Finn Meyer Cook

About

Professor of Social Work. Past researcher and policy analyst in Indigenous and International social and economic development and human rights. Specific experience in inclusive local economic development, agro-ecology, gendering truth and reconciliation, Canada-Latin America relations. Multi-stakeholder network coordination, proposal writing, designing and managing community-based research projects, monitoring and evaluation of projects related to violence against women, economic growth and leadership, undertaking policy-relevant research, and providing recommendations to governments and decision makers.

Experience

• Professor at Vancouver Island University
  Aug 2017 - Present · 8 yrs 11 mos

• Status of Women Canada (4 yrs 3 mos)
  • Policy & Planning Officer
    May 2016 - Jul 2017 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Program Officer-Ontario Region
    May 2013 - Apr 2016 · 3 yrs

• Truth and Reconciliation/UNDRIP Policy Researcher at Canadian Labour Congress
  Dec 2015 - Oct 2016 · 11 mos

• Contract Instructor Carleton University at Carleton University
  May 2013 - May 2015 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  Course instructor for: Graduate level course in international social work -"Local Context/Global Practice: Socio-economic justice in a changing world" (SOWK 5701 -2014 F) instructor for :Foundations of Structural Analysis. Structural Social Work SOWK3000. Carleton University.2014 Winter & 2015 Winter Facilitator/instructor for online course: SOWK 1000 -Social Work and Social Welfare. Summer 2013

• Research and Policy Analyst at Native Women's Association of Canada
  Jan 2011 - Apr 2013 · 2 yrs 4 mos

  Proposal writing, research, project management & coordination, report writing, facilitation, public presentations to government, NGO's, academic audiences, media.