Valerie Stam
Doctoral Candidate
| Degrees: | M.A. Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution (Ottawa) |
Valerie Stam is a Doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and the TD Graduate Fellow for Migration and Diaspora Studies for 2017-2018. Her current research uses participatory theatre to explore the experiences of belonging among second-generation Black and Muslim youth in the Netherlands, with a focus on youths’ practices and strategies of resistance to racism and Islamophobia. With support from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council, she spent over a year as a guest scholar at the University of Amsterdam conducting her research.
Valerie is the co-editor of Generation NGO (Between the Lines), a collection of reflective stories by young Canadians working in international development. She has over 17 years of experience in local and international development work, having done work and research in Ghana, Senegal, India, and more recently Canada and the Netherlands. Her professional expertise and interests include international and local community development, gender, political participation, facilitation and adult pedagogy techniques, arts-based/participatory research, anti-racism and anti-oppression work, citizenship, social housing, and community gardens.