Dr. Podmore joined the department as a part-time faculty member in 2000 and became an Affiliate Assistant Professor in 2010. She began studying urban geography at the University of British Columbia (BA, 1988) and continued with graduate studies at McGill University (MA, 1994 and Ph.D., 2000) and post-doctoral research in Urban Studies at UQAM (2000). Her sustained research focus has been on the intersections between gender and sexuality in urban space, a perspective reflected in her publications on Montréal’s lesbian spaces and new research on "Queering Canadian suburbs". At Concordia, she has taught many human geography and urban studies courses, but regularly teaches Urban Geography and Cities of Difference. In addition to lecturing at Concordia, Julie is a tenured professor at John Abbott College and a research associate of the Chaire de recherche sur la diversité sexuelle et la pluralité des genres. She is also very active in Québec's LGBTQ archiving communities.
Affliations
Chaire de la recherche sur la diversité sexuelle et la pluralité des genres, UQAM
Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture, Concordia University
Association of American Geographers (AAG)
Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG)
Sexuality & Space/Queer and Trans Geographies specialty group (AAG)
Editorial Board, Social & Cultural Geography
