People
Meet the dedicated people at the heart of our program
Evelyn Encalada Grez
Assistant Professor, Labour Studies and Sociology
evelyn_encalada_grez@sfu.ca
Maureen Kihika
Assistant Professor,
Labour Studies and Sociology
mkihika@sfu.ca
Jeannie Morgan
Assistant Professor,
Labour Studies and Indigenous Studies
jeannie_morgan@sfu.ca
Kendra Strauss
Director
kstrauss@sfu.ca
Sylvia Chow
Manager, Academic & Administrative Services
samgr@sfu.ca
778-782-3726
Jeanne Persoon
Secretary to the Director
sachrsec@sfu.ca
778-782-3144
Melanie D. Trotto
Program Assistant
gradsecsa@sfu.ca
778-782-9821
Terrence Yang
Undergraduate Student Advisor
saadvise@sfu.ca
778-782-9452
Dasha Cotic-Ehn
Coordinator, Communication & Events
sacomm@sfu.ca
778-782-7077
Benjamin J. Anderson
Sessional Instructor
benjamin_anderson@sfu.ca
Edward Haddon
Sessional Instructor
edh@sfu.ca
John-Henry Harter
Term Lecturer
jhharter@sfu.ca
Enda Brophy
Associate Professor, School of Communication
enda_brophy@sfu.ca
John Calvert
Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences
jrc@sfu.ca
Evelyn Encalada Grez
Assistant Professor, Labour Studies and Sociology
evelyn_encalada_grez@sfu.ca
Maureen Kihika
Assistant Professor,
Labour Studies and Sociology
mkihika@sfu.ca
Carolyn Lesjak
Associate Professor, Department of English
clesjak@sfu.ca
Jeannie Morgan
Assistant Professor,
Department of First Nations Studies and Labour Studies Program
jeannie_morgan@sfu.ca
Malcolm Steinberg
Clinical Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences
malcolm_steinberg@sfu.ca
Kendra Strauss
Associate Professor,
Labour Studies Program
kstrauss@sfu.ca
Why do we have Advisory and Steering committees? Watch this video to find out more.
Chair of advisory committee: Jim Sinclair
In memoriam, Margaret Morgan
Advisory Committee Members
- Janet Andrews, Secretary Treasurer, New Westminster & District Labour Council (NW&DLC); member of International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) Local Lodge 764
- Chuka Ejeckam, Director of Research & Policy, BC Federation of Labour (BDFED); Research Associate, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, BC Office (CCPA-BC)
- Marjorie Griffin Cohen, Professor Emerita, Department of Political Science and Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies, Simon Fraser University
- Joey Hartman, Chair, BC Labour Heritage Centre
- Jim Iker, past president, BC Teachers’ Federation (BCTF)
- Am Johal, Director, Simon Fraser University's Vancity Office of Community Engagement
- Blair Redlin, retired research representative, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE); former B.C. Deputy Minister
- Jim Sinclair, past president, BC Federation of Labour. Chair of the Labour Studies advisory committee.
- Cathy Walker, past director, Canadian Auto Workers (CAW), now Unifor, Health, Safety and Environment Department (retired)
- Jennifer Whiteside, Secretary-Business Manager, Hospital Employees’ Union (HEU)