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Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Katie Gravestock
July 16, 2026
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The Department of Geography would like to recognize Katie Gravetsock for the successful defence of her PhD thesis.
Congratulations Katie鈥� well done!
Details of the Defence
Title: 鈥淔ashion Retail Work, Precarity, and Urban Change in Vancouver, Canada"
Examining Committee:
Senior supervisor: Kendra Strauss, Professor, Labour Studies and Department of Sociology & Anthropology
Committee member: Paul Kingsbury, Professor, Geography
Committee member: Eugene McCann, Professor, Geography
Internal examiner: Nicholas Blomley, Professor, Geography
External examiner: Nancy Worth, Associate Professor, University of Waterloo
Defence Chair: Rosemary Collard, Associate Professor, Geography