Dr. Klaire Gain is an Assistant Professor in the Social Justice and Peace Studies Program. Dr. Gain centres ecofeminist and decolonial theory in researching areas of gender, ecology, global health and community resistance. Dr. Gain is committed to scholarly activism, merging academia and grassroots organizing as an avenue for social, gender, and ecological justice.
Education
PhD Western University: Health Sciences: Health Promotion
MA Brock University: Social Justice and Equity Studies
BA King’s University College: Social Justice and Peace Studies
Teaching
SOCLJUST1025: Introduction to Social Justice and Peace Studies
SOCLJUST2303: Humanitarianism and Global Justice
SOCLJUST2304: Social Networks of Power and Privilege
SOCLJUST2305: Living a Just Life in and Unjust World
SOCLJUST3210: Globalization and Citizenship
SOCLJUST3362: Ecofeminism: Gender, Ecology and Justice
SOCLJUST3383: Ecological Justice
Selected Publications
Selected Publications and Conference Proceedings
Gain, K (2025). Resistance and Subsistence: Ecofeminist Perspectives of Women-Led Anti-Mining Mobilization in the Dominican Republic . Capitalism, Nature, Socialism, 1-13.
Gain, K. (2025). Decolonial Ecofeminism: A Paradigmatic Contribution to Research of Gender, Ecology and Coloniality. Journal of Gender Studies, 1–33.
Gain, K. (2023). “We are the Living Dead”: The Gendered Impacts of Open-Pit Mining in the Dominican Republic. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses.
Gain, K. E. (2019). “Water is Worth More than Gold”: Ecofeminism and Gold Mining in the Dominican Republic. In A. Isla (Ed.), Climate Chaos: Ecofeminism and the Land Question. Toronto, ON: Inanna Publications
Gain, K (2025, October 24-28), '“We have to keep fighting so that they can survive”: Women-Led Community Mobilization to Mining-Induced Health Deterioration in the Dominican Republic [Paper Presentation]. Canadian Conference on Global Health: "Navigating the Path Forward: Advancing Global Health in a Changing World", Halifax, Ontario, Canada.
Gain, K (2025, June 17-20) ‘I Live in Fear Not for Myself, but for My Children’: Motherhood and Mining in the Dominican Republic [Paper presentation]. International Association of Maternal Action and Scholarship Conference: “(Re-)Producing Mothering, Motherwork, and Motherhood”, Boston University, Boston, MA
Gain, K (2025, June 1-5) Gender and Resistance to Extraction in the Dominican Republic. [Paper presentation]. Caribbean Studies Association Conference: “"Reparations: Resistance, Resilience, Reproduction, and Rehabilitation". St. Martin.
Gain, K (2024, October 25-27) "We are the Living Dead": Health, Gender and Extraction in the Dominican Republic. [Paper presentation]. Canadian Conference for Global Health: “Poly-crisis and global health: How can we improve human health and equity while protecting the planet?”, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Gain, K. (2024, April 18-21). Decolonial Ecofeminism: A Theoretical Framework to Conduct Critical Research of Gender, Ecology and Coloniality. [Paper presentation]. Annual Doctoral Conference: “(Re)searching Power: Emerging Approaches Across Disciplines”, Central European University, Vienna, Austria.
Gain, K. (2022, September 23-24). Climate in Crisis: The End of International Experiential Learning? [Paper Presentation]. Toronto International Festival of Authors Interdisciplinary Academic Conference: “Climate in Crisis”, Humber College, Toronto, Ontario.