Communities
This research cluster is inspired by the idea that broader political, social, economic, and cultural developments can be usefully captured and understood where people live and experience them—at the local level. Communities are more than groupings of people; they’re imbedded in place, time, and distinct context. With particular attention to the communities of the Grand River watershed, we study the multiple and overlapping experiences of race, gender, Indigenous-settler relations, immigration, religion, and work in both urban and rural contexts. And we do so through local, place-based research, including oral history and public history, that emphasizes collaboration, exchange, and public service.
Adam Crerar (History)
Carol Duncan (Religion and Culture; Religious Studies)
Robert Kristofferson (Social and Environmental Justice; History)
Susan Neylan (History)
Brian Tanguay (Political Science)
Barrington Walker (History)
Gagnon, Alain, and Brian Tanguay. Canadian Parties in Transition: Recent Trends and New Paths for Research. Fourth edition. North York, Ontario: University of Toronto Press, 2017.
Pin, Laura. “Race, Citizenship and Participation: Interrogating the Racial Dynamics of Participatory Budgeting.” New Political Science 42, no. 4 (2020): 578–94.
Pollard, Alton B. and Carol B. Duncan. The Black Church Studies Reader. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Walker, Barrington. Race on Trial: Black Defendants in Ontario’s Criminal Courts, 1858-1958. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2020.