I am currently in my final year as a combined honours student in Biology and Human Rights at Carleton University. I was previously in the Humanities and Biology program but decided that it was not the program to cater to my interests. I have always been interested in critical gender research in the context of South Asia. However, as I have gone through my two years in Human Rights, I have expanded my interests and it has been very difficult to say what I ultimately enjoy! My interests continue in a gender lens in the global context, especially with refugees, but I am also interested in healthcare amongst refugee, and Black women in the Canadian context. And anti-racist\/decolonial grassroots movements. And understanding the history of the Cold War. And understanding the bioethical issues of medical experiments. And learning biochemical pathways in fruit flies.<\/p>\n
From my work with the travel expenses, to drafting the LERRN handbook, to attending meetings to journal analysis research to editing, and everything else between, I can say with full confidence that I have learned quite a lot working with LERRN for the past few years. The most exciting work has been working with Rachel McNally<\/a>, as her research support, where she has led the analysis of different refugee journals, regarding knowledge gaps between the global North and South. From this experience, I have learned so much about research methodology, data collection, and analysis. As I go through each year, there is always something new to learn, so there hasn’t been a dull day in working with LERRN.<\/p>\n