Ellie Perkins
Environmental Studies
Associate Professor
Faculty of Environmental Studies
E-mail: esperk@yorku.ca
Biography
Patricia E. (Ellie) Perkins is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, where she teaches and advises students in the areas of Ecological Economics, Environmental Economics and Community Economic Development. She has also taught economics at Ryerson Polytechnic University, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, and Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo, Mozambique, and in 1992–93 she was an environmental policy advisor with the Ontario government. She holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Toronto.
Publications
World Metal Markets: The United States Strategic Stockpile and Global Market Influence. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1997.
“Local economics, trade, and global sustainability: A view from Toronto, Canada,” in S. Buckingham-Hatfield (ed.), Local Economies: Research and Action. Cambridge, UK: Woodhead, 2003.
“Feminist understandings of productivity,” in M. Eichler, J. Larkin and S. Neysmith (eds.), Feminist Utopias: Re-Visioning Our Futures. Toronto: Inanna Publications and Education, pp. 201–212, 2002.
“Equity, economic scale, and the role of exchange in a sustainable economy,” in F. Gale (ed.), Nature, Production, Power: Approaches to Ecological Political Economy. Edward Elgar Publishers, pp. 185–195, 2000.
“Trade, Transition Paths and Sustainable Economies,” Canadian Journal of Development Studies, 1999.
“The Potential of Community-Based Alternatives to Globalization,” Development, vol. 41, no. 3, September, 1998.
“Trade Disputes and Environmental Regulatory Chill: The Case of Ontario’s Environmental Levy,” World Competition Law and Economics Review, vol. 18, no. 2, December 1994.
“What Is Sustainable Trade?” in N. Choudhry and D. Gupta (eds.), Studies in Globalization and Development. Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1997.
“Social diversity and the sustainability of community economies.” In T. Schroyer (ed.), A World that Works: Building Blocks for a Just and Sustainable Society. New York: The Bootstrap Press, pp. 247–259, 1997.
