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Anna Stanley is an Assistant Professor at the University of Guelph's Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics within the College of Social & Applied Human Sciences. Her work focuses on the intersection of resource governance, settler colonialism, and Indigenous sovereignty in Canada. She holds a PhD and specializes in critical analyses of extractive industries, environmental justice, and neoliberal policy frameworks.
Research Interests include Indigenous environmental justice, Canadian environmental policy reform, uranium mining governance, and the political economy of resource development. Her work employs decolonizing research methodologies and community-engaged approaches. Key focus areas are critical mineral extraction, green infrastructure, and the financial mechanisms enabling extractive industries.
Stanley has received funding from SSHRC for projects like 'Reconciling sovereignties' and 'Infrastructure and settler colonialism.' She teaches courses such as GEOG 6281 (Environmental Management) and GEOG 4880 (Contemporary Geographic Thought), emphasizing critical theory and policy analysis. Her research bridges academic inquiry with community advocacy, particularly around Indigenous jurisdictional struggles and environmental equity.
- Grants:
- SSHRC Insight Development Grant (2020)
- SSHRC Partnership Development Grant (2020)
- Advising: Supervised Megan Peres' MA research on Nunavut's resource infrastructure and Indigenous jurisdiction.
Her work contributes to global debates on just transitions in resource economies, emphasizing decolonial approaches to environmental governance and resource extraction practices.
