s) of Specialization: Mexico, North America

Keywords: working class, race, class struggle, unions, continental integration

His research concentrates on transnational migration, with a particular focus on migration and social change in the Americas, immigrant economic and cultural incorporation in Canada, and Canadian immigration policy. He is the author of more than four dozen scholarly book chapters and journal articles.

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Former Chair of the Department of Humanities, Professor Taylor has edited, coedited and authored publications on Caribbean culture, religion and literature, including The Encyclopedia of Caribbean Religions (with Frederick I Case), Nation Dance and The Narrative of Liberation. He is currently working on constructions of whiteness in the Anglophone Caribbean, focussing on Barbados.

Country(ies) or Region(s) of Interest: Caribbean

Keywords: Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Religion, Postcolonial Thought, Caribbean Literature, Religion and Culture

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