I am critical communications scholar, with a focus on media theory and the political economy of communication. My research is interdisciplinary and focuses on how communication systems and infrastructures impact the development of new media industries and cultural production. My research has mainly focused on digital platforms and the role they have played in expanding the popularity, reach, and influence of highly volatile contingent commodities. The next phase of my research is grounded in broader questions of contingency and ephemerality in media and communication, exploring these issues within a critical Indigenous context.

I have a PhD in Information Studies from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information and an MA in Communication and Culture from Toronto Metropolitan University. Prior to coming to UBC, I was a Graduate Fellow at U of T’s Centre for Culture and Technology and taught courses on hacker culture, games, and political economy as a sessional lecturer. I am Mi’kmaw and a proud member of the Millbrook First Nation in Mi’kma’ki (Nova Scotia).

My work at UBC is conducted on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxw.7mesh (Squamish), and Səl.[ lwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.

Research interests: Indigenous information, digital platforms, cultural production, media industries, media theory, digital games.