Education

PhD in Communication and Culture, Joint York and Toronto Metropolitan Universities. MA in Art History and Visual Culture, York University. BA (Hons), University of Guelph.  

Courses

Research Methods for the Creative Arts, Global Perspectives on the Arts, Topics in Power & Society, Professional Communication – Bachelor of Creative Arts Program, Liberal Arts Department, Toronto Film School/ Yorkville University. 

Postdoctoral Fellowship

2020-23            MITACS Accelerate Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cinema and Media Arts at York University.

Funding Awarded

2024             SSAF Funding, Toronto Film School/Yorkville University.

2022             Commercialization Fellowship, Innovation York, Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation.

2019-20        Economic & Social Research Council funding through the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity, Arts & Culture theme,                                 University of Surrey, Guilford, UK.

Service and Community Related

2022-                  Collaborator, SSHRC Partnership Development Grant: Canadian Identity | L’identité canadienne—une interrogation.                                                              Principal Investigator: Anne MacLennan.

2021-24               Working Group Member, University of Toronto, Jackman Humanities Institute, Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North.

2018-20               Research Assistant, Digital Animalities: Media Representations of Non-human life in the Age of Risk. PI: Jody Berland.                                                          Department of Humanities, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies. York University.

2017-18              Working Group Member, University of Toronto, Jackman Humanities Institute, Toronto’s Urban Imaginaries.

2014-18              Director, Board of Directors, YYZ Artists Outlet and YYZ Books.

2014-17              Caucus Member, Sensorium: Centre for Digital Arts & Technology, School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design. York University.