Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Royal Roads University
Tracy’s program of research centers on Advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals, specifically through investigating robust economic, health and social systems, healthy and sustainable communities, and reducing inequalities through human rights-oriented policy and practice.
Experience
2021–present
Associate professor, Royal Roads University
2012–2021
Associate professor, King's University College at Western University
Education
2011
University of Toronto, PhD
2002
Wilfrid Laurier University, MSW
1997
University of Toronto, BEd
1995
Queen's University, BA(Hon)
Publications
2022
Bridging out of an impoverished paradigm: A qualitative study to help us 'rethink poverty' today, Critical Social Work
2022
A rapid review of practices to support people experiencing homelessness during COVID-19, Housing, Care and Support
2021
A rapid review of practices to support people experiencing homelessness during COVID-19, Housing, Care and Support
2021
Challenges encountered by newcomers with disabilities in Canada: An illustration of the Ontario Disability Support Program, Canadian Journal of Disability Studies
2021
Debunking myths about poverty: Social actor representation of the participants of the cancelled Ontario Basic Income Pilot project, Journal of Poverty
2021
“It’s not just a pay gap: Quantifying the gender wage and pension gap at a post-secondary institution in Canada, Canadian Journal of Higher Education
2021
Understanding the principle of consumer choice in delivering Housing First, Housing Studies
2021
‘My only solution is to work later and sleep less’: Exploring the perspectives of parenting in academia in Ontario, Canada, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
2021
The joint association of family-level inadequate housing and neighbourhood-level antisocial behaviour with child mental health problems, Child and Youth Services Review
Grants and Contracts
2020
Exploring the Experiences of Ontario Basic Income Pilot Participants
Role:
Co-I
Funding Source:
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
2020
Navigating the Systems of Our Lives
Role:
Co-I
Funding Source:
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
2020
Myth or Reality? Exploring Parent-Child Income Assistance Use in Ontario, Canada
Role:
PI
Funding Source:
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
2019
Covid-19 and Resiliency in Registered Practical Nurses in Ontario
Role:
Co-I
Funding Source:
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada