A conversation with May Matchim and Loren March.

Monday 10 February at 1pm.

The research and thought of queer ecologies advances rich understanding of the fundamental complexities and indeterminacy of nature. With a powerful critique of Western heteronormative projections of nature and culture, queer ecologies offer a more liberatory ecology that sharpens perceptions about what exists in the world and relational possibilities going forward.

May Matchim (they/she) is an artist and naturalist. Much of their work is centered around Queer ecology, including a feature-length documentary called Understanding Myself as an Amphibian which is currently in postproduction.  May is an alumna of York University’s Film Production program. She’s a part of the Toronto Feminist Bird Club and works in a communications role at an environmental non-profit. 

Loren March is a queer and trans scholar, activist, and human whose work focuses on urban ecologies and affect. Through the lens of queer and trans theory, they examine shifting affective relations with more-than-human spaces amidst environmental gentrification in Toronto, Canada. They are currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at York University’s Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change in Toronto.