Every second year, the Canadian Women and Geography
Study Group (CWAG) of the Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG) is honoured
to sponsor the Suzanne Mackenzie Memorial Lecture.
The full presentation, along with introductions from Drs. Sarah de Leeuw & Damaris Rose, is now available to view on line: Geography That Breaks Your Heart [1 hr, 20 min]
Suzanne Mackenzie was a much beloved member of the
geographical community, both in Canada and around the world. A
pioneer in feminist urban geography, she contributed actively to discussions and
research about women and geography and continues to be remembered for her
courage, her commitment to feminism, her deep sense of caring for friends,
family and students, her sense of justice and her irrepressible humour. These
characteristics were all bound up in a generous spirit. She died on October 24,
1998 in her home in Nelson, B.C., at the age of 48. (Please see “Tributes to
Suzanne Mackenzie”, Gender, Place and Culture 6 (4), 2009: 401-415; http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/713668837.)
What is the Suzanne Mackenzie Memorial Lecture?
The next Suzanne Mackenzie Memorial Lecture will be
delivered at the 2012 CAG Annual Conference hosted by Wilfrid Laurier University & the University of Waterloo. A reception will
follow. With the memory of Suzanne in mind, the Memorial Lecture Subcommittee of
CWAG will soon start soliciting nominations from CWAG and from the CAG membership at large
for the 2012 lecturer. We encourage nominations of women in all stages of their
careers, whose involvement in geography bears some significant correspondence
with Suzanne’s interests and passions.*
We will announce the deadline for the nomination process in the coming weeks/months as well as the membership of the Suzanne Mackenzie Memorial Lecture
Subcommittee of CWAG. For now, if you have questions or suggestions, please contact:
Dr. Caroline Desbiens,
Assistant Professor & Canada Research Chair in Historical Geography of the North Département de géographie
Suzanne Mackenzie,
“Women in the City”. In Richard Peet and Nigel Thrift (editors) New Models in
Geography, Volume Two, London: Unwin Hyman, 1989, pp. 109-126; Suzanne
Mackenzie, “Restructuring the relations of work and life: women as environmental
actors, feminism as geographic analysis”. In Audrey Kobayashi & Suzanne
Mackenzie (editors) Remaking Human Geography, Boston: Unwin Hyman, 1989, pp. 40-61; Suzanne
Mackenzie, “Women’s Responses to Economic Restructuring: Changing Gender,
Changing Space”. In Roberta Hamilton and Michele Barrett (editors) The Politics
of Diversity: Feminism, Marxism and Nationalism, Montreal: Book Center Inc., 1986, pp. 81-100;
Suzanne Mackenzie, “The Status of Women in Canadian Geography”, The Operational
Geographer, 7.3, pp. 2-8.
Dr. Catherine Nolin
Who is Suzanne Mackenzie?