Manda Roddick

Manda Roddick
Position
PhD Candidate
Supervisor: William Carroll & Dorothy E. Smith

Manda Roddick is a doctoral student at the University of Victoria. After completing a year abroad at Queen’s International Study Centre in 2000, Manda attended the University of British Columbia for three years. She later returned to Queen’s and completed a bachelor's degree in geography in 2006 before commencing a master's program in sociology at the University of Victoria in 2008.

For her master's research, Manda conducted a case study with one of Canada’s largest NGOs - the World University Service of Canada’s (WUSC). The study specifically focused on WUSC’s six week International Seminar program. Manda collected empirical data in Canada through a series of longitudinal interviews and also had an opportunity to complete a point-in time study with several International Seminar participants while they were in Ghana. The analysis in the thesis focused on an in-depth examination of global citizenship and public engagement activities.

Over the past decade Manda has worked, studied, or volunteered in countries on three continents, and her passion for examining aspects of global poverty and social inequality continue to guide her work in her doctoral degree. In her dissertation, Manda will focus on the ways international development and global social inequalities are discussed in Canada by those that have volunteered abroad. Manda received a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (www.vanier.gc.ca) in 2010 and is fortunate to have the generous support of SSHRC while completing her doctoral program.

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