Education

PhD Candidate in Cultural Studies, Queen’s University September 2021 - Present

Master of Architecture, University of Manitoba September 2018 - June 2020

Bachelor of Environmental Design, University of Manitoba
September 2015 - April 2017

Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts), University of Regina    September 2010 - December 2014

Teaching assistantships + grading positions

Held at Queen’s University [Kingston, Ontario]:

Research Assistant for Dr. Lisa Guenther, Winter 2025 TA, ARTH 250: Art, Society, and Culture, Fall 2024 TA, DEVS 221: Introduction to Indigenous Studies II, Winter 2023 + 2024 Head TA, DEVS 220: Introduction to Indigenous Studies, Fall 2022 + 2023
TA, GNDS 120: Women, Gender, and Difference, Winter 2023 TA, DEVS 100: Canada and the “Third World”, Winter 2022 TA, DEVS 220: Introduction to Indigenous Studies, Fall 2021

Held at the University of Manitoba [Winnipeg, Manitoba]:

TA, EVDS 1600: Introduction to Environmental Design, Spring/Summer 2020
TA, EVDS 2600: Architectural Tectonic Precedent, Fall 2018, 2019 + 2020 Grader, EVAR 3000 + 3002: Architectural History & Theory I+II, Fall 2019 - Winter 2020 Grader, EVDS 1600: Introduction to Environmental Design, Fall 2018 - Winter 2020

Design work experience

Freelance Architectural + Graphic Designer, FP Studio, Montreal, Quebec October 2020 - Present

Junior Designer, Alton Tangedal Architect Ltd., Regina, Saskatchewan October 2017 - May 2018 and May 2016 - August 2016

Conferences, publications, exhibitions + design awards

Conference presentations:

“Hostile Architecture: Enforcing Geographies of the Carceral Continuum.” Presented at the Canadian Association of Geographers Conference. St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. August 2024.

“Looking Back for a Better Future: Abolishing Hostile Architecture.” Presented at the Association of Canadian Archivists Annual Conference (Virtual). June 2024.

Published writing:

Book Review of When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance, by Katsi'tsakwas Ellen Gabriel, with Sean Carleton. Canadian Geographies Journal 69:1, Spring 2025.

Published design work:

Studio Work. Warehouse Journal 29. Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2020.

Design awards:

Mâmawâyâwin: Supporting the Indiginizing of Public Spaces in Winnipeg. In partnership with Kevin Partyka. CBDX: Cities for All Competition, Finalist, 2021.

Group exhibitions:

Mâmawâyâwin: Supporting the Indiginizing of Public Spaces in Winnipeg. In partnership with Kevin Partyka. SAPL City Building Design Lab + Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, 2021.

Studio Curio: Cabinets of Curiosity. Gosa Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2019.

Studio Curio: [Re]muse. Winnipeg Design Festival, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2018