Fall 2024 Internship Cohort
Yuhou Chen is a second-year master鈥檚 student in Sociology at 91丝瓜视频. She completed her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communication at Sun Yat-sen University (China). Her research interests are social policy, health communication, environmental health, social networks and online communities. She will work with Professor Barrington-Leigh on the Canadian Wellbeing Knowledges Network as a DEEP Internship program intern.
Supervisor: Prof Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Project: Communications and knowledge synthesis for the Canadian Wellbeing Knowledges Network
Vanessa Cuiuri is a third-year undergraduate student studying Political Science, Economics, and Psychology at 91丝瓜视频. She is interested in investigating foreign relations, international law, and human rights.
Throughout the DEEP internship, Vanessa will work with the International and Child Rights Partnership, supervised by Dr. Tara Collins, to produce a literature review on the decolonization of child rights. She will study how children鈥檚 rights can be decolonized conceptually and practically and seek solutions to improve health and social policies directed toward children.
Supervisor: Prof M贸nica Ruiz-Casares and Dr Tara Collins
Project: International and Canadian Child Rights Partnership [ICCRP] Annual Internship
Michele Fu is a fourth-year undergraduate student studying Honors History with a double minor in Political Science and Economics. She is interested in youth-led approaches to social justice initiatives, and the ways interdisciplinary methodologies can be incorporated into effective policy-making.
Throughout the DEEP Internship, Michele will work with Dr. Claudia Mitchell to examine the use of arts-based approaches to address gender inequality and gender-based violence in Indigenous communities.
Supervisor: Dr. Claudia Mitchell
Project: More Than Words & Pathways2Equity
Isabella Grajczyk is currently pursuing an MA in Political Science with a focus on Gender and Development Studies where she is a McCall MacBain scholar. She holds a BA Honours in International Studies and a BEd in English & French from the University of Regina. Isabella has a strong background in gender equality, having worked as a Programs & Partnerships Fellow in Zanzibar, Tanzania, and as a Junior Professional Consultant for the United Nations Development Programme Rwanda. As the Executive Director and Founder of Sask Girls United, she is dedicated to empowering young girls and offers free programming in her home province. Currently, she is working under the supervision of Monica Ruiz C谩sares on a literature review with the International and Canadian Child Rights Partnership (ICCRP).
Supervisor: Prof M贸nica Ruiz-Casares
Project: International and Canadian Child Rights Partnership [ICCRP] Annual Internship
Julia Lunot is a second-year Sociology PhD student at 91丝瓜视频. She received her Honours Bachelor鈥檚 Degree in Sociology with a minor in English from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. Julia is currently studying agri-food systems and the environmental impacts on food insecurity and food policy in Canada. Her research interests also include social movements, stratification, ethnic, cultural, and racial studies, and decolonial and ethnographic methodology. She has previously worked with Dr. Amanda Watson on the forthcoming project 鈥淧arent Feelings,鈥� which explores parenting in BC鈥檚 Lower Mainland in light of emergent social movements and events.
Through her DEEP internship, Julia will be working with Dr. Jura Augustinavicius and Dr. Lani Cupo to develop a systematic review of climate change impacts on mental health in the Americas. Their team will collaborate with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and other partners, such as the University of Chile, with the objective of compiling evidence-based research for policy interventions surrounding climate change and mental health in the Americas.
Supervisor: Prof Jura Augustinavicius
Project: Systematic review of climate change impacts on mental health and interventions in the Americas
Devena Mahabir is a second year Master's student pursuing a degree in Family Medicine with a concentration in Global Health. Her research interests lie at the intersection of health equity, policy implementation, and the social determinants of health, particularly in underserved and rural communities. Through her work, Devena aims to investigate and address barriers to healthcare access and policy efficacy, with a focus on improving health outcomes for marginalized populations. Through the DEEP Internship, Devena will contribute to analyzing the Canadian implementation of the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. She aims to support evidence-based recommendations that enhance disability rights and improve policy outcomes across Canada.
Supervisor: Prof Keiko Shikako
Project: Beyond Convention: Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in Canada
Emma Orshanski is a third-year undergraduate student pursuing a double major degree in Political Science and Philosophy. Her research interests include Canadian Constitutionalism, Canadian Human Rights policies, and the influence intergovernmental organizations hold over Canadian legislation.
Throughout the DEEP Internship, Emma will work with Dr. Keiko Shikako to conduct a systematic content analysis of laws, policies, and programs adopted by the federal and all provincial and territorial governments as well as court decisions in the following three sectors: education, healthcare, and accessibility since the ratification of the CRPD by Canada. She aims to identify priority areas for disability rights and policies in Canada, draw attention to the potential impact of Canadian policies implemented since the ratification of the CRPD, and identify data gaps.
Supervisor: Prof Keiko Shikako
Project: Beyond Convention: Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in Canada
Kaya Van Roost is a fourth-year PhD candidate in epidemiology at 91丝瓜视频. Her thesis focuses on the relationship between child marriage, teen pregnancy, and abortion in the US and Canada. In her DEEP internship, she will evaluate the impact of a Supreme Court decision which decriminalized abortion in South Korea on the demand for telemedicine abortion and patient characteristics in the country.
Supervisor: Prof Jennifer Fishman
Project: Bridging the global gap in abortion access through telehealth
Winter 2024 Internship Cohort
Bront茅 Anderson is a first-year student in the BCL/JD program at 91丝瓜视频鈥檚 Faculty of Law. Prior to law school, she completed a master鈥檚 degree in public health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, as well as worked for the World Health Organization and Public Health Ontario. During her DEEP internship, Bront茅 will be working with Professor Jonas-S茅bastien Beaudry to explore international case law and investigate whether and to what extent people have rights to socioeconomic support in contexts where this may influence their decisions to continue living or seek medical assistance in dying.
Supervisor: Prof Jonas-S茅bastien Beaudry
Project: Social Determinants of Medical Assistance in Dying
Micha毛le Aubourg is an undergraduate student majoring in cognitive science and minoring in linguistics at 91丝瓜视频. She is interested in interdisciplinary topics that merge both arts and science such as transcultural psychiatry and neuroethics. For the 2024 DEEP internship, she is working with Dr. Phoebe Friesen on the placebo effect and personality.聽
Supervisor: Prof Phoebe Friesen
Project: The Placebo Effect and Personality
Madeleine Feehan is a fourth-year undergraduate at 91丝瓜视频 university, working towards her Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a minor in Environment. She is interested in how individual characteristics, such as mental health, personalities, and attitudes, can be used to inform policy-making strategies. Maddie鈥檚 role in Professor Barrington-Leigh鈥檚 team is to edit footage from interviews on wellbeing policy approaches with CWKN leaders and network members.
Supervisor: Prof Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Project: Knowledge mobilization through videos on science and policy of wellbeing
Herbie He is a fourth-year Undergraduate student at 91丝瓜视频 majoring in Computer Science. He is greatly interested in machine learning and web development. He will be working with Professor Barrington-Leigh to refine websites that display visualizations and analysis on the disconnectedness of street-network across different regions in the world.
Supervisor: Prof Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Project: Policy-facing knowledge mobilization:聽urban聽sprawl
Luca Ifill is a U3 Undergraduate student Majoring in Anthropology and Minoring in Social Studies of Medicine. Her research interests include how diagnostic criteria affects individual subjectivity and intersectional approaches to biomedicine. For the DEEP Internship, she will be working under Dr Phoebe Friesen on the Placebo Effect and Personality.
Supervisor: Prof Phoebe Friesen
Project: The Placebo Effect and Personality
Pascale Laveault-Allard is a second-year medical resident in Public Health and Preventive Medicine. She completed her medical studies and a master's in economics at Universit茅 Laval in Qu茅bec City. Her master's thesis investigated the correlation between material and social deprivation and healthcare costs in Qu茅bec. Pascale's interdisciplinary education in health and economic sciences has fueled her passion for health equity, public health policy, and health advocacy. During the DEEP internship, she collaborates with Dr. Christine Stich to develop policy recommendations and propose an action plan for preventing youth homelessness in Quebec.
Supervisor: Prof Christine Stitch
Project: Quebec youth homelessness prevention: Proposed action and policy recommendations
Charlotte Mines is a second-year Master鈥檚 student in the Department of Political Science, concentrating in Comparative Politics and Development Studies through 91丝瓜视频's Institute for the Study of International Development. Her research interests are grounded in political economy and political behavior, specifically concerning foreign aid, remittances, migration, grey markets, and global health. As a DEEP intern, she is collaborating with Dr. Nicholas King to publish a paper exploring the impacts of cash transfers and basic income programs on public health outcomes.
Supervisor: Prof Nicholas King
Project: Just Give Cash
Devin Nihill is a second-year student in the MScPH program within the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health. She completed her undergraduate degree in International Studies at Drexel University with a focus on health and sustainability, minoring in Public Health. She has experience in international health programming, including program design, implementation, and evaluation. Her research interests include evaluation of health programs, social and built environment鈥檚 effect on health, and addressing health disparities due to social inequities. Through the DEEP internship, Devin will be investigating ethical considerations 鈥� including benefits and harms, autonomy, and justice 鈥� of personalized breast cancer screening strategies both in Canada and globally.
Supervisor: Prof Matthew Hunt
Project: Ethical features of personalized breast cancer screening strategies: mapping the landscape
Bela Sullivan (she/her) is a second-year undergraduate studying Joint Honours International Development and Gender, Sexuality, Feminist, and Social Justice Studies with a minor in Geography. She is passionate about integrating gender empowerment into environmental development practices, such as securing land rights and land tenure for women. Additionally, she serves as an executive at a youth-led NGO with consultative status at the UN, where she advocates for youth-based policies at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Throughout the DEEP Internship, Bela will be working with Dr. Phoebe Friesen to support the examination of diverse strategies employed by communities鈥攕panning Indigenous, BIPOC, and rare disease communities鈥攖o assert their influence in the governance of research.
Supervisor: Prof Phoebe Friesen
Project:聽Community Involvement in Research Governance
Ahlam Zidan is a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in Rehabilitation Sciences at the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy. Ahlam studies the environmental and personal factors associated with developmental milestones and mobility among children with a rare musculoskeletal condition, 鈥淎rthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita,鈥� for her Ph.D. project. Throughout the joint DEEP-ICCPR (International and Canadian Child Rights Partnership) internship, she will work with Dr. M贸nica Ruiz-Casares to contribute evidence on the training needs and offerings for Research Ethics Committee members reviewing child-focused and child-led social research.
Supervisor: Dr. M贸nica Ruiz-Casares
Project: Training Research Ethics Committee members and investigators on Child-Focused and Child-Led Social Research