Pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy degree

Research Area: Labour market analysis; Elite occupational communities; Technology work; Crossborder migration; Social stratification; Canada; United States

Committee: Jamie Peck (supervisor), Trevor Barnes, Jim Glassman

Affiliations: Visiting PhD Researcher, Department of Geography (McGill; 2022-2023); Fellow, Institute for Asian Research (UBC; 2021-2022); DAAD Research Fellow, Institut für Soziologie and Institut für Ostasienwissenschaften (Universität Duisburg-Essen; 2023-2024)

Degrees: M.A., Geography (UBC); B.A. (Hons.), Urban Studies, summa cum laude (York)

Honours: DAAD Research Fellowship (Universität Duisburg-Essen; 2023-2024); Four Year Fellowship (UBC; 2022-2026); Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS-D (SSHRC; 2022-2025); Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS-M (SSHRC; 2020-2021)

I am an economic geographer studying the regulation and intermediation of labour markets. My general interest is in evaluating why and how people consider, select, and pursue certain career trajectories based on their socioeconomic background and spatial location. In the context of my dissertation project, I study the factors that drive the reproduction of the engineering occupational community using case studies of Canadian-trained technology workers who migrate to the United States. I am especially interested in the industrial complementarity between Canadian social structures and the manpower requirements of US-based firms. I apply theories of regulation, social practice, and crossborder mobility to understand these questions.

I have previously written on central banks, urban technology, and Japan’s economy, and have an interest in developing my academic work into public-facing, policy-relevant material.