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I completed my PhD at the School of Social Work, York University. I earned an MSW at the University of Toronto and a BA in Psychology at the University of Waterloo.
My main areas of scholarship and research focus on the experiences of immigrants and refugees in Canada, at both the individual and community level; social policy as knowledge production and its effects on the lived experiences of individuals and groups; critical multiculturalism and critical refugee studies; and, social change through community action and engaged scholarship.
My approach to research is to seek out and promote marginalized voices and knowledge in collaborative partnerships with communities, and to reveal and disrupt the operations of structural power and oppression in discourse, practices, and policies.
Recent projects I am involved with are:
- Refugee States (SSRHC Race, Gender, and Diversity Initiative)
Director: Thy Phu; Co-director: Edward OJ Lee; Collaborators: Muna-Udbi Ali, Gada Mahrouse, Laura Madokoro, Anh Ngo, Vinh Nguyen, Peter Nyers, Y-Dang Troeung
- Other empires: Interrogating the imperial conditions of refugee constitution within local colonial contexts (SSHRC Connection Grant)
Principal investigator: Anh Ngo; Co-investigators: Edward OJ Lee, Gada Mahrouse, Vinh Nguyen
- Using photovoice to capture the housing-related needs of Vietnamese seniors in the GTA (SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant)
Principal investigator: Anh Ngo; Community partner: Golden Age Village for the Elderly
I am interested in supervising undergraduate and graduate students in the areas of critical refugee studies, social policy analysis and work with migrant communities.
Selection of courses I currently/recently taught
SK315: Practice with Individuals
SK433: Working with Immigrant and Refugee Peoples
SK805: Applied Qualitative Research Methods