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Karine Gagné is an Associate Professor at the University of Guelph, in the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences. Her research primarily focuses on anthropological and ethnographic studies concerning the Indian Himalayas, particularly Ladakh. Gagné examines climate change issues, human-animal relationships, state formation, and environmental citizenship. Through her work, she explores how communities affected by climate change understand and respond to its impacts. An anthropologist by training, she engages with the ethical dimensions of human-animal relations and the practices that emerge in border areas involving animal conservation. Gagné has authored the monograph "Caring Glaciers: Land, Animals, Humanity in the Himalayas" and is involved in supervising graduate research in anthropology, climate change, and environmental knowledge. Her interests also include multimodal anthropology and the integration of social practices in understanding climate change in mountainous environments.
University of Guelph • Guelph, ON, Canada
Teaching and conducting research in anthropology, environmental knowledge, and climate change.
Department of Clinical Studies. Offers MSc by thesis (2 years) and MSc by coursework (1 year).