Knowledge Sharing
As SOPR students we are actively engaging with theory as practice in all aspects of the program; we are excited to be contributing to transdisciplinary, arts, and community-based methodological innovation. We are also mobilizing our scholarship through various formats – such as publishing in peer-reviewed journals; (co)producing documentary films, short videos, and digital stories; developing clear language outputs like community reports and blog posts – making theoretical and practical interventions across different fields and communities. Here are some examples of the scholarly and creative outputs made by SOPR students and our collaborators. Please check back in, as we continue to share our creations.
Community Literature
Barraclough, L. (2023). Queering Climate Justice in Mi’kma’ki. Inspiring Communities Blog.
Barraclough, L. (2024). Queering Climate Justice Now and Into the Future. Inspiring Communities Blog.
Barraclough, L. (2023). Queer Climate Justice Perspectives Panel Recording and Summary. Inspiring Communities Blog.
Kipp, A. (2024). Creating Spaces of Community Care: Our Community Toolkit. Created in collaboration with Art Not Shame, the GNSC, and Social Artist Melanie Schambach.
Tremblay, N. (2023). The Art of Abolitionist World Making – Course Syllabus. Created as a part of the SOPR Qualifying Exam process.
Reports
Roth, R. and Bishop, A. (2024). Elevating Indigenous Governance and Leadership in Urban Parks: Possibilities, Challenges, and Pathways.
Artistic and Creative Work
Barraclough, Lily. (2024). Poetic Provocations for Education by a Youth Climate Activist [Poems].
Bishop, Allison. (2023). White washing: A short story. A digital story created as part of the SOPR 6200 Methodologies Course.
Garcia, Fabian. (2025). Madness, All Over Again. FriesenPress.
Heidebrecht, Dave (2024). On becoming an interdisciplinary scholar. A poem written as part of the SOPR 6200 Course.
Kipp, Amy and The Art in a Just Recovery Knowledge Building Team. (2023). Art in a Just Recovery Blog Series and Short Videos.
Kakar, Nealob. (2023). A 5 Step Guide on How to Crochet for Beginners. Textile Magazine: Dreaming into Collective Futures. A digital story created as part of the SOPR 6200 Methodologies Course.
Martin, Janna. (2023). A Mohawk and Mennonite Encounter. Organized by the Grand River Community Play Project. Janna co-authored and acted in a scene in this play.
Peer-reviewed Publications
Barraclough, L. & Zurba, M.(2023). Building Community: Vocabularies and Rituals Used to Define and Process Climate Grief by Politically Active Youth in Mi’kma’ki. Journal of Mental Health and Climate Change, 1(1), 59–83.
Bishop, A., Roth, R., McGregor, D., Moola, F., & Nitah, S. (2025). Catalysing Transformative Change in Conservation: Lessons Learned From a Decolonial Conservation Partnership. Conservation and Society, 23(1), 24–36.
Kipp, A., Reinders, K., Buchnea, A., Duran, R., Bishop, A., Heidebrecht, D., Kakar, N., Martin, J., Thompson, L., Tremblay, N., and Hawkins, R. (2025). Critically reflecting on and through creative practice in doctoral education: A collaborative autoethnography of journey mapping. Special Issue Creative Practice and Doctoral Education in Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education.
Kipp, A. & Hawkins, R. (2025). Qualifying differently: Reflecting on an alternative approach to doctoral comprehensive exams. ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies.
Kipp, A., & Hawkins, R. (2022). From the nice work to the hard work: “Troubling” community‐based CareMongering during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Gender, Work & Organization, 29(4), 1293-1313.
Martin, J. (2023). “‘This Land is Ours’: Investigating settler narratives in Ontario Swiss-Mennonite plays.” Journal of Mennonite Studies. 41(1), 109-127.
Petriello, M. A., Redmore, L., Sène, A. L., Katju, D., Barraclough, L., Boyd, S., Madge, C., Papadopoulos, A., & Yalamala, R. S. (n.d.). The scope of empowerment for conservation and communities. Conservation Biology, n/a(n/a), e14249.
SOPR Dissertations
Kipp, A. (2025). Practicing for more care-filled futures: Collective artmaking, exploring the possibilities of collective artmaking, community care, and caring research praxis through research-creation. [Dissertation].
Fowlie, H. (2024). Grief Refracted: Digital Storytelling as Liberatory Praxis [Alternative Format Dissertation, Documentary Film]. For more read Hannah’s blogpost here.
