PhD Candidate | Planning
Prior Degrees
Master of Community Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University
Bachelor of Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Planning Interests
Housing - affordable, tiny homes, micro-housing, co-housing, tent encampments, revitalization of marginalized neighbourhoods, homelessness, housing for Indigenous people
Research, design, evaluation, and funding of social enterprises
Research Topic
Comparative case study of tiny home developments for Indigenous people who are homeless
Presentations/Publications/Professional Experience
- Teaching and curriculum development at the University of Waterloo, University of Guelph & Conestoga College
- Director Southwest Aboriginal Health Access Centre
- Region of Waterloo Social Planning Department – Supporting Community Partnerships Initiative
At the University of Waterloo
- Worked as a Research Manager, at Propel Centre for Population Health on Understanding Healthy Public Policy Processes: A Multiple Case Study of the Use of Road Modification Policy to Improve Active Transportation (2014)
- Designed and taught Mental Health and Addictions Issues: Social Work Responses in the
- BSW program at University of Waterloo, Renison University College
- Mitacs Grant - Researched governance of tiny homes for individuals who are homeless
- RA - Researched Indigenous Housing and Homelessness