Angele Alook
School of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies
Associate Professor
On sabbatical 2024-25
Office: Founders College, 206
Phone: (416) 650-8144
Email: alook@yorku.ca
Primary website: The Just Powers Project
Secondary website: The Corporate Mapping Project
Dr. Angele Alook is an Assistant Professor in the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at York University. As a member of Bigstone Cree Nation in Treaty 8 territory, her research has mainly focused on the political economy of oil and gas in Alberta. She specializes in Indigenous feminisms, life course approaches, Indigenous research methodologies, cultural identity, and the sociology of family and work.
She is a co-investigator on the SSHRC-funded (Partnership Grant) Corporate Mapping Project, where she completed research with the Parkland Institute on Indigenous experiences in Alberta’s oil industry and its gendered impact on working families. Angele is also a member of the Just Powers research team, a SSHRC-funded Insight Grant. Angele is a member of the Just Powers research team, which is a SSHRC-funded Insight Grant. Through the Just Powers project Angele has been able to produce a documentary called "Pikopaywin: It is broken" which features stories on the land with Indigenous traditional land users, environmental officers, and elders. She is directing her research toward a just transition of Alberta’s economy and labour force and the impact climate change has on traditional Treaty 8 territory.
Degrees
PhD in Sociology, York UniversityM.A. in Sociology, University of Alberta
B.A. in Anthropology, University of Alberta
Research Interests
Alook, A. & Hussey, I & Hill, N. (2021). “Indigenous gendered experiences of work in an oil-dependent, rural Alberta community”. Regime of Obstruction: How Corporate Power Blocks Energy Democracy. Ed. William Carroll.
Alook, A. (2018).“Indigenous Families: Migration, Resistance, and Resilience”. Continuity and Innovation: Canadian Families in the New Millennium. Ed. Amber Gazso & Karen Kobayashi. Toronto: Nelson Education.
Dr. Angele Alook is an Assistant Professor in the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at York University. As a member of Bigstone Cree Nation in Treaty 8 territory, her research has mainly focused on the political economy of oil and gas in Alberta. She specializes in Indigenous feminisms, life course approaches, Indigenous research methodologies, cultural identity, and the sociology of family and work.
She is a co-investigator on the SSHRC-funded (Partnership Grant) Corporate Mapping Project, where she completed research with the Parkland Institute on Indigenous experiences in Alberta’s oil industry and its gendered impact on working families. Angele is also a member of the Just Powers research team, a SSHRC-funded Insight Grant. Angele is a member of the Just Powers research team, which is a SSHRC-funded Insight Grant. Through the Just Powers project Angele has been able to produce a documentary called "Pikopaywin: It is broken" which features stories on the land with Indigenous traditional land users, environmental officers, and elders. She is directing her research toward a just transition of Alberta’s economy and labour force and the impact climate change has on traditional Treaty 8 territory.
Degrees
PhD in Sociology, York UniversityM.A. in Sociology, University of Alberta
B.A. in Anthropology, University of Alberta
Research Interests
All Publications
Alook, A. & Hussey, I & Hill, N. (2021). “Indigenous gendered experiences of work in an oil-dependent, rural Alberta community”. Regime of Obstruction: How Corporate Power Blocks Energy Democracy. Ed. William Carroll.
Alook, A. (2018).“Indigenous Families: Migration, Resistance, and Resilience”. Continuity and Innovation: Canadian Families in the New Millennium. Ed. Amber Gazso & Karen Kobayashi. Toronto: Nelson Education.
