James Nugent

James is passionate about teaching a range of subjects: urban planning and urban geography; social movements; eco-economics; labour studies; environmental policy; environmental justice; and effective communication. I employ problem-based inquiry methods and partner with community groups for service-based learning. My educational leadership includes developing non-conventional grading (assessment) systems, training of teaching assistants, and innovative ways of integrating curricular with extra-curricular learning. I continue to engage student groups on campus with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals through the "living labs" model.

James supervises master's students and honours thesis students. My scholarship examines the transition towards a “green” economy is constituted through social movement struggles over employment, racism, and gender oppression, including competing socio- cultural constructions of nature and the city, as well as the intersection between violent conflict and the environment. His community-based, action-oriented research has analyzed and contributed to coalitions of environmental, labour, and social justice groups that are shaping policies on climate change, environmental infrastructure, and urban economic renewal.

• ENVS 131 - Communications for Environmental Professions
  • Taught in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
• ENVS 195 - Introduction to Environmental Studies
  • Taught in 2023
• ENVS 205 - Sustainability: The Future We Want
  • Taught in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
• ERS 101 - Approaches: Environment, Resources and Sustainability
  • Taught in 2021
• ERS 222 - War and the Environment
  • Taught in 2022, 2023, 2024
• FCIT 604 - The Socially Just City
  • Taught in 2025, 2026

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