Work

Make Resilience Matter for Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence – I am collaborating with the lead researcher, graduate students and other specialists to provide knowledge mobilization, communications and planning support to a SSHRC-funded research project at Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto. In order to effectively share new research with the people who can act on it, we have worked with agencies and service providers to organize two symposia, launch a website and e-blast news service, publish blogs, broadcast podcasts, and create tools like fact sheets.

Mindful Fathering: Supporting Men to Become the Fathers They Want to Be – I am collaborating with the Mindful Fathering team at Yorktown Family Services to re-conceptualize their manual in order to support expanding program delivery and training. Mindful Fathering is a 14-week psycho-educational group program for fathers who have exposed their children, of any age, to intimate partner violence. Welcoming men of all backgrounds, orientations and cultures, this evidence-informed, early intervention program helps fathers learn to reduce harm, improve mental health, and make positive changes in their lives and their relationships with children and women.

Igniting the Learning Spirit Magazine – Canadore College 2017 – I worked with a team of staff and students from the First Peoples Centre to develop a magazine highlighting Indigenous innovation and success along with stories about Indigenous student experiences before, during and after attending Canadore College.

Building a Strong Fire – Indigenous Quality Assurance Standards in Ontario Colleges – I worked with a team from Canadore College to complete a report and other tools to explain Indigenous quality assurance standards—the first of their kind—and the process used to develop them. “Envisioned by Indigenous leaders and knowledge holders, the standards reflect and respond to the worldviews, educational needs, and priorities of diverse northern Ontario Indigenous peoples, specifically Anishinaabe, Mushkegowuk and Métis communities, on whose traditional lands the colleges reside.”