Articles

The Winterburn Woodland was a unique 46-hectare tableland forest that was largely destroyed during the development of west Edmonton. This article attempts to piece together a historical image of its rich landscape while reckoning with mainstream Western notions of environmental conservation and extractive land use practices.

Sustaining a Dream: The Multilevel City and Calgary’s Plus 15 (2022). The International Journal of Architectonic, Spatial, and Environmental Design.

Calgary’s Plus 15 system is among the most extensive elevated pedestrian systems in North America and a key example of how early experiments in multilevel design have continued to impact the present and future of North American cities. This work traces the story of the Plus 15 and the urban visions that underpin its creation.

Confronting Racism (2021). Ismaili Canada.

A profile on Ismaili Canadians who are mobilizing their communities through anti-racism work in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd.

To Know Nature is to Give Thanks (2020). Ismaili Canada.

The Aga Khan Garden showcases the biodiversity of Canada’s grasslands. This article highlights some of the native prairie plants that can be found in the garden.

Legislation Without Empathy: Race and Ethnicity in LIS (2016). Partnership.

Op-ed exploring ongoing issues related to racial and ethnic diversity and inclusion in the library and information industry, such as the disconnect between policy and lived reality.

Universal Contructivism and Politics: Torres-Garcia in Conversation with Siqueiros (2014). Constellations.

An extended discussion of 20th-century Modernism in a Latin American context by juxtaposing the work of Uruguay's Joaquín Torres-García with the radical leftist politics of the Mexican Muralist movement.

Michelangelo Pistoletto’s Community of Limits (2014). Constellations.

An in-depth look at the career of Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto during the 1960s, making connections between his work, Italy's shifting social atmosphere, and the impetus of youth counterculture at the time.