Meet Our Students (2021 Summer)

Read the biographies of our Doctor of Social Sciences students below.

Laura Baird

Laura Baird

Doctoral Student

My Indian name is Neetamayo, which in Cree means, “she who is from over there.” As a member of Tsawwassen First Nation, I am within a ferry ride from the Royal Roads campus. Laura Baird is a member of the Royal Roads alumni, a team member with the Correctional Service of Canada (2002). Laura is married with three children, and they all live on Tsawwassen lands.

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Brenna Bonn

Brenna Bonn

Doctoral Student

Brenna Bonn is an Inspector with the Waterloo Regional Police Service in Ontario currently assigned to Neighbourhood Policing overseeing a frontline patrol division. Brenna has been a police officer for 28 years and has participated in a wide range of policing including Criminal Intelligence, Drugs & Firearms, Community Oriented Response, Court Services and Frontline Patrol.

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Alicia Brown

Alicia Brown

Doctoral Student

Alicia Brown is a Solution Architect at King County, Washington where she partners with agencies to provide data, information, and decision-making tools to support their programming decisions that serve 2.3M residents.

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Joanie Cameron-Pritchett

Joanie Cameron-Pritchett

Doctoral Student

Joanie Cameron-Pritchett has dedicated her life to gender equality, workers’ rights, democracy and social justice.  She is currently the Director of the Centre for Sexual violence Response, Support and Education at York University.

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Serena Cataldo

Serena Cataldo

Doctoral Student

Serena Cataldo is a social worker, educator and leader. For the past twelve years she has taught for different academic institutions in both the social work and criminal justice programs.

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Lori Davis Hill

Lori Davis Hill

Doctoral Student

Lori Davis Hill is Onʌyota’a:ka (Oneida) Wolf Clan, Haudenosaunee from Six Nations of the Grand River who works with her team as Director of Health Services to improve wellness in her community.

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Valarie Findlay

Valarie Findlay

Doctoral Student

Valarie Findlay is currently in her second year of the DSocSci program at Royal Roads University.Born in Ottawa, Canada and having spent many years in the US, she has a Master of Terrorism Studies, a Master of Sociology…

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Risper Frimpong

Risper Frimpong

Doctoral Student

My name is Risper Frimpong. I am a marketing and communications professional. I obtained an MA in Intercultural & International Communications at Royal Roads University in 2019…

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Elaine Uppahuak-Prusky

Elaine Uppahuak-Prusky

Doctoral Student

Elaine Uppahuak-Prusky, Inuk from Arviat, Nunavut formally known as Eskimo Point; currently residing in Nunavut’s capital, Iqaluit. Uppahuak-Prusky’s career has always been a public servant, where she worked at Nunavut Arctic College for fifteen years and was responsible for administration and corporate services.

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