Jandell-Jamela Nicholas

Research interests: Indigenous and Black women's geographies; gendered colonial violence and resistance; race and space; inter-partner violence and VAW shelters. 

Jandell-Jamela Nicholas is a 5th-year Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Geography and Planning at the University of Toronto. Her research engages the experiences of Black and Indigenous women who are survivors of domestic violence and who sought temporary refuge in the spaces of emergency shelters across Toronto. Her work investigates how Black and Indigenous women who survive inter-partner violence and who temporarily reside in emergency shelters in Toronto can help inform the planning and design of shelters as spaces for healing, self-determination, and empowerment for Indigenous and non-Indigenous women.