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Natalie Oswin joined the Department of Geography & Planning in 2020, with prior experience at McGill University and the National University of Singapore. Her research primarily explores queer and trans politics within (post)colonial urban contexts, focusing on emergent homonormativities and the intersections of heteronormativity, which is understood as a raced, classed, gendered, and sexualized logic. She examines how urban mobilities contribute to inequitable economic paradigms by analyzing the dynamics between 'centre' (established global cities) and 'periphery' (emerging global cities), with research sites spanning South Africa, Singapore, Vietnam, and Canada. Her noteworthy publications include works on queer migration, critical urban theory, and the roles of sexuality in urban spaces. Oswin is also interested in the implications of global urbanism and geographic thought.
Department of Geography & Planning, University of Toronto Scarborough • Scarborough, ON, Canada
Teaching and conducting research in fields of queer geography, urban studies, and social political geography.
Department of Sociology