Cheryl Teelucksingh
Professor
Department: Sociology
Office: JOR-313, Jorgensen Hall
Email: teeluck@torontomu.ca
Phone: 416-979-5000 x556213
Education: Honours BA (Queen’s University), MCS (University of Calgary), PhD (York University, Sociology)
Discipline: Sociology
Areas of Expertise:
- Community-Based Research
- Energy Justice
- Environmental Justice/Climate Justice
- Racialization
Research Interests
Immigrants and Precarious Employment; Justice, Equity and Society; Social Inequality; Toronto’s Green Economy; Transit Equity; Urban Environmental Health Inequity; Urban Innovation.
Professor Cheryl Teelucksingh’s research over the last twenty years has focused on examining the relationship between environmental justice in Canada and concerns for social inequality. Dr. Teelucksingh has also participated in SSHRC- and CIHR-funded grants and has authored numerous publications on environmental justice and racialization in Canada. Her research uses a range of qualitative and quantitative methods to explore her areas of interest, including community-based research.
Related Content
- Hoika, C., C. Teelucksingh, et al. 2026. Towards inclusive energy futures: Reflections on the collective authorship of a multi-institutional, interdisciplinary, and community-engaged equity, diversity, and inclusion Terms of Reference. (external link) Research Ethics OnlineFirst.
- Tiwari, S., K.J. Neville, C. Hoicka, C. Teelucksingh, L. Besco, S. Huang, S., C. Renowden & T. Galloway. 2025. From Capture to Conversion: A Critical Review of the Development of Carbon Capture Conversion and Utilization Technology. (external link) Environment and Society 16(1): 155-172.
- Robinson, J., M. Al-Shihabi, U. Bhattacharjee, B. Clement, A. Gloger, D. Kosciulek, C. Teelucksingh and S. Vermezyari. 2025. Embracing emergence: reframing and reimagining the visionary communities project. (external link) Local Environment: 1–19.
- Grant. A., S. Edge, A.A. Millward, L.A. Roman and C. Teelucksingh. 2024. Centering community perspectives to advance recognitional justice in urban environments: Lessons from urban forest practice. (external link) Sustainability 2024 16(12): 4915.
- Teelucksingh, C. 2023. “Being Black in Nature” (Chapter 16) in Reading Sociology, Decolonizing Canada, 4th edition, (external link) edited by J. Jean-Pierre, V. Watts, C.E. James, P. Albanese, X. Chen, and M. Graydon. Don Mills: Oxford University Press.
Professor Teelucksingh would like to supervise graduate students from the following programs working the the areas of climate justice and energy justice:
- Canadian Coalition for Environmental and Climate Justice (CCECJ)
- Senior Research Fellow, Viessman Centre for Engagement and Research in Sustainability (VERiS), (external link) Wilfrid Laurier University
- Contributing Researcher, Sustainable Canadian Dialogues Network (external link)
- Editorial Advisory Board Member, Equity, Justice, and Sustainable City Series, Routledge (external link)
- Editorial Board Member, Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability (external link)
- Editorial Board Member, Environmental Sociology (external link)
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