Jasmine Sihra

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Join date: Mar 31, 2026

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Born and raised in Tsí tkaròn:to (‘Toronto’), Dr. Jasmine Sihra is a Punjabi researcher and curator. She completed her PhD in Art History at Concordia University in 2026. Her career and research focus on how the arts can contribute to planning for inevitable climate disasters and environmental pollution, particularly for underserved and underrepresented communities.

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Apr 1, 2026 ∙ 24 min

Rimming Colonial and Gendered Relations to the Environment in Léuli Eshrāghi’s Performance Video Works

In recent years, many Queer and / or Indigenous, Black, and other racialized artists, writers, and scholars have exposed the relationship between colonialism, climate change, and environmental issues around the world. These discourses point to the need for highlighting and resisting the colonial undertones and structures embedded in climate change policy or future environmental planning. Some artists have even stepped outside of conventional ways of thinking through climate change and...