Shalen Chen

MA Student (she/her)
shalen.chen@mail.utoronto.ca

Campus

  • Scarborough (UTSC)

Fields of Study

  • Environment & Climate
  • Social & Political Geography
  • Urban

Areas of Interest

Social movements and activism, intersectionality, environmental justice, migration, social and ecological transitions, community-led governance

Biography

My research seeks to understand what kinds of organizing practices are useful to improve solidarity within and between social movement groups. My study focuses on the experiences migrant justice organizers based in Toronto to learn how they interact with their communities, other migrant justice groups, and other social justice concerns. Through understanding these experiences, I hope to inform a more critical intersectional praxis for social and environmental transition movements.

I am currently supporting as a research assistant on the Youth Climate Action in Toronto (Y-CAT) project through the Impact Lab.

Supervisor

Laura Tozer

Education

BSc Global Resource Systems (Honours), University of British Columbia

Cohort

  • 2022-2023