Education
PhD (Student) – Architecture and Planning Current
Masters in Management – Voluntary Sector
McGill University 2002
Bachelor of Arts, Joint Major in History and Latin American
Studies, Simon Fraser University
Included self-directed studies in Ecuador and Cuba 1995
Employment History
UN-Habitat, Chief, Youth and Livelihoods 2012 (September) -current
UN-Habitat, Youth Research and Policy, 2011-2012 (August)
Principal, Community Alliance Consulting 2007 – 2010
Environmental Youth Alliance, Senior Manager 1990 –2007
City of Vancouver, Consultant – Olympic Youth Legacy program 2005-2006
Publications
1. Youth and Their Needs within Public Space, editor, (2017)
2. Youth-led Development: A Case Study from the Mathare Slum, editor, (2017)
3. State of the Urban Youth Report series, contributor (2011-2018)
4. Youth Law & Legislative Frameworks effecting Urban Youth, editor (2016)
5. Engaging Youth in Our Global Future, contributor (2016)
6. Cities of Youth, Cities of Prosperity, author, (2015)
7. Innovation, Technology and Youth – editor and contributor (2015)
8. Discussion Paper on Establishing UN Youth Skills Day – editor (2014)
9. Advancing Youth Civic Engagement and Human Rights – editor and contributor (2013)
10. Global Youth-led Development Series – editor (2012)
11. Youth 21- Building an Architecture for Youth Engagement in the UN System – co-author (2011)
12. World Urban Forum Dialogue Series, editor, contributor (2010)
13. Bridging the Urban Divide, contributor (2010)
14. Youth Development in MENA Cities: A Crisis and an Opportunity, co-author,
(2009)
15. One Stop Centres: Local Government’s Response to Improving Youth
Livelihoods, contributor (2009)
16. Ideas to Action: Best Practices in Youth Led Development (researcher) (2008)
17. Youth in Urban Development: Bringing Ideas into Action – Conference paper, Scout World Scientific Conference, Education and The World Scout Movement:Experiences and Challenges (author) (2007)
18. World Urban Forum, Child Youth Friendly Cities report (editor) (2005)
19. Home is Where We Live (editor) (1995)
Journals
• Growing up with expectations. Better understanding the expectations of
community partners in participatory action research projects (Les Ateliers de
l’éthique : la revue du CRÉUM, 2009)
• Children becoming social actors: Using visual map to understand children's
views of environmental change (Children, Youth and Environment Journal,
2003)