Trained as a political scientist I am a human rights scholar with particular interests in health, civil society, development, qualitative research methods and innovative pedagogy. I am an Associate Professor in the Human Rights Programme at the University of Winnipeg's Global College. I am also a Research Fellow with the Centre for the Study of Security and Development at Dalhousie University and was a 2017 CIFAR-Azrieli Global Scholar in the Successful Societies Program. My research focuses how health and human rights are understood, communicated, advocated and realised. My teaching draws on these interests and areas of expertise, incorporating experiential and participatory approaches.
I completed my PhD in Political Science in 2013 at the University of British Columbia, where I was a Trudeau Scholar, Liu Institute Scholar and Canada Graduate Scholar. My doctoral research examined why civil society groups engaged in HIV advocacy in sub-Saharan Africa chose to frame their claims as rights. During the 2013-2014 academic year I was a limited-term Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics at Acadia University where I was also affiliated with the Social and Political Thought and, Women and Gender Studies programs. From 2014 to 2016 I was a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Political Science at Dalhousie University, and a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Centre for Human Rights in the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria.
My academic interests are informed by more than fifteen years working in, on, and with development and human rights organizations in South East Asia, Southern Africa and Canada. I am passionate about inter and multi disciplinary approaches to human rights, health and teaching.
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I completed my PhD in Political Science in 2013 at the University of British Columbia, where I was a Trudeau Scholar, Liu Institute Scholar and Canada Graduate Scholar. My doctoral research examined why civil society groups engaged in HIV advocacy in sub-Saharan Africa chose to frame their claims as rights. During the 2013-2014 academic year I was a limited-term Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics at Acadia University where I was also affiliated with the Social and Political Thought and, Women and Gender Studies programs. From 2014 to 2016 I was a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Political Science at Dalhousie University, and a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Centre for Human Rights in the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria.
My academic interests are informed by more than fifteen years working in, on, and with development and human rights organizations in South East Asia, Southern Africa and Canada. I am passionate about inter and multi disciplinary approaches to human rights, health and teaching.
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Academia.edu
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ResearchGate
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