I possess several years of professional experience in various academic positions including research associate, graduate research assistant, tutorial leader, language educator, as well as Knowledge Mobilization Officer for a 7-year SSHRC partnership grant. Additionally, I am currently working as a consultant for a variety of non-academic projects.
CONSULTING
2025: Consultant/reviewer. Digital Preservation & Digitization Strategy. The ArQuives (Canada’s LGBTQ2+ Archives).
2025-2026: Educational Sector Outreach Consultant. VUCAVU.education Outreach and Business Transformation Sector, Innovation and Development Grant Project.
2025-2027: Exhibition Consultant. “Les affiches des Archives gaies du Québec (1970 à aujourd’hui).” Partnership between Digital Museum of Canada & Archives Gaies du Québec.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Postdoctoral Fellow
2024-2027: McGill University/FOCAS. Supervisor: Dr. Gracen Brilmyer, School of Information Studies. Tasks: Develop a network of community archives sites in Montréal; Establish relationships with local community archives sites; Help develop site-specific internship projects to respond to the needs of each archive; Oversee the hiring, development, and duration of the internship program; Design and host a workshop and reading series required for all community archives interns; Identify issues and strategies in regard to disability and accessibility across different community archives
Research Associate
2024-2025: Archive/Counter-Archive, SSHRC Partnership Grant (counterarchive.ca). Principal Investigator: Dr. Janine Marchessault. York University, Toronto. Tasks and roles: Design and development of educational guides for postsecondary and K-12 classrooms; Co-lead of the Education Working Group with Dr. Chloë Brushwood Rose.
Graduate Research Assistant
2021-2024: Archive/Counter-Archive, SSHRC Partnership Grant. Tasks and roles: Design and development of educational guides for postsecondary and K-12 classrooms; York University Student Lead (co-ordination of projects with Archive/Counter-Archive graduate students at York university, grant administrative duties).
2020: The Studio for Media Activism and Critical Thought (https://studioformediaactivism.com/). Director: Marusya Bociurkiw. Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto. Tasks and roles: Curation of events (Laboratory of Feminist Memory II & III); Help with organization of speaker series and university-related events (#StillNotMyPremier Teach-In; Location, Location: Queer/ying Disability & Access; Social Justice Media Fair); Management of the Studio’s social media platforms
2019-2020: Archive/Counter-Archive SSHRC Partnership Grant. Tasks and roles: Curation and organization of A/CA’s Working Papers Series; Head, A/CA’s student committee; Student representative of the Principles of Respect Committee; Knowledge Mobilization: social media analytics
Knowledge Mobilization
2020-2021
Knowledge Mobilization Officer; member of the Grant Management Committee, Archive/Counter-Archive SSHRC Partnership Grant. Tasks: Ensure the effective flow of information internally and externally (including promotional materials, announcements, newsletters, correspondence, and other activities; includes writing website copy; CFPs, newsletter content; creating internal ‘how-to’ documents for the network) ; Build and maintain internal records, databases, and communication systems (Slack; Listserv; Google Drive, website), documents, resources, and contact lists; Oversee onboarding for incoming project participants (Co-Applicants, Collaborators, Partner Organizations…); Monitor and report participant activities and updates for internal and external reports; Help project manager with annual and final reports for funding agencies (i.e. SSHRC Milestone, Midterm, Final Report); Coordinate logistics with Project Manager for project events including screenings, panels, symposia, workshops, artist exhibitions, and team meetings.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
McGill University (2025-ongoing)
Instructor (graduate level):
Preserving Community Histories: Graduate Reading & Workshop Series.
Research Assistant Supervision (graduate level):
- 3 PhD-level students. Project: “Archiving Intersecting Communities: Accessibility and Disability in Community Archives in the U.S and Canada.”
- 2 Master of Information Studies student. Project: McGill/FOCAS community archives internships.
York University (2018-2024)
Teaching Assistant (undergraduate level):
HUMA 1320: Ideas of America: The Cultures of North America. Course director: Dr. Jean Rosenfeld. Department of Humanities, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies. Role: Tutorial leader. Responsibilities: 2/3 of the teaching load + marking + face-to-face interactions. Enrollment: 150 students. 25 students/tutorial.
University of British Columbia Okanagan (2017-2018)
Teaching Assistant (undergraduate level):
FREN 215: Oral French Practice II, French Department, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies. Role: Tutorial leader. 1hr/week. Enrollment: 20 students.
FREN 115: First-Year Oral French Practice I. Role: Tutorial leader. 1hr/week. Enrollment: 20 students.
FREN 362: Modernity in Words and Images. Role: Tutor, Marker/Grader.
FREN 355: Advanced Composition. Role: Tutor, Marker/Grader.
FREN 223: French Language and Style II. Role: Tutor, Marker/Grader.
FREN 123: Intermediate French II. Role: Tutor, Marker/Grader.
FREN 103: Upper Elementary French I. Role: Tutor, Marker/Grader.
FREN 102: Elementary French II. Role: Tutor, Marker/Grader.
Institute for the International Education of Students, Nantes, FR (2016-2017)
Teaching Assistant (undergraduate level):
Misc. levels of French. Roles: tutoring, mentoring, marking.
St. Mary’s College of Maryland, U.S.A (2015-2016)
Teaching Assistant (undergraduate level):
ILCF 202. Intermediate French II, Department of International Languages and Cultures. Enrollment: 15-20 students/semester.
Guest Lectures
In addition to teaching, I have guest lectured in a variety of courses:
2025: ““La collaboration comme outil pour utiliser les archives audiovisuelles en marge dans la salle de classe.” Université de Montreal. 29 May 2025. Course: Pratique des archives visuelles. Course director: Dr. Rémy Besson and Dr. Claudia Polledri.
2025: “Archival Networks: Collaborating with and Supporting Local Community Archives.” INFS 645: Archival Principles and Practice, McGill University. 11 March 2025. Course director: Dr. Gracen Brilmyer.
2024: “Accessing the Media, Empowering Communities: LGBTQ2+ Cable Access Television in Canada.” MDSA02H3S History of Media, University of Toronto Scarborough. Online. 6 March 2024. Course director: Dr. Caroline Klimek.
2023: “Counter-Curriculum and Counter-Pedagogies in the Counter-Archives.” Presented with Chloë Brushwood Rose. ENGL 3829 / ACST 3827 Special Topic: Animating / Activating Archival Collections, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax. Online. 16 February 2023. Course director: Dr. Jennifer VanderBurgh.
2019: “AIDS Activist Video Histories.” FILM 3812: Queer Cinema, York University, Toronto. 24 September 2019. Course Director: Dr. Mary Bunch.
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