From April 20-23, the NASSS conference was held in Montreal. In a session entitled ‘Cycling Towards Social Change? The Role of Bicycles for Development’ (convened and moderated by Mitch!), Jeanette and Mitch presented the following:
Mitchell McSweeney, Lyndsay Hayhurst, Janet Otte & Brian Wilson
Social entrepreneurship and gender relations in Northern Uganda: Using postcolonial theory to critically explore the use of bicycles for development
Jeanette Steinmann & Brian Wilson
Cycles of poverty: Perspectives on bicycling, recycling, and homelessness in Vancouver
Mitch was also a panelist, for a discussion about the documentary film “Revolutions” – Bike waste and the circular economy (produced by Courtney Szto), which premiered at NASSS.
Well done Jeanette and Mitch!