RESEARCH & CONSULTING
I believe in the importance of ‘researching up’: learning about issues people experience on the ground, analysing the data and presenting themes, insights, and activity recommendations to decision makers and governments. My research is impact driven, working to first understand, and then improve the conditions of marginalised people in Canada and the Pacific.
Some of my projects:
Strengthening employment and skills pathways for school drop outs and marginalized young women in Majuro, Marshall Islands.
Breaking down barriers faced by women and people with disabilities in continuing education in Port Vila, Vanuatu
Building institutional capacity to provide higher impact social services for Canadian newcomers
Understanding what ‘living a good life’ means for unhoused men and women in several cities in Canada.
Designing new supports to minimise social isolation of older adults in several cities across Canada.
Building more context appropriate services for Indigenous adult’s stuck in the Canadian criminal justice system.
Understanding the social and economic strategies of school drops outs in Port Vila, Vanuatu
Designing social protections for paid domestic workers in Port Vila, Vanuatu
Organisations I have collaborated with:
Asian Development Bank
Marshall Islands Ministry of Culture and Internal Affairs, Marshall Islands
Vanuatu Ministry of Education, Vanuatu
Vanuatu Cultural Centre, Vanuatu
Vanuatu Institute of Technology, Vanuatu
Toronto Brookfield institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Toronto Canada
Canada Department of Justice
MARS Solutions lab, Toronto Canada
Health Commons Solutions Lab, Toronto Canada
Canada Ministry of Employment and Social Development
West Neighbourhood Community House, Toronto, Canada
Canadian Imperial bank of Commerce
The City of Vancouver, Canada
The City of Edmonton, Canada
Boyle Street Community Services, Edmonton Canada
West Lodge Community Housing, Toronto Canada
InWithForward, social service design lab, Vancouver + Toronto Canada
Allies in AGEING, Vancouver Canada
Recover Edmonton Project Canada
North York Community House, Toronto Canada