Suzanne Mills

Associate Professor, Labour Studies

Suzanne Mills adopts a spatial lens to the study of identity, work and labour unions. Mills' research and teaching examines multiple dimensions of work and organizing in northern and underdeveloped regions. Employment in resource extraction has been a particular focus, including the role of environmental assessments, impact and benefit agreements and colonial and gender relations in structuring employment in mining, forestry, hydro-development. More recently, Mills has examined the work and labour market experiences of queer and trans workers in deindustrializing cities. Currently, Mills is exploring Covid-instigated inter regional migration to resource peripheries through the lenses of technological transformations in the realm of work (future of work), uneven development and struggles for social reproduction. Mills practices community-engaged research and has worked in partnership with a variety of organizations including Indigenous communities and governments, LGBTQ+ organizations, worker centres, and trade unions.