The publications below illustrate key strands of my research. For a full list of publications, please consult my Google Scholar profile.
Lived Citizenship Learning and Young Adults’ Mobility Decisions in a Peripheral Region

International Journal of Lifelong Education (2026)

This article explores how young adults in rural Atlantic Canada interpret decisions about staying, leaving, and returning through processes of informal learning and lived citizenship.

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Collective creation and emancipatory pedagogy under unfree labour

International Journal of Lifelong Education (2025)

This article examines a community-based theatre project developed with migrant farm workers in Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program, exploring the possibilities and limits of emancipatory pedagogy under conditions of unfree labour.

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The Case of Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program

Adult Education Quarterly (2022)

This article applies situated learning theory to examine how migrant farm workers develop knowledge and social practices through participation in Canada’s temporary labour migration system.

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Employer–employee relationships in Canada’s two-step economic immigration system

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (2025)

This article explores how employer–employee relationships shape migrant workers’ access to permanent residency in Canada’s two-step immigration system.

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Engaging migrant farm worker voice through community-based arts

Agriculture and Human Values (2019)

This article examines how community-based arts practices can create opportunities for migrant farm workers to express their experiences of labour, identity, and resistance.

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Relational Language Learning and Newcomer Settlement in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada

New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development (2026)

This article explores the interplay between adult newcomer integration and language acquisition in a region traditionally characterized by rurality, economic peripherality, and low levels of immigration.

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