Fellow Story

McClintock's work on urban greenhouses in Montreal featured in Canadian news

Fellow(s): Nathan McClintock
Topic(s): Architecture & Urban Planning, Sustainable Agriculture & Food Policy
Nathan McClintock has received a large grant to study the social and technological obstacles and opportunities related to greenhouse development in low-income neighborhoods in Montreal hit hard by the pandemic. A team of engineers and environmental scientists will focus on how to maximize energy efficiency and integrate infrastructure in the existing built environment, while my team will focus on community interest and participation, risks related to gentrification, political and planning issues.   Read more

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Nathan McClintock

Nathan McClintock

2008 Fellow
Nathan McClintock is a geographer and associate professor of urban studies at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is also co-director of the Villes Voix Visions Collaboratory and editor of the journal Urban Geography. His work focuses on the formal and everyday governance of food and waste, urban agriculture and green gentrification, and the intersections of policy and practice with racial capitalism and settler colonialism.