EDUCATION
PhD, Higher Education
2020
2006
1997
1996
1995
AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND RESEARCH FUNDING
Academic Awards, Fellowships, and Scholarships
International & Innovation Graduate Students Conference Travel Program Grant ($300)
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
University of Toronto
2019
Doctoral Completion Award ($13,000)
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
University of Toronto
2019
OISE Dean’s Office Graduate Students Conference Travel Program Grant ($800)
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
University of Toronto
2017
School of Graduate Studies (SGS) Conference Grant ($1,520)
University of Toronto
2017
Academic Excellence Award ($2,000)
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
University of Toronto
2016
Canada Graduate Scholarship – Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement (CGS – MSFSS) ($6,000)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
2015
Academic Excellence Award ($2,000)
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
University of Toronto
2015
School of Graduate Studies (SGS) Conference Grant (declined) ($410)
University of Toronto
2015
School of Graduate Studies (SGS) Research Travel Grant ($3,175)
University of Toronto
2015
Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS) – Doctoral Scholarship ($105,000)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
2015
Academic Excellence Award ($2,000)
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
University of Toronto
2014
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) ($15,000)
Province of Ontario and University of Toronto
2014
Ph.D. Funding Grant ($51,660)
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
University of Toronto
2013
New York University Tuition Fellowship ($6,200USD)
New York University
1995
Regina Shoolman Slatkin Award ($600)
(for study abroad in France)
McGill University
1992
James McGill Entrance Scholarship ($3,000)
McGill University
1990
External Funding for Research Projects
“Policy options for outbound student mobility: An inter-jurisdictional review of policy goals and initiatives” ($15,070)
Ontario Human Capital Research and Innovation Fund (OHCRIF)
Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
2015 – 2016
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant
Academic Profession in the Knowledge Society (APIKS) Project
PI: Dr. Glen A. Jones
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
University of Toronto, Canada
2018
Editorial Assistant
Professorial Pathways Project
Co-PIs: Dr. Glen A. Jones, Dr. Martin Finkelstein
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
University of Toronto, Canada
Seton Hall, NJ, USA
2016 – 2017
Academic English to French Translator
Supporting Student Success Project
PI: Dr. Tricia Seifert
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
University of Toronto, Canada
2013 –2014
Graduate Assistant
Supervisors: Dr. Jane Knight and Dr. Ruth Hayhoe
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
University of Toronto, Canada
2013 – 2014
GOVERNMENT AND LEADERSHIP
Head
Higher Education & Youth Division
Embassy of Canada in France
2012 – 2013
Head
Youth Mobility Unit
Embassy of Canada in France
2007 – 2012
Interim Head
Academic Relations Section
Embassy of Canada in France
2011
Member of Lebanon Evacuation Team (two deployments)
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (Larnaca, Cyprus)
2006
Programs Manager
Academic Relations Section
Embassy of Canada in France
2004 – 2007
Program Support Analyst
Permanent Delegation of Canada to the OECD (Paris, France)
2002 – 2004
On-Site Coordinator
Programs and Partnerships
Boston College (Paris, France)
2000 – 2003
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistant
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
University of Toronto, Canada
Supervisor: Dr. Jane Knight
- "Internationalization of Higher Education in a Comparative Perspective"
Summer 2014
Instructor
Boston College, USA
All courses given in French for “BC in Paris” in Paris, France
- “Littérature et arts dans l’entre-deux-guerres (1920 – 1940)”
- “Littérature française à la fin du XIXe siècle (1880 – 1914): Etre libre”
- “Littérature française à la fin du XIXe siècle: Paris à la Belle Epoque”
- “Littérature française à la Belle Epoque“
- Methodology classes for the French humanities academic setting
2000 – 2003
Instructor
Centre parisien d'études critiques (CPEC)
Paris, France
- “French Literature and the 'Belle Epoque'”
2000 – 2001
Sessional Instructor
University of Guelph, Canada
Course given in French, in Paris, France
- “Paris Studies in the Humanities (85-315): The Media in Contemporary French Society”
1999
Teaching Assistant
Supervisor: Ms. Emmanuelle Farhi
Boston University Paris Internship Program
Paris, France
- “Comment le public français reçoit-il ses informations?”
- Internship Course
1998
Instructor
Ecole française des attachés de presse—Communication (EFAP Communication)
Levallois-Perret, France
- English for Specific Purposes (ESP): Communications, Media
1997 – 1998
Instructor
Ecole française des attachés de presse (EFAP)
Paris, France
- English for Specific Purposes (ESP): Communications, Media
1996 – 1997
Instructor
Institut supérieur des carrières artistiques (ICART)
Paris, France
- English for Specific Purposes (ESP): Media, Fine Arts
1996 – 1997
POLICY CONSULTATIONS, COMMITTEES, AND TREATY NEGOTIATION
Canada-Belgium Working-Holiday Agreement
Embassy of Canada to Belgium
Brussels, Belgium
2009
Canada-Switzerland Memorandum of Understanding Concerning a Youth Mobility Program
Embassy of Canada to Switzerland
Bern, Switzerland
2009
Canada-Germany Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Youth Mobility Programs
Embassy of Canada to Germany
Berlin, Germany
2009
Select Committees
Inter-Ministerial Youth Mobility Committee
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) and Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC)
Ottawa, Canada
2010
Haiti Earthquake Relief: DFAIT Special Funds Management Committee
Paris, France
2010
Treaty Negotiations
Negotiating Committee: Canada-France Youth Mobility Agreement
Paris, France
2011 – 2012
Monitoring Committee: Canada-France Youth Mobility Agreement
Paris, France
2009
Monitoring Committee: Canada-France Youth Mobility Agreement
Ottawa, Canada
2006
Monitoring Committee: Canada-France Youth Mobility Agreement
Paris, France
2004