Loughborough University Geography and Environment Seminar Series:  Indigenous Peoples in Surprising Places –  Historic Houses Global Crossroads

Professor Joy Porter, University of Birmingham WAV041 – Wavy Top, Central Park – Loughborough campus / Hybrid | 12 February 2025 | 1–2pm Historic properties and their environments face acute challenges from climate change and a diversity deficit linked to the perception they embody only empire and exploitation. Without diminishing these histories, the Historic Houses … Read more

The Treatied Spaces Research Group is changing how the world understands the Indigenous past and present

In this video Professor Joy Porter introduces the work of the Treatied Spaces Research Group, which is expanding our understanding of Indigenous treaties, resources and sovereignty. Led by Professor Joy Porter, the research group emphasises that Indigenous treaties, knowledge and rights are essential to solving global challenges such as water conservation, sustainable energy production and … Read more

Plastic Pollution’s Outsized Impact on Indigenous Communities; Treatied Spaces’ Researcher To Attend Global Plastic Treaty Talks

Treatied Spaces’  Monty Simus will attend the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) which is working to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment. Taking place from 25 November to 1 December 2024 in Busan, Korea, INC5 aims to develop an international framework for global plastic bans and phase-outs, … Read more