Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Migration Studies, University of British Columbia
I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Centre for Migration Studies at the University of British Columbia, located on xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) territory. I conduct interdisciplinary research on international migration, (im)migrant and refugee integration, and education. I currently study citizenship education and immigrant naturalization. My PhD dissertation focused on the multi-step recruitment and retention of international students as economic immigrants, i.e., 'edugration.' It examined the shifting roles Canadian higher education institutions play in migration governance from an ethical perspective, particularly related to settler colonialism, surveillance, and border imperialism. My MA thesis probed the meaning of refugee integration by researching the experiences of refugees resettled from Aceh, Indonesia to Metro Vancouver five years after arrival.
I have been a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant in good standing since 2014. I also have over a decade of professional experience as a university international student advisor and completed multiple refugee resettlement research and curriculum design projects with the settlement sector in Canada and the United States. In 2007-2008 I held a Fulbright grant at Bilkent University in Turkey.
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