Suzanne MillsAssociate Professor, Labour Studies
Overview
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 …
Areas of Expertise
Economic geographyEnvironmental geographyHuman geographyIndigenous policyIndustrial relationsSex and gender-biased analysisIndigenous Peoples, Work and UnionsWorkWork and OccupationsGender and Northern Resource DevelopmentGender and SexualitiesGender and SexualityGender, Sexuality and Worker ExperiencesWork in Northern Regions and Resource IndustriesBuilding and Construction Trades' Work in Canada's NorthSocial Unionism in the Canadian Labour Movement
McMaster Affiliations
Other Appointments
Associate Professor
School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University
Background
Degrees
PhD
Human Geography, University of Saskatchewan
Master of Science
Conservation Biology, University of Alberta
Bachelor of Science (with great distinction)
Wildlife Biology, McGill University
Postgraduate training
SSHRC Posdoctoral Fellow
Geography, Queen's University
Contact
smills@mcmaster.ca
(905) 525-9140 ext. 24810
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