Select Public Sociology & Media Appearances
The below list only includes a few of the podcast, newspaper, broadcast, film, and magazine interviews I've done. For a complete list, please request my CV above or visit my University of Guelph profile at https://family.uoguelph.ca/people/jade-da-costa.
April 2024
Da Costa, J. This food program delivers affordable meals to more than 20,000 clients in Toronto. Here’s why it’s in jeopardy. [Toronto Star Interview]. Available here.
Nov 2023
Banerji, A., & Da Costa, J. (2023, Nov 11). Still Brazen Episode 4: “‘I Don’t Want to Be Pretty, But I Do Want to Be Brown’: Anurima Banerji and Jade Da Costa in Conversation about Constructing South Asian Femme-ness through Poetry [Center of Feminist Research Podcast]. Available here.
Jan 2023
Da Costa, J. The pandemic prompted people to care for their neighbours like never before. What’s next for mutual aid groups? [Globe and Mail Interview]. Available here.
May 2022
Da Costa, J., Escobar, R., Libedinsky, M., Rojas, L., Selva, J., Moffat, S., & Zapata, A. The People's Pantry Community Cookbook. The People’s Pantry. Available for free download here.
April 2021
Alfaro, R. A., & Da Costa, J. Ep. 007 The People’s Pantry [Atlas of Resistance Podcast]. Available here.
Sept 2021
Da Costa, J., et al. The People’s Pantry [Vimeo Documentary]. Available here.
Oct 2020
Da Costa, J. Gracia, Y. &, Kur, E.A. Reasons to Love Toronto. No. 1: Because our home chefs are feeding the hungry [Toronto Life Magazine Feature]. Available here:
Conferences, Panels & Workshops
The below list only includes conference presentations and invited panels that have been recorded and are now available online, as well as upcoming presentations and workshops. For a complete list of my conferences, panels, and workshops, please request my CV.
March 7
Da Costa, J. (2025). Love Beyond Identity Politics: Why Friendship and Solidarity Are Not the Same Thing. International Women's Day Online Conference. University of Guelph. Register here.
July
Da Costa, J. (2025). Building Collective Memories through Digital Storytelling. The 5th International Sociological Association Forum of Sociology, Rabat, Morocco, July. Register here.
June
Da Costa, J. (2025). Monstrous Subjectivities and the Racial Elsewheres of Queer ‘Activism’. The Sexuality Studies Association’s Annual Conference, Toronto, ON. Register here.
June
Da Costa, J. (2025). The Phenomenology of AIDS Activism: Racial-Spatial Politics in Queer Memory. The Canadian Sociological Association Conference, Toronto, ON, June. Register here.
June
Da Costa, J. (2025). Engaged Pedagogy within the Neoliberal University. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Sociological Association Conference, Toronto, ON. Register here.
June
Da Costa, J., & *Tremblay, N. (2025). Exacerbated Hunger: Food Justice in Postcrisis Times. Canadian Association for Food Studies Assembly, Toronto, ON. Register here.
February 19
Da Costa, J. & *Perera, N. (2025). Knowledge Mobilization from Within: Digital & Arts-Based Publishing, Student Journal Forum, University of Toronto Libraries (virtual), February. Available at: https://play.library.utoronto.ca/watch/6b648dd64879bc428def4a429c8561aa
March 2021
Da Costa, J. and Urueta-Ortiz, T. Food justice, Sovereignty, and Security. Victoria College Sustainability Commission, Toronto, ON, March. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR6SMDL4jYo
June 2020
Wood, L., Da Costa, J., Peters, K., Moyo, N., Marsili, L., Cinquemani, L., & Tagliavia, F. Organizing During a Pandemic: Lessons for the Left. SIS Salon, Palermo, Sicily (virtual), June. Available here.