Thinking Through Environmental Justice and Food Sovereignty on These Lands
Land | Food | Climate | Relations
Sarah Rotz is an interdisciplinary researcher studying land, food, and agriculture at the intersection of geography, environmental studies, and political economy. Her work examines how industrial agriculture, financial concentration, and policy shape land use and food systems, and how these dynamics reinforce colonial and gendered inequalities. She also studies movements for land and food sovereignty, justice, and resistance.
She is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University, where she uses collaborative, feminist, and community‑based research methods.
Writing that traces the politics of land and food, examining how structures of inequity, patriarchy, and colonialism continue to shape social and environmental life and relations.
Work that connects critical analysis with collaborative, justice-oriented research and action.
Teaching and supervision grounded in values of mutual respect, reflexivity, and collaboration.
Facilitation of experiential and creative learning spaces that advance critical inquiry, ethical engagement, and develop research skills students carry into community‑engaged and scholarly work.
