Cheryl Teelucksingh
Professor
Department: Sociology
Office: JOR-313, Jorgensen Hall
Email: teeluck@torontomu.ca
Phone: 416-979-5000 x556213
Education: Honours BA (Queen鈥檚 University), MCS (University of Calgary), PhD (York University, Sociology)
Discipline: Sociology
Areas of Expertise:
- Community-Based Research
- Energy Justice
- Environmental Justice/Climate Justice
- Racialization
Research Interests
Immigrants and Precarious Employment; Justice, Equity and Society; Social Inequality; Toronto鈥檚 Green Economy; Transit Equity; Urban Environmental Health Inequity; Urban Innovation.
Professor Cheryl Teelucksingh鈥檚 research over the last twenty years has focused on examining the relationship between environmental justice in Canada and concerns for social inequality. Dr. Teelucksingh has also participated in SSHRC- and CIHR-funded grants and has authored numerous publications on environmental justice and racialization in Canada. Her research uses a range of qualitative and quantitative methods to explore her areas of interest, including community-based research.
Related Content
- Hoika, C., C. Teelucksingh, et al. 2026. Research Ethics OnlineFirst.
- Tiwari, S., K.J. Neville, C. Hoicka, C. Teelucksingh, L. Besco, S. Huang, S., C. Renowden & T. Galloway. 2025. Environment and Society 16(1): 155-172.
- Robinson, J., M. Al-Shihabi, U. Bhattacharjee, B. Clement, A. Gloger, D. Kosciulek, C. Teelucksingh and S. Vermezyari. 2025. Local Environment: 1鈥�19.
- Grant. A., S. Edge, A.A. Millward, L.A. Roman and C. Teelucksingh. 2024. Sustainability 2024 16(12): 4915.
- Teelucksingh, C. 2023. 鈥淏eing Black in Nature鈥� (Chapter 16) in edited by J. Jean-Pierre, V. Watts, C.E. James, P. Albanese, X. Chen, and M. Graydon. Don Mills: Oxford University Press.
Professor Teelucksingh would like to supervise graduate students from the following programs working the the areas of climate justice and energy justice:
- Canadian Coalition for Environmental and Climate Justice (CCECJ)
- Senior Research Fellow, Wilfrid Laurier University
- Contributing Researcher,
- Editorial Advisory Board Member,
- Editorial Board Member,
- Editorial Board Member,
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