Nakeyah Giroux-Works

Nakeyah Giroux-Works is a Postdoctoral Fellow and part-time lecturer in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ottawa. Her research focuses on human-environment relationships, particularly the socio-ecological dynamics of forest privatization, climate plantations, and marginalized communities' access to nature. She holds a PhD in Anthropology from Université Laval (Canada).

Current affiliations include:

• AISLF (International Association of French-speaking Sociologists)
• ACFAS (Canadian Association for Francophone University Teachers)
• Centre de recherche sur le futur des villes (Research Center on the Future of Cities)

Teaching roles include courses like Anthropologie de l'environnement (Winter 2024) and Courants théoriques en anthropologie contemporaine (Fall 2024), both taught as part-time professor.

Research interests span:

• Environmental anthropology and socio-ecological systems
• Rural-urban dynamics and land management
• Climate justice and community-based solutions
• Ethnography of natural resource governance

Her postdoctoral work at the Future of Cities Research Center examines Black and Afrodescendant communities' access to forests amid environmental injustices. Ongoing studies combine ethnographic methods with policy analysis to address ecological and social equity challenges in Quebec.