What is your first Â鶹ÊÓƵ memory?
Meeting my now best friend on day two of the MBA program and somehow convincing him to run my election campaign for a spot on the MBA Association committee. Looking back, it pretty much sums up my Â鶹ÊÓƵ experience: dive in, figure it out and make friends along the way.
What’s something your coworkers don’t know about you?
I used to be a software engineer. So, yes, I still think in systems, even when I’m mapping out my weekend plans.
What’s your favourite distraction?
A solo karaoke session in my living room. I’m classically trained, but with rock anthems it’s less about hitting the notes and more about the catharsis.
If you were enrolling in one course, program or degree right now, what would it be?
Something on the science of decision-making: where psychology, leadership, data analysis and storytelling collide. I’m fascinated by how numbers and narratives together influence what we decide to do next. I got pieces of it in the Alberta School of Business, but most courses lean heavily towards either the analytics side or the storytelling side, not both. So maybe this is a wishlist course.
You can invite anyone — alive or dead, real or fictional — to dinner. Who would it be?
Amal Clooney. She’s brilliant, stylish and not afraid to take on the hardest human rights cases. I admire how she built her career first and then, later in life, created a family on her own terms. I’d love to know how she stays authentic while navigating law, global politics and the spotlight.
If you could see any live performance tomorrow, what would it be?
An underground DJ set in Berlin. I love the collective energy of people dancing together, and it’s the kind of space where I’ve been in before and made friends from all over the world. If I could pick an artist, it would be anyone from rising names like BUNT. to established ones like Fred again...
What advice would you give your 18-year-old self?
Trust yourself sooner. The path you’re on will turn out to be your own, even if it doesn’t look that way at first. You can only carve your destiny so far. When life throws curveballs, take the lesson, dust off and keep moving.
What’s one thing you can’t live without?
Caffeine. But music as well. One fuels me, the other resets me.
What three words describe your Â鶹ÊÓƵ experience?
Reinvention. Community. Momentum.
Do you have any upcoming projects or initiatives you are looking forward to at work?
I’m looking forward to continuing the work on our college’s commitments to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action, and supporting the next stage of Braiding Past, Present and Future and Changing the Story. With faculties, that means developing tools and frameworks together and surfacing where momentum already exists so faculties can connect their day-to-day work to larger institutional strategies.
What does it mean to be a strategic initiatives officer?
It means holding the threads of strategy, relationships and implementation across the four CSSH faculties I continue to learn from and build trust with. It means asking the right questions to translate creative vision into operational clarity, while surfacing intersections that align college priorities with Â鶹ÊÓƵ strategies.
What does collaboration look like in your role — both within CSSH and across the wider university?
For me, collaboration starts with listening and noticing where ideas connect. Inside CSSH, that means bringing together four faculties that approach teaching, research and community in very different ways, in a space that’s interdisciplinary and intellectually diverse by design; and mapping where their priorities overlap and where we can learn from each other. I see myself as a convenor in this work, so across the university, it’s about building trust so different perspectives can come together and move things forward. It’s also an opportunity to support change from different vantage points and see how structure and relationships work best when they align rather than compete.
