Biography

I came to Fredericton from Dublin, Ireland, but I'm from Montreal and also lived for many years in Ottawa with short periods in Toronto and Vancouver. I've grown to love New Brunswick and Fredericton and can't imagine living anywhere else.

For the first decade of my research career, I worked in Ireland and other countries in Europe. In 2004, I returned to Canada to join the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) in Fredericton as a Senior Research Officer. At the same time, I joined the University of New Brunswick (UNB) Department of Sociology as an Adjunct Professor. For my last three years at NRC, I was a union activist with the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) representing federal government researchers and advocating for the right to speak without institutional interference. After retiring from the NRC, I continued as a researcher with UNB until moving to St. Thomas University in 2021.