research

My dissertation research explores the racialized and gendered production of space in early twentieth century Toronto through the queered histories of Toronto’s Bloor Viaduct, a critical piece of infrastructure that enabled the city’s eastward expansion that became one of the most frequented sites for suicide in the world.

During my MA at York University, I studied how queer and trans* youth in suburban Toronto build connection and community in their everyday lives. I employed go-along interviews and participatory photography to study queer and trans* place-making practices and countercultural communities.

More broadly, I am interested in dialogue between queer, trans, and decolonial theory, as well as the genealogy of geographic conceptions of space and place.