EDUCATION:
2014 PhD, Political Science (University of Victoria)
1999 MA, Political Studies (Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada)
1996 BA, Political Science (with distinction) (University of Victoria)
CURRENT:
Executive Director: North Park Neighbouhood Association
Research Key Words:
global governance, fourth world/indigenous nations, international organisation, democratization, African governance, third world governance, decolonization, international relations, postcolonial theory, multiparty democracy, comparative politics, colonialism, modernity.
PUBLICATIONS:
“Sovereignty in the Third and Fourth World: A Comparative Discussion on Two Levels.” Fourth World Journal Summer 2021, Volume 21, Number 1 https://www.cwis.org/fwj/volume-21-number-1/
“Beyond the Nation: Global Democratisation Programs in Uganda and the Politics of Dispensation" Third World Quarterly 2016
“Red Skin/White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition by Glen Coulthard: A book review” Canadian Journal of Political Science 201
DISSERTATION:
“Democracy and Dictatorship in Uganda: A Politics of Dispensation?” ( https://dspace.library.uvic.ca//handle/1828/5368 )
PREVIOUS POSITIONS:
Assistant Executive Director, Pacific Peoples Partnership
Associate Scholar, Center for World Indigenous Studies www.cwis.org
Director, Diversity Moves BC
International Relations Counselor, Congress of Nations and States
Instructor, Ballet Barre, Yew Tree Yoga, Victoria, BC
PREVIOUS TEACHING POSITIONS:
Aug. 2008- Dec. 2012 ~ University of Victoria, Sessional Instructor, Political Science
2012 (Spring, Summer) Politics of Africa (319), Politics of Development (317) 2011 (Summer) Politics of Africa (319) 2010 (Summer and Fall) Politics of Africa (319), Politics of Development (317) 2009 (Spring, and Fall) Politics of Africa (319), Politics of Development (317) 2008 (Fall) Introduction to Comparative Politics (210)
Aug. 2003- Apr. 2011 ~ Vancouver Island University, Limited Term and Sessional Instructor, Political Science and Global Studies
2011 (Spring) Global Political and Economic Systems and Institutions (GLST 211), International Relations I: Peace and Security (200) 2004 (Spring, Summer and Fall) Introduction to Politics (100), Law and Politics (151), Canadian Government (221) Ideologies and Political Thought (245), 2003 (Summer and Fall) Ideologies and Political Thought (245), International Relations I: Peace and Security (200), Law and Politics (151)
Aug. 2000- Aug. 2011 ~ Thompson Rivers University, Sessional Instructor, Political Science
2011 (Summer) International Politics (260), Law and Politics (225) 2008 (Summer) Introduction to Canadian Politics (111), Law and Politics (225) 2002 (Spring) Canadian Public Policy and Administration (112), Introduction to Canadian Politics (111), International Politics (260), Contemporary Ideology (121) 2001 (Summer) Introduction to Canadian Politics (111), Law and Politics (225) 2000 (Fall, Spring) Introduction to Canadian Politics (111)
Aug. 2003 - Aug. 2004 ~ Camosun College, Sessional Instructor
2004 (Spring and Summer) Canadian Government (104), Canadian Politics (106) 2003 (Summer and Fall) Canadian Government (104), Canadian Politics (106)
TEACHING ASSISTANT POSITIONS:
University of Victoria 2011-2013
Simon Fraser University 2006-2008
RESEARCH ASSISTANCE:
2016 Research Assistant: Dr. Marcia Hills and Dr. Simon Carroll, University of Victoria
2014 Research Assistant: Dr. Rita Dhamoon, University of Victoria
Research Assistant: Dr. Marcia Hills, Dr. Gord Miller and Dr. Simon Carroll, University of Victoria BC
2013 Research Assistant: Dr. Rita Dhamoon, University of Victoria
2007 Research Assistant: Dr. Genevieve Fuji Johnson, Simon Fraser University
CONFERENCE PAPERS:
2021 "New International Frameworks for Modern States and Indigenous Nations: The Congress of Nations and States: Canadian Political Science Association
2019 "Sovereignty in the Third and Fourth World". British Columbia Political Science Association
2018 "Sovereignty in the Third and Fourth World". Congress of Humanities, Canadian Political Science Association, Regina
2015 “Beyond the nation: global democratisation policy and the politics of dispensation” British Columbia Political Science Association
2013 University of Victoria, Graduate student conference: “Democracy and Dictatorship in Uganda: A Politics of Dispensation?”
2010 A: “Indigenous Capitalists? Foreign Imperialists? The Political Economy of Indian - Merchants in East Africa” African Studies Association
B: “Good Governance and Multiparty Democracy in Uganda” Kwame Nkrumah International Conference
C: “Indigenizing Democratisation: No party Democracy in Uganda” ~ British Columbia Political Science Association
2008 A: “What’s in a name: reproducing division through language” CASID roundtable
B: “Democratizing Uganda: A Case that Travels” Congress of the Humanities/ Canadian Political Science Associ
C: “Sartori Revisited: Multiparty Democracy in Uganda and Conceptual Stretching” British Columbia Political Science Association
2007 A “Deepening Democracy in Uganda” International Studies
B: “Defining Democracy” Simon Fraser Lecture Series: Focus on Africa
2005 “Uganda: Dictatorship or Democracy?” Simon Fraser Lecture Series: Focus on Africa
2004 A: “Empire Vs. Offensive Realism” B.C. Political Science Associatio
B: “Enmeshing the Web of Global Trade Governance” Centre for Global Political Economy, SFU
WORKSHOPS & CERTIFICATES:
2013 Women of Colour in Political Science Mini-workshop, American Political Science Association (by invited application)
2012 Working with Child Soldiers, Magassa-Hille Workshop, Victoria, BC
2010 Freedom and Democracy in an Imperial Context: Dialogues with James Tully ~ A Workshop
2009 Advanced Research Methods (Centre for Basic Research, Kampala, Uganda)
1998 Participatory Development Methods (Canadian International Development Agency, Ottawa)
VOLUNTEER & COMMUNITY
Current: Pacific Peoples Partnership Board Member https://pacificpeoplespartnership.org
Centre for World Indigenous Studies, www.cwis.org
Diversity Moves BC (founder)
Saanich Gulf-Islands NDP Executive Member
Oak Bay/Gordon Head BC NDP Executive Member
Khalsa Aid (Community help)
Fateh Care (Community help)
2021 Candidate, Saanich Gulf Islands, New Democratic Party of Canada
Red Cedar Cafe,(Kitchen Prep)
2020 Fare Free in the CRD (transit)
2020 Saanich Voice On-line (writer)
2020 Victoria Urban Reconciliation Dialogue (Victoria Native Friendship Centre)
2019 Candidate, Saanich Gulf-Islands New Democratic Party of Canada
Outta of Sight Dragpn Boat Team with BC Blind Sports
2018 Board Member Together We Win
PRiorty (for Proportional representation in BC)
2017 MS Society of Victoria
2016 Secretary MS Warriors Dragon Boal team
2014 Intercultural Association of Greater Victoria
2007 Fair Vote Canada
1997-1999 Project Director: Social and Health Opportunities for People in the Sex Trade, Trade, Kamloops BC
1998- 1999 Outreach: Women’s Emergency Bed and Breakfast, Kamloops BC
1997-1999 Board Member/Volunteer: Kamloops Women’s Resource Centre, Kamloops BC
1996 Ontario Public Interest Research Group, Kingston, ON
1993-1995 Victoria Youth Empowerment Society, Victoria, BC
AWARDS:
2019 ARTSTARTS BC : Artist in the Classroom
2018 ARTSTARTS BC : Artist in the Classroom
2011-2014 University of Victoria, Graduate Scholarship
2003-2010 Simon Fraser University, Graduate Scholarship and Research Travel Grant
1996-1998 Queen’s University, Kingston, Graduate Scholarshi
My new organization. Updates soon!
Sabina has been engaged in political research and practice for the past three decades. In the mid-1990s, after completing a Master’s degree at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, she returned to her home town of Kamloops BC and began non-profit work. This aligned with the research and training she had done in participatory action research, for which she completed a certificate in Ottawa. She co-founded the SHOP program which supported street susceptible people and people in the sex-trade. She helped to create the Women’s Emergency Bed and Breakfast and was a board member of the Kamloops Women’s Resource Centre.
Sabina’s work and qualifications attracted the attention of the college in Kamloops and she was asked to teach her first political science courses at the age of 27. Around 2003, Sabina was asked to apply for work in Nanaimo BC, and later that same year at Camosun College in Victoria. After five years of teaching she began her PhD program at Simon Fraser University, which offered part-time studies for working parents. After completing her course work and comprehensive exams in international relations and comparative politics, Sabina was again asked to move, this time to the esteemed University of Victoria, to teach Comparative Politics, Development Politics and African Politics. In 2008, while teaching at UVIC, Sabina completed fieldwork for her PhD in Uganda. She interviewed and did primary research mainly among established politicians and political representatives in Kampala. While there, Sabina also took a course in advanced research methodology at the well-regarded Centre for Basic Research.
Sabina has had a strong teaching career and is now working to develop her publications from among her dissertation and many conference papers. She has a new paper presented to the Canadian Political Science Association in 2021. She is developing a research program around a concept of democratization that includes national, local, international and global levels of governance. Her work in Africa has set up the work she is now doing globally in indigenous peoples/nations and state relations.
Divesity Moves BC is a foundation Sabina hopes to create and develop further. I stems from the work she is doing on the workshop "Exploring Diversity and Power Through Movement" (see Dance section on this site) and her deep desire to see diversity as a strength throughout the planet. Stay Tuned!
Because of Sabina’s teaching experience in colleges and universities around BC, she has a strong proficiency in many areas of Canadian politics and contemporary Canadian events. She has written a column for the local Kamloops newspaper in the past, been an active community member and volunteer. Sabina has always been a member of the federal NDP and is excited to be seeking the candidacy in Saanich Gulf Islands again for the third time in the future.
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