I study the politics of farmland tenure and distribution. I am interested in understanding how private property relations were established in northeastern Turtle Island, how property is distributed, and alternative forms of land tenure to achieve decolonization and food sovereignty.
I am currently writing a book with Fernwood Publishing about land grabbing in eastern-Canada.
My work uses historical materialism and social ecology as a lense to understand private property relations and investigate alternative forms of land tenure. My research has used this appraoch to analyze the distribution of farmland and plant genetic resources in Canada.
I am also working at Dalhousie University as a research assistant for the SSHRC-funded Common Ground Network, People and Land Research Pillar.
My teaching on political thought uses critical pedegogy and community-based research to assist students to understand the operations of power in their everyday lives.
I am also a parent, vegetable farmer, and volunteer journalist with the Lunenburg Barnacle.
I am based in the Kespukwitk region of Mi’kma’ki-Acadie-Nova Scotia.
