Deondre Smiles
Biographic Data
| ID | 763168 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Deondre Smiles |
| GIVEN NAMES | Deondre |
| FAMILY NAME | Smiles |
| SIGNATURE | SMILES D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Victoria |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1425-862X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Reckoning with the ways in which the mechanistic worldview is embedded in chemicals management and how Indigenous Knowledge Systems might help account for the complexities of chemical risk
Governmental institutions in nations that have adopted the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) are working to create appropriate institutional structures to support the implementation of the declaration. This opens up a window of opportunity to learn from and engage with Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) and promote transformational change, provided that communication challenges are overcome. Canada recently e…
Queering feminist geography III
Queering feminist geography II
Queering feminist geography IV
Queering feminist geography I
Settler colonialism in Donald Trump's America
This commentary contends with the broader settler colonial structures through which the second Donald Trump presidency may proceed. Through a historical and contemporaneous engagement with broader concepts such as settler colonialism and the 'frontier', this piece grapples with how Indigenous nations can ensure their continued vitality through this political moment
To the Anishinaabeg of the Future
A letter written to future generations of Anishinaabeg expressing my desires for what they can accomplish, and how we can help them get there
Interventions on public geographies
The Community-Based PhD
Anishinaabeg in Space
This chapter critically interrogates settler colonial aspects and logics of space exploration by placing these logics in direct comparison to Indigenous conceptions of outer space engagement and exploration. Rather than subscribing to the myth that human exploration of outer space is necessary due to environmental degradation, this chapter challenges both the ‘inevitability’ of ecological collapse and the accompanying impetus to look to the stars…
I Can’t Breathe
Following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, his utterance, “I can’t breathe,” reverberated internationally as the world population grappled with the twin specters of life-threatening COVID-19 respiratory morbidities and mounting years under increasingly polarized racist regimes. Despite crisis fatigue, national and international outpourings of solidarity trended on social and mainstream media. However, in this moment, the legacy of struct…
Reflections on the (continued and future) importance of Indigenous geographies
Over a decade ago, RDK Herman wrote on the importance of Indigenous geographies and what made it distinct from the broader field of geography of which it is a part. In this commentary, I take up Herman's provocation by making the case that Indigenous geographies will continue to be a vital part of the field of geography as it moves forward into the future, especially in the ways that we think about, re-imagine, and unsettle existing geographical …
Finding a good starting place
The CLEAR lab is an interdisciplinary plastic pollution laboratory whose methods foreground humility and good land relations. In this interview, María Fernanda Yanchapaxi and Eve Tuck speak with CLEAR lab founder, Max Liboiron, and co-investigators, Katherine Crocker and Deondre Smiles. Together, they explore Indigenous perspectives on climate change and outline the problems with how Western education thinks about it. Our guests question individu…
George Floyd, Minneapolis, and spaces of hope and liberation
To the Grave”—Autopsy, settler structures, and indigenous counter-conduct
To the Grave”—Autopsy, settler structures, and indigenous counter-conduct
Interventions on public geographies
Reflections on the (continued and future) importance of Indigenous geographies
Over a decade ago, RDK Herman wrote on the importance of Indigenous geographies and what made it distinct from the broader field of geography of which it is a part. In this commentary, I take up Herman's provocation by making the case that Indigenous geographies will continue to be a vital part of the field of geography as it moves forward into the future, especially in the ways that we think about, re-imagine, and unsettle existing geographical …
George Floyd, Minneapolis, and spaces of hope and liberation
I Can’t Breathe
Following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, his utterance, “I can’t breathe,” reverberated internationally as the world population grappled with the twin specters of life-threatening COVID-19 respiratory morbidities and mounting years under increasingly polarized racist regimes. Despite crisis fatigue, national and international outpourings of solidarity trended on social and mainstream media. However, in this moment, the legacy of struct…
Queering feminist geography II
Settler colonialism in Donald Trump's America
This commentary contends with the broader settler colonial structures through which the second Donald Trump presidency may proceed. Through a historical and contemporaneous engagement with broader concepts such as settler colonialism and the 'frontier', this piece grapples with how Indigenous nations can ensure their continued vitality through this political moment
To the Anishinaabeg of the Future
A letter written to future generations of Anishinaabeg expressing my desires for what they can accomplish, and how we can help them get there
Finding a good starting place
The CLEAR lab is an interdisciplinary plastic pollution laboratory whose methods foreground humility and good land relations. In this interview, María Fernanda Yanchapaxi and Eve Tuck speak with CLEAR lab founder, Max Liboiron, and co-investigators, Katherine Crocker and Deondre Smiles. Together, they explore Indigenous perspectives on climate change and outline the problems with how Western education thinks about it. Our guests question individu…
To the Grave”—Autopsy, settler structures, and indigenous counter-conduct
George Floyd, Minneapolis, and spaces of hope and liberation
Finding a good starting place
The CLEAR lab is an interdisciplinary plastic pollution laboratory whose methods foreground humility and good land relations. In this interview, María Fernanda Yanchapaxi and Eve Tuck speak with CLEAR lab founder, Max Liboiron, and co-investigators, Katherine Crocker and Deondre Smiles. Together, they explore Indigenous perspectives on climate change and outline the problems with how Western education thinks about it. Our guests question individu…
Anishinaabeg in Space
This chapter critically interrogates settler colonial aspects and logics of space exploration by placing these logics in direct comparison to Indigenous conceptions of outer space engagement and exploration. Rather than subscribing to the myth that human exploration of outer space is necessary due to environmental degradation, this chapter challenges both the ‘inevitability’ of ecological collapse and the accompanying impetus to look to the stars…
I Can’t Breathe
Following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, his utterance, “I can’t breathe,” reverberated internationally as the world population grappled with the twin specters of life-threatening COVID-19 respiratory morbidities and mounting years under increasingly polarized racist regimes. Despite crisis fatigue, national and international outpourings of solidarity trended on social and mainstream media. However, in this moment, the legacy of struct…
Reflections on the (continued and future) importance of Indigenous geographies
Over a decade ago, RDK Herman wrote on the importance of Indigenous geographies and what made it distinct from the broader field of geography of which it is a part. In this commentary, I take up Herman's provocation by making the case that Indigenous geographies will continue to be a vital part of the field of geography as it moves forward into the future, especially in the ways that we think about, re-imagine, and unsettle existing geographical …
To the Anishinaabeg of the Future
A letter written to future generations of Anishinaabeg expressing my desires for what they can accomplish, and how we can help them get there
Interventions on public geographies
The Community-Based PhD
Queering feminist geography III
Queering feminist geography II
Queering feminist geography IV
Queering feminist geography I
Settler colonialism in Donald Trump's America
This commentary contends with the broader settler colonial structures through which the second Donald Trump presidency may proceed. Through a historical and contemporaneous engagement with broader concepts such as settler colonialism and the 'frontier', this piece grapples with how Indigenous nations can ensure their continued vitality through this political moment
Reckoning with the ways in which the mechanistic worldview is embedded in chemicals management and how Indigenous Knowledge Systems might help account for the complexities of chemical risk
Governmental institutions in nations that have adopted the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) are working to create appropriate institutional structures to support the implementation of the declaration. This opens up a window of opportunity to learn from and engage with Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) and promote transformational change, provided that communication challenges are overcome. Canada recently e…
Sociology (9 works) · Political science (6 works) · Historical Geography and Geographical Thought (5 works) · Data Analysis and Archiving (4 works) · Indigenous (4 works) · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Asian American and Pacific Histories (3 works) · Ecology (3 works)