I hold Ph.D. in Geography from the University of British Columbia (1999). I have research expertise in both international development and interdisciplinary environmental science. migration. I have worked with Canada's international development agencies - CIDA and the International Development Research Centre - as both field researcher and intern and collaborated with the Australian Agency for International Development. I work with ethnographic, arts-based and community-centred methods across themes of plastic pollution, sustainable textiles and biodiversity.