معرفی
Heather Dorries is an Assistant Professor jointly appointed to the Department of Geography and Planning and Centre for Indigenous Studies at the University of Toronto. Her work bridges Indigenous world-making and settler colonial urbanization, focusing on planning processes as tools of racial capitalism.
Education
- PhD, University of Toronto
- MScPl, University of Toronto
- BA, McGill University
Research Interests
Dorries explores how Indigenous intellectual traditions—including environmental knowledge, legal orders, and cultural production—can inform anti-colonial planning practices. Her research interrogates the structural violence of settler colonial urbanization and develops theoretical frameworks for decolonizing planning.
The recurring themes in her articles include Indigenous sovereignty, racial capitalism, and anti-colonial planning. Her work emphasizes the intersection of Indigenous urbanism and systemic critiques of colonialism.
Contact & Affiliation
Based at the Downtown Toronto (St. George) campus, she can be reached at heather.dorries@utoronto.ca in Sidney Smith Hall, Room 5016C.
