Committee

Initiative Leads

Ozlem Cankaya, Ph.D

Assistant Professor, Department of Human Services and Early Learning

Lindsey Whitson, MA, MLIS

Community Engagement Librarian,

MacEwan University Library

Committee Members 

Brittany Aamot, MA

Director, Recreation and Childcare


Meagan Auer

Community Engagement Facilitator, Research


Qian Deng, Ph.D

Assistant Professor, IB Strategy Marketing and Law


Kealey Dube, MSW.

Assistant Professor, School of Social Work


Heather Fitzsimmons Frey, Ph.D

Associate Professor, Arts and Cultural Management


Preethi Gorecki

Librarian, Library Services


Noah Kenneally, Ph.D

Assistant Professor, Department of Human Services and Early Learning


Shelby LaFramboise, M.Ed.

Assistant Professor, Department of Studio Arts


Clay Lowe

Studio Instructor (Sessional), Department of Design


Etienna Moostoos-Lafferty, M.Ed.

Assistant Professor, Department of Human Services and Early Learning and kihêw waciston


Natalia Rohatyn-Martin, Ph.D

Associate Professor, Department of Human Services and Early Learning


Jennifer Sibbald,M.A.

Manager, Early Learning at MacEwan, Childcare Centre


Michelle Woodard

Senior Writing and Communications Specialist, Office of Communications and Marketing

Research Assistants

Carly Johnston

Kianna Kalyta Tran

Jessalyn LeBlanc

Tegan McKennitt

Ayanda Muponda

Keirsten Taylor

Adam Houston

Acknowledgements

Danielle McDow-York 

Dr. Rebecca Horrace (Playful Insights