Marika Morris

Adjunct Research Professor

Degrees:B.A. Hons. (杏吧原创), M.A. (杏吧原创), Ph.D. (杏吧原创)
Email:Marika.Morris@杏吧原创.ca

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Biography

I am a research, evaluation and training consultant (). I work mainly on issues of gender equity, health and Indigenous rights, and my clients include Inuit organizations, not-for-profit organizations, government departments, businesses, labour unions, and the United Nations Development Programme. Our projects range from researching Inuit smoking cessation needs and initiatives for the Canadian Cancer Society, to evaluating provincial and national projects for the Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children, to creating training videos for women鈥檚 shelter workers in Nunavut, Yukon and NWT. I also do GBA+ (applying intersectional feminist analysis) to policies and programs for not-for-profit organizations and government departments and agencies. I have been pleased and proud to work on projects with Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., Tungasuvvingat Inuit, and Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada.

I am not Indigenous, so if you are looking for a First Nations, M茅tis or Inuk academic to speak on your panel or comment in the media, please keep looking among my colleagues. My father was Greek from Egypt, having emigrated to Canada in the late 1950s, and my mother was a francophone settler from rural Qu茅bec (Gasp茅sie).

As an Adjunct Research Professor, I participate in collaborations with professors, institutes and students at 杏吧原创 University. An example includes a partnership between the 杏吧原创 University Centre for Women in Politics and Public Leadership, Gender Equality Measurement Project and the Centre for Research and Education on Women and Work. 杏吧原创 Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Dr. Pauline Rankin and I conducted research with women executives in the federal public service to examine whether having women in leadership positions makes any difference. This led to the publication of Women鈥檚 Leadership Matters: The Impact of Women鈥檚 Leadership in the Canadian Public Service. I was invited to speak at the United Nations about this research at an event co-sponsored by Canada, Mexico and the Dominican Republic. This research continues to be accessed by people around the world.

My life and scholarship has taken interesting twists and turns, as I went back to complete a Ph.D. only after many years doing public policy and community-based research. I bring this applied experience to my scholarship.

Prior to earning a Ph.D., I was Research Coordinator for the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW) for five years. CRIAW is a not-for-profit organization which bridges the gap between academic and community research through building partnerships and translating academic research into a form communities and individuals can use for positive social change. I was the coordinating researcher on two multi-site community-university research projects, which involved significant partnership building, for example with the Downtown Eastside Women鈥檚 Centre in Vancouver, the Calgary Immigrant Women鈥檚 Association and the Centre for Disability Studies in Winnipeg. At CRIAW, I also led or co-led workshops across Canada on how community organizations could do participatory action research to meet their needs. In consultation and collaboration, I also developed a series of factsheets on topics such as violence against women and girls, women and poverty, immigrant and refugee women, and how race and gender interact, and wrote Using Intersectional Feminist Frameworks in Research. My postdoctoral research, funded through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), was a participatory action research partnership with Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada.

I have experience working as a federal public servant and remain a member of Statistics Canada鈥檚 Advisory Committee on Social Conditions. I co-founded, with Kristyn French, the Applied Sociology Research Cluster of the Canadian Sociological Association (CSA). As author of聽Participatory Action Research: Becoming a Research for Social Change, I have been invited to do many guest lectures about methodology. I am also invited to speak internationally about topics related to gender, diversity, inclusion, violence prevention, resilience and health.

In my research, I recognize the complexity and interconnectedness between policy, economy and society at all levels. Much good research already exists but is not being utilized or even believed. Research needs to be communicated effectively to the public and the people who can use it. Where copyright allows, I make my publications available on the following site, which is also kept up to date more frequently than this page:聽

Research Interests

    • Indigenous, particularly Inuit, violence prevention and health promotion
    • Recruitment and retention of Indigenous employees and managers
    • Intergenerational transmission of trauma
    • Healthy communities
    • Suicide prevention
    • Gender, diversity and inclusion in public policy
    • Women鈥檚 leadership and collaborative leadership models
    • Dynamics of social change
    • Public policy in the areas of poverty reduction, crime and corrections, mental health, and housing
    • Community-engaged research/participatory action research
    • Policy and program evaluation

Selected Publications

Morris, Marika. 2024. The Government of Canada鈥檚 Gender Results Framework: A tool in the construction of equity for all. In Christina Gabriel and L. Pauline

Rankin (Eds.), Counting Matters: Policy, Practice, and the Limits of Gender Equality Measurement in Canada. 22-39. Vancouver: UBC Press.

Morris, Marika.聽2022.聽Comparative analysis of services for Canadian Inuit for tuberculosis, suicide prevention, and smoking cessation: Common themes and underlying issues.聽American Review of Canadian Studies听52(3):听342-362.听顿翱滨:听丑迟迟辫://诲虫.诲辞颈.辞谤驳/

Note: This issue of ARCS won the Best Special Issue Award聽(2023) from the international Council of Editors of Learned Journals.

Patrick, Donna, Marika Morris and Qauyisaq Etitiq. 2021. Urban Inuit: A case study of Ottawa. In Pamela Stern (Ed.), Inuit World. 87-104. London: Routledge, 2021. DOI:聽

Morris, Marika and Qauyisaq Etitiq. 2021. Inuit Needs for Tobacco Cessation Services: The Complexities of Tobacco Use among Inuit in Canada. Toronto and Ottawa: Canadian Cancer Society, Cancer Prevention Department. (112p) DOI:

Dianne Lalonde, Robert Nonomura, Jassamine Tabibi, Linda Baker, and Marika Morris 2021. Social inclusion through trauma- and violence-informed research: A focus on survivors of violence. In Pranee Liamputtong (Ed.), Handbook of Social Inclusion, Research and Practices in the Health and Social Sciences. Singapore: Springer Nature.

Morris, Marika. 2017. Indigenous Recruitment and Retention: Ideas and Best Practices from a Literature Review of Academic and Organizational Sources. Prepared for the Government of Canada鈥檚 Interdepartmental Circles on Indigenous Representation.

Morris, Marika. 2016. Inuit involvement in a participatory action research project on Inuit youth, violence prevention and health promotion. 脡tudes Inuit Studies 40(1): 105-125.

Morris, Marika. 2016. A statistical portrait of Inuit with a focus on increasing urbanization: Implications for policy and further research, Aboriginal Policy Studies 5(2): 4-31. DOI:

Morris, Marika. 2016. Statistics Canada data collection on Inuit: The importance of consultation and context. Aboriginal Policy Studies 5(2): 136-148. DOI:

Morris, Marika. 2016. Women鈥檚 Leadership Matters: The Impact of Women鈥檚 Leadership in the Canadian Public Service. Ottawa: 杏吧原创 University Centre for Women in Politics and Public Leadership. [Le leadership f茅minin a de l鈥檌mportance : L鈥檌ncidence du leadership f茅minin au sein de la fonction publique f茅d茅rale.]

Morris, Marika. 2016. Acting on Violence Against Women is a Blueprint for Health: A brief on the impact of A Blueprint for Canada鈥檚 National Action Plan on Violence Against Women and Girls on the health of Canadians through the lens of the social determinants of health. Paper prepared for the YWCA and the Canadian Network of Women鈥檚 Shelters and Transition Houses, Toronto and Ottawa, Canada. (20p) DOI:

Morris, Marika and Claire Crooks. 2015. Structural and cultural factors in suicide prevention: The contrast between mainstream and Inuit approaches to understanding and preventing suicide. Journal of Social Work Practice 29(3): 321-338. DOI:

Morris, Marika. 2015. The cooperative advantage for social inclusion meets uncooperative government regulation: International co-operative principles and co-operative housing regulation in the province of Ontario, Canada. Journal of Entrepreneurial and Organizational Diversity 4(1) 28-51. DOI:

Morris, Marika and the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women. 2013. Factsheet: Violence against women and girls. In Margaret Hobbs and Carla Rice (Eds.),聽Gender and Women鈥檚 Studies in Canada: Critical Terrain. (pp. 503-512). Toronto: Women鈥檚 Press.

Morris, Marika.聽 2011. Violence against women and girls. In Making a Difference Canada (Ed.),聽Making a Difference Canada: Communities Giving Voice to Sexual Assault Victims. (pp. 1-9) Vancouver: Making a Difference Canada.

Marika Morris, Colleen Watters,聽Vilma Dawson,聽Carol Muree Martin, Cecily Nicholson,聽Lise Martin,聽Michelle K. Owen, Kamal Sehgal and Sara Torres with Jos茅e Charlebois. 2007.聽Integrating the Voices of Low-income Women into Policy Discussions on the Canada Social Transfer: First Nations Women in Vancouver, Immigrant and Refugee Women in Calgary and Women with Disabilities in Winnipeg. Ottawa: Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women.

Morris, Marika, with B茅nita Bunjun. 2007.聽Using Intersectional Feminist Frameworks in Research: A Resource for Embracing the Complexities of Women鈥檚 Lives. Ottawa: Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women.

Morris, Marika, avec B茅nita Bunjun. 2007.聽Faire la recherche avec les cadres d鈥檃nalyse f茅ministe intersectionelle聽: Un document de travail pour saisir la complexit茅 de la vie des femmes. Ottawa聽: Institut canadien de recherches sur les femmes.

Morris, Marika. 2004. What research reveals about gender, home care and caregiving: Overview and policy implications. In Karen R. Grant, Carol Amaratunga, Pat Armstrong, Madeline Boscoe, Ann Pederson, and Kay Willson (Eds.),聽Caring For/Caring 杏吧原创 Women, Home Care and Unpaid Caregiving. (pp. 91-113). Aurora, ON: Garamond Press.

Morris, Marika, with Martha Muzychka. 2002.聽Participatory Research and Action: A Guide to Becoming a Researcher for Social Change. Ottawa: Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women.

Morris, Marika, avec Martha Muzychka.聽2002. La recherche-action participative : Un outil pour le changement social !聽Ottawa聽: Institut canadien de recherches sur les femmes.

Morris, Marika. 2002. Pauktuutit Inuit Women鈥檚 Association. Inuit Art Quarterly 17 (4): 16-27.

Morris, Marika. 2002. Unpaid work and women鈥檚 vulnerability to poverty. Canadian Review of Social Policy (49/50): 43-68.

Morris, Marika and Susannah Bush.聽Funding聽Sources for聽Research聽on聽Women/Sources de financement pour la recherche sur les femmes. Ottawa: Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women, 2001.

Morris, Marika. 2001. Home care and its impact on women鈥檚 vulnerability to poverty. In Gabrielle Lavigne, Tricia Burke and Manon Lemonde (Eds.),聽Feminist Definitions of Caring Communities and Healthy Lifestyles. (pp. 55- 60). Sudbury: Your Scrivener Press.

Morris, Marika. 2001.聽Gender-sensitive Home and Community Care and Caregiving Research: A Synthesis Paper. Ottawa: Health Canada.

Morris, Marika. 2001. 鈥淢edia Analysis of Family Violence Issues in Selected Canadian Sources.鈥� Paper prepared for the Family Violence Initiative, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada.

Morris, Marika. 2000. Shaping women鈥檚 health: Scope and methodologies. In Carol Amaratunga (Ed.),聽Made to Measure: Women, Gender and Equity聽(pp. 65-73). Halifax: Maritime Centre of Excellence for Women鈥檚 Health.

Morris, Marika. 2000. Globalization and Gender: Development Perspectives聽and Interventions, by Angela Keller-Herzog.聽Resources for Feminist Research聽27(3 and 4) Fall/Winter 1999/2000: 139-140.

Morris, Marika. 1999. Harnessing the numbers: Potential use of gender equality indicators for the performance, measurement and promotion of gender-based analysis of public policy. In Leroy Stone, Zeynep Karman and Pamela Yaremko (Eds.),聽Gender Equality Indicators: Public Concerns and Public Policies聽(pp. 83-102).聽 Ottawa: Status of Women Canada, Statistics Canada, Human Resources Development Canada and Health Canada.

Morris, Marika. 1999. Conclusion鈥f sorts. In Sara Torres (Ed.),聽That Body Image Thing: Young Women Speak Out聽(pp. 102-104). Ottawa: Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women.

Morris, Marika, Jane Robinson and Janet Simpson. 1999.聽The Changing Nature of Home Care and Its Impact on Women鈥檚 Vulnerability to Poverty. Ottawa: Status of Women Canada Policy Research Fund.

Morris, Marika. 1999.聽The Other Side of the Story: A Feminist Critique of Canada鈥檚 National Response to the UN Questionnaire on the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action. Ottawa: Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA).

Morris, Marika. 1997.聽Gender-based Analysis Guide. Ottawa: Human Resources Development Canada.

Morris, Marika. 1997.聽Gender-based Analysis Backgrounder. Ottawa: Human Resources Development Canada.

Canadian Panel on Violence Against Women. 1993.聽Changing the Landscape: Ending Violence 鈥� Achieving Equality. Final Report. Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services. (421 p) [Research contribution]

Selected Presentations
Academic conferences and events

鈥淓ducating Qallunaat/Kablunaat about Inuit.鈥� 21st Inuit Studies Conference, Montreal, October 5, 2019.

鈥淩epresentation, Diversity and Inclusion in Public Administration: Facilitating women鈥檚 leadership and the inclusion of Inuit.鈥� Canadian Association for Programs in Public Administration (CAPPA) Eighth Annual Research Conference in Public Administration, Policy, and Management, Montreal, May 22, 2019.

鈥淐anadian best practices in collecting sex-disaggregated data with a focus on public administration.鈥� University of Pittsburgh workshop on Gender Equality in Public Institutions, November 9, 2017.

  • 鈥淐onnecting Inuit knowledge and approaches to youth violence prevention and mental health.鈥� Canadian Conference on Promoting Healthy Relationships for Youth: Breaking Down the Silos in Addressing Violence and Mental Health. London, Ontario, Canada, February 15-17, 2017.
  • 鈥淯sing social media to do violence prevention outreach with Inuit youth: A research partnership with Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada.鈥� Canadian Sociological Association Conference, Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Ottawa, June 1, 2015.
  • 鈥淲omen in public service leadership: A critical conversation.鈥� 杏吧原创 University Centre for Women in Politics and Public Leadership, Ottawa, February 24, 2015.
  • 鈥淓thics, intersectionality and community participation in action research with Inuit youth on violence and mental health.鈥� American Public Health Association 142ndAnnual Meeting and Exposition 鈥淗ealthography鈥�, New Orleans, November 15-19, 2014.
  • 鈥淧ractical application of Inuit principles, ethics and methodology in research.鈥� International Network of Indigenous Health Knowledge and Development (INIHKD) 鈥� Network Environments for Aboriginal Health Research (NEARH) 2014 conference, Winnipeg, Canada, October 5-10, 2014.
  • 鈥淓quality as a factor in disaster resilience: Canadian best practices in resilience data collection and stakeholder involvement.鈥� Japan-Canada Policy Dialogue on Democracy, Diversity, Disasters: From Ottawa to Tokyo. Tokyo, Japan, March 14, 2014.
  • 鈥淚nuit youth, violence and social media outreach.鈥� Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Canadian Prevention Science Cluster webinar, February 27, 2014.
  • 鈥淭owards an intersectional approach to measuring disaster resilience: The new Canadian Survey of Emergency Preparedness and Resilience.鈥� Democracy, Diversity, Disasters: A Japan-Canada Policy Dialogue on Intersectionality and the Challenges of Contemporary Risk Governance. Ottawa, Canada, February 6, 2014.
  • 鈥淭he value of the General Social Survey Social Identity Cycle for understanding security and resilience issues in Canada.鈥� Measuring Migration, Integration and Identities. Association for Canadian Studies Metropolis Pre-Conference Forum on Social Research. Ottawa, March 13, 2013.
  • 鈥淭he challenges of measuring community resilience for public policy.鈥� Canadian Risks and Hazards Network Annual Symposium. Ottawa, October 19, 2011.
  • 鈥淓valuation methods and challenges for community-based crime prevention initiatives.鈥� Presentation to the 15th International Metropolis Conference, The Hague, Oct. 5, 2010.
  • Panel presentation on Knowledge Transfer: Connecting Socio-Cultural Research to Use in the Public and Private Sectors. 12thNational Metropolis Conference, Montreal, March 19, 2010.
  • 鈥淥rganizing through obstacles: The co-op housing movement in Ontario.鈥� Presentation to the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association, Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, Ottawa, May 28, 2009.
  • 鈥淓nvisioning comprehensive public policy to support mothers鈥� physical, emotional, social and economic well-being.鈥� Association for Research on Mothering 11thAnnual Conference, 鈥淢aternal Health and Well-Being鈥�, Toronto, Oct. 20, 2007.
  • 鈥淩epresentation of communities in the Canadian Museum of Civilization: Results of student projects.鈥� Presentation to the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association, Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Toronto, June 2, 2006.
  • 鈥淐ommunity-building in a downtown housing co-op with a diverse population: Challenges to feminist theory and practice.鈥� Presentation to the Canadian Women鈥檚 Studies Association, Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, Toronto, May 31, 2006.
  • 鈥淔eminist approaches to housing and community: Applicability to the Canadian urban context.鈥� Presentation to the Canadian Social Welfare Conference, Ottawa, June 15-17, 2003.
  • 鈥淯sing participatory action research to foster social inclusion: Advantages and challenges.鈥� Presentation to the Canadian Social Welfare Conference, Ottawa, June 15-17, 2003.
  • 鈥淭he potential of using unpaid work data for feminist activism.鈥� Presentation to the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association, Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, Halifax, June 3, 2003.
  • 鈥淔eminist community successes and frustrations with participatory action research.鈥� Presentation to the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association and Canadian Women鈥檚 Studies Association, Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, Halifax, June 3, 2003.
  • 鈥淔eminist approaches to peacebuilding: Current Canadian movements, issues and strategies.鈥� Presentation to the Canadian Women鈥檚 Studies Association, Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, Halifax, June 2, 2003.
  • 鈥淭he off-loading of health care onto women in communities: Implications for women鈥檚 equality.鈥� Presentation to the OPIRG and Trent University conference Women, Health, and the Welfare State, Peterborough, Ont., March 23, 2002.
  • 鈥淲omen, Health and Action / Femmes, sant茅 et action.鈥� Poster presentation, Social Determinants of Health Across the Life-Span: A Current Accounting and Policy Implications, York University, Toronto, Nov. 29 鈥� Dec. 1, 2002.
  • 鈥淐oncepts of efficiency, health care and the 鈥淐anadian Way鈥�.鈥� Presentation to the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States Colloquium Integration and Fragmentation in Canada and the United States, Ottawa, Sept. 20-21, 2002.
  • 鈥淥verview of themes, gaps and policy concerns.鈥� Key note presentation to the National Think Tank on Gender and Unpaid Caregiving, Charlottetown, Nov. 8-10, 2001.
  • 鈥淯npaid work and women鈥檚 vulnerability to poverty: Policy options.鈥� Presentation to the Tenth Biennial Conference on Canadian Social Welfare Policy, Wealth, Health and Welfare: Tensions and Passions,University of Calgary, June 17 鈥� 20th, 2001.
  • 鈥淩esources for research on social movements in Canada.鈥� Presentation to the International Summer Seminar in Canadian Studies 2001, University of Ottawa, August 19, 2001.
  • 鈥淲omen, poverty and Canadian public policy in an era of globalization.鈥� Presentation to the International Colloquium:聽Globalization, Societies, Cultures. Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, Edmonton, May 29, 2000.
  • 鈥淎 gender analysis of home care and women鈥檚 vulnerability to poverty鈥�. Presentation to the BC Centre of Excellence for Women鈥檚 Health, Health Association of BC, BC Ministry of Health, BC Women鈥檚 Hospital and Health Centre, University of Victoria conference Building Bridges: Creating an Integrated Approach to Women鈥檚 Health, Victoria, April 29-May 1, 2000.
  • 鈥淭he changing nature of home care and its impact on women鈥檚 vulnerability to poverty.鈥� Presentation to the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women and Laurentian University conference Feminist Definitions of Caring Communities and Healthy Lifestyles/Les d茅finitions f茅ministes des modes de vie sains et des soci茅tes sensibles 脿 l鈥櫭猼re humain, Sudbury, October 15-17, 1999.
  • 鈥淭he changing nature of home care and its impact on women鈥檚 vulnerability to poverty.鈥� Presentation to the Maritime Centre of Excellence for Women鈥檚 Health international symposium Made to Measure: Designing Research, Policy and Action Approaches to Eliminate Gender Inequity/Sur mesure : formulation de demarches de recherch茅 de politiques et de measures visant 脿 茅liminer l鈥檌n茅galit茅 homes/femmes, Halifax, October 3-6, 1999.

Selected non-academic presentations

鈥淕ender-based violence in Canada: How and why policy has shifted over the past 40 years,鈥� The Global Summit: Humanity in Action, 2020 Leaders Forum, Tokyo, Japan and online worldwide, August 13, 2020.

鈥淐anadian Inuit best practices in mental health and wellness,鈥� North by North Summit, Anchorage, Alaska, April 26, 2018.

  • 鈥淕ender mainstreaming in federal public institutions in Canada,鈥� Gender Responsive Public Institutions Initiative Workshop, Amartya Sen Conference Room, United Nations Development Programme, New York City, August 22, 2017.
  • 鈥淭he business case for women鈥檚 leadership in public institutions.鈥� Speaker and panelist. United Nations Development Programme and New York University Women鈥檚 Initiative, New York City, December 6, 2016.
  • 鈥淓mbracing Alberta鈥檚 diversity: Using gender and diversity analysis to develop better public policy.鈥� Policy Matters Conference 2016: Policy Development in a Dynamic Environment, Edmonton, Alberta, June 15, 2016.
  • 鈥淭he potential and pitfalls of public sector performance measures for gender equality.鈥� GBA+: From Research to Policy to Measurement workshop, Ottawa, May 7, 2014.
  • 鈥淚nuit youth, violence and social media outreach: A research project you can shape.鈥� Nunavut Sivuniksavut, Ottawa, February 26, 2014.
  • 鈥淪urvey of Emergency Preparedness and Resilience.鈥� Canada鈥檚 Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction Advisory Committee, Ottawa, June 4, 2013.
  • 鈥淜anishka Project gender and diversity research investments.鈥� Unusual Suspects? In Pursuit of Gender and Diversity in Public Security. Status of Women Canada workshop, Government Conference Centre. Ottawa, May 8, 2013.
  • 鈥淲omen and poverty: Brief to the Subcommittee on Cities
  • of the Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology鈥�, Senate Subcommittee on Cities, Ottawa, June 4, 2008.
  • 鈥淐ompliance with the Personal Information Protection and Electronics Document Act (PIPED)鈥�, Canadian Museums Association, Ottawa, April 1, 2004.
  • 鈥淓xploring the use of gender and diversity analysis and integrated feminist analysis in the work of public policy research institutes.鈥� Keynote speaker. Integrated Feminist Analysis Round Table, Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women, Ottawa, Feb. 19-20, 2004.
  • 鈥淭he need for gender and diversity analysis in housing policy.鈥� Invited speaker, Gender and Diversity Analysis and Housing Policy Development in Newfoundland and Labrador Conference, St. John鈥檚, November, 2003.
  • 鈥淔eminist research, action and change.鈥� Presenter/instructor/facilitator of a series of full-day workshops for academics and community groups on participatory action research for social change.
  • Yellowknife, April 7, 2001. (Co-sponsored with the NWT Human Rights Society.)
  • Edmonton, April 4, 2001. Co-facilitated with Laura Bonnett.
  • Victoria, March 31, 2001. Co-sponsored with the BC Immigrant and Visible Minority Women鈥檚 Association, and co-facilitated with Dr. Jo-Anne Lee.
  • Fredericton, Oct. 26, 2002. Co-sponsored with the New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women.
  • Iqualuit, Feb. 2003. Co-sponsored with Canadian Heritage, and co-facilitated with Cindy Rennie in Inuktitut and English.
  • 鈥淭he state of gender-based research in Canada.鈥� Presentation to the Hon. Minister for Women鈥檚 Affairs for Ethiopia and Parliament of Ethiopia Women鈥檚 Affairs Committee, Ottawa, Aug. 17, 2001.

Selected non-academic presentations

鈥淕ender-based violence in Canada: How and why policy has shifted over the past 40 years,鈥� The Global Summit: Humanity in Action, 2020 Leaders Forum, Tokyo, Japan and online worldwide, August 13, 2020.

鈥淐anadian Inuit best practices in mental health and wellness,鈥� North by North Summit, Anchorage, Alaska, April 26, 2018.

  • 鈥淕ender mainstreaming in federal public institutions in Canada,鈥� Gender Responsive Public Institutions Initiative Workshop, Amartya Sen Conference Room, United Nations Development Programme, New York City, August 22, 2017.
  • 鈥淭he business case for women鈥檚 leadership in public institutions.鈥� Speaker and panelist. United Nations Development Programme and New York University Women鈥檚 Initiative, New York City, December 6, 2016.
  • 鈥淓mbracing Alberta鈥檚 diversity: Using gender and diversity analysis to develop better public policy.鈥� Policy Matters Conference 2016: Policy Development in a Dynamic Environment, Edmonton, Alberta, June 15, 2016.
  • 鈥淭he potential and pitfalls of public sector performance measures for gender equality.鈥� GBA+: From Research to Policy to Measurement workshop, Ottawa, May 7, 2014.
  • 鈥淚nuit youth, violence and social media outreach: A research project you can shape.鈥� Nunavut Sivuniksavut, Ottawa, February 26, 2014.
  • 鈥淪urvey of Emergency Preparedness and Resilience.鈥� Canada鈥檚 Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction Advisory Committee, Ottawa, June 4, 2013.
  • 鈥淜anishka Project gender and diversity research investments.鈥� Unusual Suspects? In Pursuit of Gender and Diversity in Public Security. Status of Women Canada workshop, Government Conference Centre. Ottawa, May 8, 2013.
  • 鈥淲omen and poverty: Brief to the Subcommittee on Cities
  • of the Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology鈥�, Senate Subcommittee on Cities, Ottawa, June 4, 2008.
  • 鈥淐ompliance with the Personal Information Protection and Electronics Document Act (PIPED)鈥�, Canadian Museums Association, Ottawa, April 1, 2004.
  • 鈥淓xploring the use of gender and diversity analysis and integrated feminist analysis in the work of public policy research institutes.鈥� Keynote speaker. Integrated Feminist Analysis Round Table, Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women, Ottawa, Feb. 19-20, 2004.
  • 鈥淭he need for gender and diversity analysis in housing policy.鈥� Invited speaker, Gender and Diversity Analysis and Housing Policy Development in Newfoundland and Labrador Conference, St. John鈥檚, November, 2003.
  • 鈥淔eminist research, action and change.鈥� Presenter/instructor/facilitator of a series of full-day workshops for academics and community groups on participatory action research for social change.
  • Yellowknife, April 7, 2001. (Co-sponsored with the NWT Human Rights Society.)
  • Edmonton, April 4, 2001. Co-facilitated with Laura Bonnett.
  • Victoria, March 31, 2001. Co-sponsored with the BC Immigrant and Visible Minority Women鈥檚 Association, and co-facilitated with Dr. Jo-Anne Lee.
  • Fredericton, Oct. 26, 2002. Co-sponsored with the New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women.
  • Iqualuit, Feb. 2003. Co-sponsored with Canadian Heritage, and co-facilitated with Cindy Rennie in Inuktitut and English.
  • 鈥淭he state of gender-based research in Canada.鈥� Presentation to the Hon. Minister for Women鈥檚 Affairs for Ethiopia and Parliament of Ethiopia Women鈥檚 Affairs Committee, Ottawa, Aug. 17, 2001.
  • Selected Awards
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Postdoctoral Fellow (2013-15) 鈥� fellowship held at the Faculty of Education, Western University
  • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Community Based Research Fellowship (2013) (declined, as could not be held concurrently with CIHR fellowship)
  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowship
  • Naida Waite Graduate Scholarship (2004-05)
  • Charlotte Whitton Fellowship in Canadian Urban Life (2003)
  • Robert McDougall Scholarship (2003)
  • Rudelle Hall Memorial Scholarship (2003)
  • Thomas Betz Memorial Award (2002)
  • John Lyndhurst Kingston Memorial Scholarship (2002)
  • Maureen O鈥橬eil Award in Women鈥檚 Studies (1988)
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Undergraduate Research Award, 1986

Courses Taught

  • FYSM 1409 (Social Change in Canada) 2007-08
  • CDNS 4300 (Communities in Canada) 2006