EDUCATION
Student, PhD in Planning, Department of Geography
expected date of completion 2013 | University of Toronto | Toronto, Ont.
Masters in Environmental Studies
2005 | York University | Toronto, Ont.
Bachelor of Journalism
Certificate in Public Relations
2003 | University of Regina | Regina, Sask.
Certificate in New Media Communications
2001 | Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology | Regina, Sask.
Bachelor of Science (honours) in Combined Science
1999 | University College London | London, UK
EXPERIENCE/ACTIVITIES
Student Representative
2010 - present | Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning | Tallahassee, FL
Student Representative
2010 - present | Association for Canadian Studies | Montréal, Que.
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
CITC02 Learning in Community Service
Summer 2011 | University of Toronto at Scarborough | Toronto, Ont.
TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS
GGRA03 Cities and Environments
Professor Andre Sorensen
Winter 2012 | University of Toronto at Scarborough | Toronto, Ont.
GGRB02 Logic of Geographical Thought
Professor Rajyashree Narayanareddy
Winter 2012 | University of Toronto at Scarborough | Toronto, Ont.
CITB02 Foundations of City Studies
Professor Ahmed Allahwala
Fall 2010 and 2011 | University of Toronto at Scarborough | Toronto, Ont.
EESA10 Human Health and the Environment
Professor Silvija Stefanovic
Winter 2011 | University of Toronto at Scarborough | Toronto, Ont.
GGRA02 The Geography of Global Processes
Professor Michael Bunce
Winter 2011 | University of Toronto at Scarborough | Toronto, Ont.
CITC02 Learning in Community Service
Professor Susannah Bunce
Summer 2010 | University of Toronto at Scarborough | Toronto, Ont.
GGRA03 Cities and Environments
Professor Susannah Bunce
Winter 2010 | University of Toronto at Scarborough | Toronto, Ont.
SOCI3840 Mass Communications: Media and Society
Professor Ratiba Hadj-Moussa
2003-5 | York University | Toronto, Ont.
CONFERENCES
Paper: “Future Boundaries: Actor Network Theory, Posthumanism and Transnational Diaspora”
Session: Redrawing our maps: shifting theoretical boundaries
Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies Graduate Student Conference: Transnational Futures? Shifting Borders and the Dynamics of Diaspora
March 26-27, 2011 | University of Toronto | Toronto, Ont.
Paper: "Toronto, Florida: The Exclusion of Immigrants and Racial Minorities from the Creative City"
Session: Cultural Meanings in the City: Sports, Performance, and Creativity
Urban Affairs Association 41st Conference - Reclaiming the City: Building a Just and Sustainable Future
March 16-19, 2011 | Sheraton New Orleans Hotel | New Orleans, La.
Paper: “Reading Urban Space as Hypertext: Navigating Dundas Square”
ATMOSPHERE: Mediated Cities
February 3-5, 2011 | University of Manitoba | Winnipeg, Man.
Paper: “Immigration and Richard Florida's Creative City”
3rd Annual Ethnic and Pluralism Studies Graduate Research Conference
January 28-29, 2010 | University of Toronto | Toronto, Ont.
ACADEMIC BIO
Nehal El-Hadi is a writer, social researcher and media producer, who is enrolled in the Urban Planning doctoral program at the University of Toronto. She received her Masters in Environmental Studies from York University in 2005, where she explored mass media representations of Canadian environmental issues. While at York, she was awarded Fellowships by the Society of Environmental Journalists and the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism. Her undergraduate degrees are in Journalism and Combined Science from the University of Regina (Sask.) and University College London (U.K.) respectively. Her current research interests are in technology, the body, and the city, and her creative work focuses on the intersections of, and interactions between, culture, identity and environments. Born in Khartoum, Sudan, Nehal has lived in the United Kingdom, the Sultanate of Oman and Canada.
Student, PhD in Planning, Department of Geography
expected date of completion 2013 | University of Toronto | Toronto, Ont.
Masters in Environmental Studies
2005 | York University | Toronto, Ont.
Bachelor of Journalism
Certificate in Public Relations
2003 | University of Regina | Regina, Sask.
Certificate in New Media Communications
2001 | Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology | Regina, Sask.
Bachelor of Science (honours) in Combined Science
1999 | University College London | London, UK
EXPERIENCE/ACTIVITIES
Student Representative
2010 - present | Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning | Tallahassee, FL
Student Representative
2010 - present | Association for Canadian Studies | Montréal, Que.
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
CITC02 Learning in Community Service
Summer 2011 | University of Toronto at Scarborough | Toronto, Ont.
TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS
GGRA03 Cities and Environments
Professor Andre Sorensen
Winter 2012 | University of Toronto at Scarborough | Toronto, Ont.
GGRB02 Logic of Geographical Thought
Professor Rajyashree Narayanareddy
Winter 2012 | University of Toronto at Scarborough | Toronto, Ont.
CITB02 Foundations of City Studies
Professor Ahmed Allahwala
Fall 2010 and 2011 | University of Toronto at Scarborough | Toronto, Ont.
EESA10 Human Health and the Environment
Professor Silvija Stefanovic
Winter 2011 | University of Toronto at Scarborough | Toronto, Ont.
GGRA02 The Geography of Global Processes
Professor Michael Bunce
Winter 2011 | University of Toronto at Scarborough | Toronto, Ont.
CITC02 Learning in Community Service
Professor Susannah Bunce
Summer 2010 | University of Toronto at Scarborough | Toronto, Ont.
GGRA03 Cities and Environments
Professor Susannah Bunce
Winter 2010 | University of Toronto at Scarborough | Toronto, Ont.
SOCI3840 Mass Communications: Media and Society
Professor Ratiba Hadj-Moussa
2003-5 | York University | Toronto, Ont.
CONFERENCES
Paper: “Future Boundaries: Actor Network Theory, Posthumanism and Transnational Diaspora”
Session: Redrawing our maps: shifting theoretical boundaries
Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies Graduate Student Conference: Transnational Futures? Shifting Borders and the Dynamics of Diaspora
March 26-27, 2011 | University of Toronto | Toronto, Ont.
Paper: "Toronto, Florida: The Exclusion of Immigrants and Racial Minorities from the Creative City"
Session: Cultural Meanings in the City: Sports, Performance, and Creativity
Urban Affairs Association 41st Conference - Reclaiming the City: Building a Just and Sustainable Future
March 16-19, 2011 | Sheraton New Orleans Hotel | New Orleans, La.
Paper: “Reading Urban Space as Hypertext: Navigating Dundas Square”
ATMOSPHERE: Mediated Cities
February 3-5, 2011 | University of Manitoba | Winnipeg, Man.
Paper: “Immigration and Richard Florida's Creative City”
3rd Annual Ethnic and Pluralism Studies Graduate Research Conference
January 28-29, 2010 | University of Toronto | Toronto, Ont.
ACADEMIC BIO
Nehal El-Hadi is a writer, social researcher and media producer, who is enrolled in the Urban Planning doctoral program at the University of Toronto. She received her Masters in Environmental Studies from York University in 2005, where she explored mass media representations of Canadian environmental issues. While at York, she was awarded Fellowships by the Society of Environmental Journalists and the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism. Her undergraduate degrees are in Journalism and Combined Science from the University of Regina (Sask.) and University College London (U.K.) respectively. Her current research interests are in technology, the body, and the city, and her creative work focuses on the intersections of, and interactions between, culture, identity and environments. Born in Khartoum, Sudan, Nehal has lived in the United Kingdom, the Sultanate of Oman and Canada.