Antipode’s 10th Institute for the Geographies of Justice (IGJ):
“Organizing and Solidarity in a Polycrisis”
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
the traditional territory of the Huron Wendat, the Seneca and the Mississaugas of the Credit
June 1st – 5th 2026
The contemporary global landscape is increasingly defined by what has been termed a polycrisis: a convergence of interlinked and mutually amplifying crises—climate catastrophe, economic precarity, imperialism, war, genocide, displacement, and the erosion of democratic institutions. As intersecting crises intensify, they reveal the fragility of state and market institutions while amplifying the importance of self-organizing and solidarities in the absence—or failure—of formal protections. What sort of solidarities and forms of organizing are needed to respond to compound crises that exceed the logic of conventional policy tools? How are emergent practices of collective survival, resistance, and world-making transforming how we imagine life, labour, and value?
Antipode’s 10th Institute for the Geographies of Justice (IGJX) will provide an opportunity to engage theoretical, methodological, and practical issues related to research and scholar-activism on solidarities in the context of crisis. This workshop is specifically designed to meet the needs of early-career researchers. The program will extend over five full days and include plenaries and fora for debate. There will also be practical sessions on strategies for writing and representation, publishing and engaging with diverse audiences within and outside academia, and embracing ethical translations and engagements with interpretive communities outside the academy, and more.
This IGJ builds on the rich tradition of past Antipode IGJs: Athens, Georgia (2007); Manchester, UK (2009); Athens, Georgia (2011); Durban, South Africa (2013); Johannesburg, South Africa (2015); Montréal, Québec, Canada (2017); Mexico City, Mexico (2019); Barcelona, Spain (2022); and Minneapolis, Minnesota USA (2024). The 10th IGJ will offer participants an opportunity to share insights, strategies, and approaches; to learn from one another and from our plenary contributors and local faculty; and to deepen our collective engagement with social reproduction from a range of radical geography perspectives. Past institutes have proven especially valuable to early-career scholars interested in building a network of peers and colleagues with shared commitments to radical scholarship and politics. Activities over the course of the five-day institute will include panels, training and skills modules, workshopping articles for publication and a field trip. All participants are expected to contribute a paper, chapter, or a part thereof, to be workshopped by fellow participants, plenary speakers, and local faculty.
The institute is co-hosted by the University of Toronto’s Department of Geography and Planning and will make the most of its location in Toronto by featuring participation from a range of UofT faculty as well as field trips to the places where UofT faculty have ongoing collaborations with communities.
Faculty fellows for IGJX include:
Charmaine Chua
Associate Professor of Geography at the University of California, Berkeley
Margaret Marietta Ramírez
Associate Director, Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies at Stanford University
Michelle Daigle
Associate Professor of Geography and Planning at the University of Toronto
Bernardo Mançano Fernandes
Full Professor of Geography at São Paulo State University – UNESP
Faculty contributors and organizers from the University of Toronto will include:
Mike Ekers
Emily Gilbert
Beverley Mullings
Scott Prudham
Katharine Rankin
Rajyashree N Reddy
David Roberts
Additional organizers for the event include:
Kate Derickson
Geography, Environment and Society, University of Minnesota
Marion Werner
Department of Geography, University at Buffalo, SUNY
Who is Eligible and How to Apply?
The Institute for the Geographies of Justice is open to doctoral students nearing completion, postdoctoral researchers, and recently appointed junior faculty (within 3 years of appointment).
The Institute’s participation fee will be US$200 for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, and US$350 for faculty. This fee will include your lodging on campus for the week.
All those wishing to attend the IGJ must complete an application form by December 20th, 2025. Application forms can be downloaded here.
Please upload your completed application at https://forms.gle/hiC66YXkHMyF813G7
by December 20th, 2025
Please submit all questions or further inquires to Kate Derickson at [email protected]
Limited travel funds will be made available for some participants through the financial support of the Antipode Foundation. Other financial support for the IGJ is also being provided by the Antipode Foundation.