academic qualifications:
- ph.d., institute for sustainability and technology policy, murdoch university
- dip.env., mcgill university
- b.mus., mcgill university
previous teaching/work:
- hesc 5710 sustainability & health
- hesc 5510: program planning and evaluation
- hesc 5214: indigenous health in canada
- hesc 5015: current issues and trends in health sciences
research interests:
select recent funded research:
- at home in the north - https://athomeinthenorth.org/ (sshrc partnership grant)
- community housing canada - https://communityhousingcanada.ca/area-of-inquiry-iv/ (sshrc partnership grant)
- covid – 19 and pandemic planning in the context of rural and remote homelessness. sshrc covid – 19 partnership engage grants
- implementing a voluntary local review of the sustainable development goals for the city of thunder bay. sshrc partnership engage grant.
- traumatic stress and mental health impacts of the covid-19 pandemic on front-line workers in homeless services. canadian institutes of health research - operating grant : covid-19 mental health & substance use service needs and delivery
- cooperative housing – impacts on community wellbeing and social cohesion in the canadian context. (阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 – strategic research fund.)
- justice system involvement in the context of homelessness and housing insecurity among women: assessment of legal issues and program needs in thunder bay. partnership with elizabeth fry society of northwestern ontario (funded by law foundation of ontario)
- at the crossroads -- regional centres and the sustainability of canada's rural and northern landscapes (sshrc connections grant)
- improving access to phosphorous and sodium restricted foods for those living with end-stage renal disease on remote first nations in northwestern ontario (funded by northern ontario academic medical association)
- understanding the dynamics of hidden homelessness in rural and northern ontario
- housing and health in thunder bay and labrador: building community capacity for data collection, analysis, and evidence-based policy interventions. (funded by 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 vpredi and cihr)
- managed alcohol programs: evaluating effectiveness and policy implications. partnerships for health system improvement. pi _ b. pauly and t. stockwell (cihr)
- food: locally embedded, globally engaged (fledge). pi - a. blay - palmer (sshrc partnership grants)