Toronto, ON

CHANTEL SPADE Phone: 705-440-0028

E-Mail: chantel.spade@dcmail.ca

Education

2018-Present
Pre-health sciences
Durham College, Whitby ON

2015-Present
PhD Policy Studies
Immigration and Diaspora
Ryerson University, Toronto ON

2013-2014
Master of Arts
Immigration and Settlement Studies
Ryerson University, Toronto ON

2007-2011
Honors Bachelor of Social Sciences
Double Major Criminology and Psychology
University of Ottawa, Ottawa ON

Employment

2016- Present
Communications Coordinator, Refugee Mental Health Project
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto ON

2013-2016
Teaching Assistant
Ryerson University, Toronto ON

2013-2016
Graduate Assistant
Ryerson University, Toronto ON
Research Project A: Guarding the border: Immigration and
2013-2016
National Security in Canada since 2001
Research Assistant
Department of History
Research Project B: Immigrant health; Intimate partner
Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing
violence and Elder abuse in the immigrant community
Ryerson University, Toronto ON

2014-2015
Residential Support Worker
The Safehaven Project for Community Living,
Aurora, ON

2013-2014
Client Program Facilitator
Peel Halton Dufferin Acquired Brain Injury Services, Mississauga ON

Volunteer/Internships

2016-Present
Humanitarian and Compassionate Application Coordinator
FCJ Refugee Centre, Toronto ON

2016-Present
Peer Review Editor
Emerging Scholars and Practitioners on Migration Issues Network

2016-Present
Chair, Poster Session, Immigration and Settlement – Interaction with researchers: Faculty, Graduates
and Students
International Symposium Ryerson University and Denis Diderot on Immigrant Health
Department of Nursing, Ryerson University, Toronto ON

2016-Present
Scientific Committee Member
International Symposium Ryerson University and Denis Diderot on Immigrant Health
Department of Nursing, Ryerson University, Toronto ON

2016
Assistant Coordinator
The Figure of the Migrant in Law and Literature: Common Places, Norms and Evolving Narratives
Workshop
Department of Criminology, Ryerson University, Toronto ON

2014
Internship – Assistant to the Project Coordinator
The Refugee Mental Health Project
Centre for Mental Health and Addictions, Toronto ON

2014
Assistant Coordinator
Constructing the Bogus Refugee: A Dialogue on Discourse and Refugees in Canada” panel discussion
Ryerson Centre for Immigration and Settlement, Ryerson University, Toronto ON

2012-Present
Sponsorship
World Vision

2012-2013
Meal Assistant
St. Joseph’s Supper Table, Ottawa ON

2011-2013
Meal Assistant
The Ottawa Mission – Homeless Shelter, Ottawa ON
Conferences/Publications

Zanchetta, M., Zakus, D., Catallo, C., Donald, F. Schwind, J., Sidani, S., Guergachi, A., & Spade, C.
(2017) Scientific Symposium Health and Societies: Interdisciplinary thinking within interethnic contexts.
Ryerson University. Organization & Development Grant.

Spade, C. Failures of the Canadian migration system: Precarious migrants deemed suitable residents of
‘death-worlds’. Submitted for Presentation at the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration
th
Studies 10 Annual Conference, University of Victoria, Victoria BC, 2017.

Guruge, S., Spade, C., et al. (2016). Addressing elder abuse: Findings from a leadership, resilience and
capacity-building. Submitted to Journal on Aging.

Spade, C. The ‘good’ refugee is traumatized: Post-traumatic stress disorder as a measure of credibility in
the refugee determination system. Presentation at the Ethnic and Pluralism Studies Graduate Research
Conference, University of Toronto Munk School of Global Affairs, Toronto ON, 2015.

Spade, C. Post-traumatic stress disorder: A requirement for a successful refugee claim? Poster
Presentation at Going ‘Glo-cal’ for Mental Health: Global Lessons for Local Benefit Conference, Centre for
Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, 2015.