MCCHR Academic Partners
Academic partners are individuals who share the values and goals of MCCHR and are inspired to work in a university-community framework. Several of our academic partners are people with whom we have worked in the past or presently in certain community development and/or research projects. Communities of practice guide and inspire the work that we do and are informed by the academic/students who wish to collaborate with us.
If you are interested in becoming a faculty associate, please email our Associate Director of Research & Community Projects, Rachel Yavnai (ryavnai@wlu.ca).
Areas of interest are listed below.
Bree Akesson
Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University
Jose (Frank) Arocha
School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo
Carmen Logie
Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto
Magnus Mfoafo-M'Carthy
Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University
Srimanta Mohanty
Executive Director, Social Planning Council Peel Region
Michelle Skop
Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University
Wenjang Song
Community Organizer and Registered Social Worker
Eliana Suarez
Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University
Michael Woodford
Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University
Kathy Absolon-King
Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University
Gus Hill
Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University
Lori Hill
Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University
Tim Leduc
Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University
Banakonda Kennedy-Kish Bell, Elder-in-Residence
Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University
Robert Case
Renison University College, University of Waterloo
Brenda Murphy
Social Justice and Community Engagement Program, Wilfrid Laurier University
Souleymane Ndiongue
Walkerton Clean Water Centre/ Centre de Walkerton pour l’assainissement de l’eau
David Caron
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan
Eden Hennessey
Research & Programs Director, Laurier Centre for Women in Science (WinS)
Maryam Khan
Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University
Sonia Meerai
Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University
Leslie Nichols
Contract Teaching Faculty, Wilfrid Laurier University
Carol Stalker (retired)
Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University
Karen Stote
Department of Women and Gender Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
François Boudreau (retired)
School of Social Work, Laurentian University
Khady Ndiaye
Présidente, Regroupement de l'association sénégalaise de l'Ontario
Mariama Soda Ndao
Ecole Doctorale Arts, Culture et Civilisation (ED-ARCIV)/Laboratoire de Linguistique et Grammaire Anglaise et Africaine (LiGaa)/Département d'Anglais, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
Alan Blum
Department of Communication and Culture, York University and The Culture of Cities Centre
Kieran Bonner
School of Planning, University of Waterloo
Cheryl-Anne Cait
Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University
Jen Gordon
Director of Advocacy, YW Kitchener-Waterloo
Sandra Hoy
School of Social Work, Laurentian University
Karun Karki
School of Social Work, University of the Fraser Valley
Shoshana Pollack
Assistant Coordinator, Walls to Bridges Canada
Sue Weare
former Associate Director, Centre for Community Research, Learning and Action (CCRLA) Wilfrid Laurier University
Hari Stirbet
Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University