The Intersectional Environmentalist

How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People and Planet

Authors

  • Nicole Vankooten University of Waterloo

Author Biography

  • Nicole Vankooten, University of Waterloo

    Nicole Vankooten completed her Bachelor of Arts and Science from the University of Guelph in 2023. She is currently writing a master’s thesis on the loss of medieval English forestry practices through colonialism and its legacies for modern Canadian forest management. As a Northern Ontario tree planter herself, Nicole hopes to use this research to introduce historical perspectives to conversations around sustainable forestry and ecologically responsible logging. In her free time, Nicole loves to camp, hike, and travel. She finds nature, and the forest specifically, as a crucial tool for resiliency in her own mental health journey. 

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Nesmith, Ande, A. Cathryne L. Schmitz, Yolanda Machado-Escudero, Shanondora Billiot, Rachel A. Forbes, Meredith C. F. Powers, Nikita Buckhoy, Lucy A. Lawrence. 2021. The Intersection of Environmental Justice, Climate Change, Community, and the Ecology of Life. Springer Nature.

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Published

2025-07-16

Issue

Vol. 46 No. 2 (2025): Open Call / Gender and Climate Justice

Section

Gender and Climate Justice

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