The bi-annual Suzanne Mackenzie Memorial Lecture, hosted by the Feminist Intersectional Solidarity Group (FIGS) of the CAG

Plenary event at CAG 2025, Carleton University

22 May 2025, 4:30-5:30 PM, followed by a reception

Abstract: This panel brings together feminist geographers across generations to reflect on the genealogies, present tensions, and possible futures of feminist geography in the context of today’s shifting academic, political, and environmental landscapes. At a time marked by turmoil and dynamism—in universities, social movements, and planetary systems—this conversation offers a space to engage with the enduring and evolving challenges and contributions of feminist geographic thought and practice.

Panelists will engage key questions around institutional change, diversity, climate and environmental justice, cross-border concerns between Canada and the U.S., and the future of feminist geographical knowledge in unsettled times. We welcome attendees to participate actively in the discussion and help us think critically and generously about the role of feminist geography in navigating the present and shaping the future.

Panelists:

• Damaris Rose, Adjunct Professor (retired), INRS
• Wiley Sharp, Doctoral Student, University of Toronto
• Michelle Daigle, Canada Research Chair, Indigenous Geographies, U of T
• Sarah de Leeuw, Canada Research Chair, Humanities and Health Inequities, UNBC
• Ebru Ustundag, Associate Professor, Brock University
• Audrey Kobayashi, Distinguished Professor Emerita, Queen’s University

Chairs/Moderators/Discussants: 

• Shawna Lewkowitz, Doctoral Candidate, Western University
• Robin Westland, Assistant Teaching Professor, Thompson Rivers University