EDUCATION

  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Child and Youth Care
    University of Victoria, Canada
    Dissertation: “Children’s rights to participation in health care decision-making and the role of child life specialists in the Netherlands:
    A critical and focused ethnography”

  • Master of Arts (MA) in Child and Youth Care
    University of Victoria, Canada
    Thesis: “Working with diversity: The experiences of child life specialists”

  • Master of Arts (MA) in Psychology with German
    University of Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Dissertation:“The development of a design concept: Investigating 5- and 7-year-olds’ knowledge of artifact functions”

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Toronto Metropolitan University (School of Early Childhood Studies)
    Toronto, Canada
    2024 - present

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow - The Hospital for Sick Children (Child Health Evaluative Sciences)
    Toronto, Canada
    2023 - 2024

  • Sessional Instructor - University of Victoria (School of Child and Youth Care)
    Victoria, Canada
    2017 - present

  • Visiting Researcher - University of Bergen (Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism)
    Bergen, Norway
    April - May 2023

  • Graduate Research Assistant - University of Victoria (School of Child and Youth Care)
    Victoria, Canada
    2020 - 2023

  • Teaching Assistant - University of Victoria (School of Child and Youth Care)
    Victoria, Canada
    2016 - 2017

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: ACADEMIA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: HEALTHCARE

  • Child Life Specialist - Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
    Toronto, Canada
    2018 - 2019

  • Child Life Specialist - Stollery Children’s Hospital
    Edmonton, Canada
    2016 - 2017

  • Child Life Specialist Intern - Alberta Children’s Hospital
    Calgary, Canada
    2016 - 2016

  • Volunteer - BC Children’s Hospital
    Vancouver, Canada
    2016 - 2016

  • Volunteer - Montreal Children’s Hospital
    Montreal, Canada
    2014 - 2014

  • Volunteer - Douglas Institute for Mental Health
    Montreal, Canada
    2014 - 2014

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: COMMUNITY SETTINGS

  • After School Care Program Manager - York House School
    Vancouver, Canada
    2015 - 2016

  • Social Cognitive Therapist - Victoria Group Perspectives
    Victoria, Canada
    2013 - 2014

  • Summer Camp Activity Leader - Government of Belgium Youth Services
    Brussels, Belgium
    2006 - 2008