Team

Each of the projects under the banner of Just Powers is co-led by our stellar colleagues from the University of Alberta and other universities across Canada.

Our team also includes a dynamic group of research coordinators, graduate research assistants, artists, activists, Indigenous communities, policy makers, and a growing list of community partners from Alberta and beyond.

Principal Investigator

Sheena Wilson

Professor, Campus Saint-Jean, University of Alberta

Project Co-Investigators

Sara Dorow

Professor and Chair, Sociology, University of Alberta

Natalie Loveless

Professor, History of Art, Design and Visual Culture, University of Alberta

Sourayan Mookerjea

Professor, Sociology, University of Alberta

Research Coordinator

Katie Lewandowski

Research Coordinator

Past Research Coordinators

Danika Jorgensen-Skakum

Research Coordinator

jessie beier

Assistant Professor, Concordia University (Montreal)

Students

Vicki Sung-yeon Kwon

PhD candidate, History of Art, Design and Visual Culture, University of Alberta; Project Manager, Speculative Energy Futures

Rezvaneh Erfani

PhD Candidate, Sociology, University of Alberta

Linda Gisenya

Research Assistant for Just Powers

Carrie Karsgaard

PhD Student, Theoretical, Cultural, and International Studies in Education, University of Alberta

Julia Kavanagh

BA Hons Student, Sociology, University of Alberta

Justine Kohleal

Project Manager and Curatorial Assistant

Ariel Kroon

PhD Candidate, English & Film Studies, University of Alberta

Laurence Mailhiot

MA Student, International Strategic Communication, Université de Sherbrooke

Meagan McLay

BA Student, Criminology, University of Alberta

Holly Pickering

MA Student, Digital Humanities/Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta

Charles Stubblefield

PhD Student, Sociology, University of Alberta

Kenta Watanabe Tellambura

Research Assistant for Just Powers

Meghan Wise

Research Assistant for Just Powers

Rui Xu

Visiting Scholar

Researchers and Artists

Angele Alook

Assistant Professor, School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies, York University

Ruth Beer

Professor and Assistant Dean of Research in the Faculty of Art, Emily Carr University of Art and Design

jessie beier

Assistant Professor, Concordia University (Montreal)

Eva Bogdan

PhD, Sociology, University of Alberta

Adam Carlson

Instructor, English & Film Studies, University of Alberta

Sean Caulfield

Professor, Art and Design, University of Alberta

Salvatore Cucchiara

Foresight Strategist and Systemic Designer, Government of Alberta’s Department of Energy, Alberta CoLab

Evan Davies

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta

Rachel Epp Buller

Professor, Visual Arts and Design, Bethel College (KS/US)

Soheila Esfahani

Artist; Assistant Professor, Western University

Caitlin Fisher

Professor, Film, York University

Derek Gladwin

Assistant Professor, Language & Literacy Education; Sustainability Fellow, Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability, University of British Columbia

Joan Greer

Professor, History of Art, Design and Visual Culture, University of Alberta

Steven Hoffman

Director of the Global Strategy Lab; Professor of Global Health, Law, and Political Science, York University; Scientific Director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Institute of Population & Public Health

Tsēmā Igharas

Artist; Independent Scholar

Satoshi Ikeda

Associate Professor, Sociology, Concordia University (Montreal)

Eva-Lynn Jagoe

Associate Professor, Comparative Literature and Latin American Studies, University of Toronto

Luke Johnson

Artist; Faculty, School of Arts and Education, Red Deer Polytechnic

Jordan Kinder

Research Associate, TECS & Just Powers

M.E. Luka

Assistant Professor, Arts, Culture, Media (UTSC) & Faculty of Information (iSchool), University of Toronto

Patrick Mahon

Artist, Writer and Curator; Professor, Visual Arts, Western University (London, ON)

Janice Makokis

Indigenous Relations/Policy Advisor; Faculty Instructor, Faculty of Extension, University of Alberta B.A. (with Distinction), M.A. (IGov), L.L.B.

Kurtis McAdam

Knowledge Keeper; Activist

Sourayan Mookerjea

Professor, Sociology, University of Alberta

Lisa Moore

Writer; Associate Professor, English, Memorial University

Tegan Moore

Artist; Independent Scholar

Arlene Oak

Associate Professor of Material Culture & Design Studies, Human Ecology, University of Alberta

Ipek Oskay

PhD, Sociology

Geoffrey Rockwell

Director of the Kule Institute for Advanced Study; Professor, Philosophy and Humanities Computing, University of Alberta.

Lynette Shultz

Professor & Director, Centre for Global Citizenship Education and Research Faculty of Education, University of Alberta

Mark Simpson

Professor, English & Film Studies, University of Alberta

Scott Smallwood

Professor, Music, University of Alberta

Rachel Snow

Iyârhé Nakoda First Nations Management and Legal Consultant

Vicki Sung-yeon Kwon

PhD candidate, History of Art, Design and Visual Culture, University of Alberta; Project Manager, Speculative Energy Futures

Imre Szeman

University Research Chair and Professor, Communication Arts, University of Waterloo