Sammy Sánchez
Positions
Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of Calgary
Graduate Assistant Researcher
University of Calgary
Contact information
Background
Educational Background
Bachelor of Social Work Social Sciences , Universidad Industrial de Santander. Colombia, 2011
Mestre em Geografia (Pós-Graduação em Desenvolvimento Territorial na América Latina e Caribe) Social Sciences , Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho". Brazil, 2021
Master of Arts Anthropology , University of Calgary. Canada, 2024
Biography
I am a Colombian scholar-activist working alongside peasant and small farmer communities on issues related to land and green grabbing, deforestation, and their impacts on social reproduction, with a particular focus on gendered and generational perspectives. My previous experience includes working in Peasant Reserve Zones, coca-growing economies, militarization, the war on drugs, and counterinsurgency strategies across various regions, such as the Colombian Amazon, Magdalena Medio, and Catatumbo, with a primary focus on their effects on rural communities. I am a Vanier Scholar-SSHRC (2025-2028), co-convener of the Political Ecology Node: Transdisciplinary Dialogues and Encounters for Climate Change Solutions, and a member of the Alternatives Center of Development (Cealdes) in Colombia.
Research
Areas of Research
Peasant Communities; Colombian Amazon; Deforestation; Land and Green Grabbing; Social Reproduction; War on Drugs, Militarization and Its Impacts on Local Communities; Gender and Generational Dynamics in Agrarian Studies.
Projects
https://arts.ucalgary.ca/calgary-institute-humanities/working-groups-and-research/interdisciplinary-working-groups
Awards
- Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council-Government of Canada. 2025
- Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES) - International, Province of Alberta. 2025
- Dept/Faculty Scholarship Award, The Department of Anthropology and Archaeology – University of Calgary. 2024
- Professional Development Grant, Graduate Student Association – University of Calgary. 2024
- Transformative Talent Internship, Faculty of Graduate Studies – University of Calgary. 2023
- Professional Development Grant , Graduate Students' Association – University of Calgary. 2023
- Dept/Faculty Scholarship Award, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology – University of Calgary. 2023
- Research Scholarship , Department of Anthropology and Archaeology – University of Calgary. 2022
Publications
- Peace and reparations in legal drug markets in Colombia.. Ciro, Estefanía., Ryder, Mary., and Sánchez, Sammy.. Journal Futures . 1-12. . (2024)
- Gobernanza Ambiental en la era del Post-acuerdo de paz en Colombia: una contribución de las Zonas de Reserva Campesina a la biodiversidad (Environmental Governance in the Post-Peace Agreement in Colombia: A Contribution of Peasant Reserve to Biodiversity). Sánchez, Sammy., Durán, Pablo., and López, Felipe. SOLCHA-FLACSO Ecuador . 401.410. (2021)
- Gobernanza ambiental en territorios campesinos: Contribución a la política pública de gestión del conflicto territorial en los Parques Nacionales. (Environmental governance in small farmers' territories: Contribution to the public policy).. Sánchez, Sammy. Conflictos socioambientales en el Sur Global Respuestas y construcciones locales de otras naturalezas.. 135-171. (2021)
- Differentiated impacts of green grabbing in social reproduction: the case of La Sierra de la Macarena National Park.. Sánchez, Sammy. LDPI Working Paper Series . 1-30. (2024)
- Economía Política del acaparamiento de tierras y la deforestación en tiempos de paz y guerra: aprendizajes desde el noroccidente Amazónico. (Political economy of land grabbing and deforestation in time of peace and war).. Mosquera, Daniela., Sánchez, Sammy., Gómez, Sebastián., and Ortiz, Daniel. . LDPI Working Series Paper . 1-30. (2021)
- Políticas basadas en incentivos para el control de la deforestación. (Incentive-Based Policies for Deforestation Control Biodiversity. State and Trends of Continental Biodiversity in Colombia - Bio Report).. Ortiz, Daniel and Sánchez Sammy. . Biodiversidad. Estado y tendencias de la biodiversidad continental en Colombia. The Alexander von Humboldt Biological Resources Research Institute.. (2021)
- Zonas de Reserva Campesina en el escenario post-conflicto: una herramienta comunitaria para la gestión de la biodiversidad. (Peasant Reserve Zones in the post-conflict scenario: a community tool for biodiversity management). Osejo Varona, Alejandra., Marín Marín, Wilson., Posada Molina, Visnu., Sánchez, Sammy and Torres Quijano, Sonia.. Biodiversidad. Estado y tendencias de la biodiversidad continental en Colombia. The Alexander von Humboldt Biological Resources Research Institute.. (2017)
More Information
Vice-President, Student Engagement GAASA – 2024-2025. University of Calgary
Community Ambassador, University of Calgary – 2024-2025. Family Housing, University of Calgary.
Volunteer, Migrant Worker Solidarity Working Group, National Farmers Union – Canada – 2024 – Present.
Volunteer, Alternatives Center for Development, Colombia – 2019 – Present.
Researcher in the Truth, Coexistence, and Non-Repetition Commission, Colombia – 2020–2022. (Comisión para el Esclarecimiento de la Verdad, la Convivencia y la No Repetición)
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