University of Western Ontario Master s Degree in Sociology - Awarded The Ellen Nilsen Award for Graduate Student Excellence

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1 Mazar 1 Alissa Mazar PhD Student Department of Sociology, Montreal, QC. Mobile: alissa.mazar@mail.mcgill.ca Education PhD in Sociology 2011-Present University of Western Ontario Master s Degree in Sociology - Awarded The Ellen Nilsen Award for Graduate Student Excellence University of Windsor Double Honour Double Major in Sociology and English Literature - Awarded the Governor General s Academic Medal - Awarded the Board of Governors Medal in Sociology Research and Teaching Interests Deindustrialization; Megaproject Development; Labour; Household Economies; Gender; Qualitative and Mixed Methods.. Scholarships and Fellowships Recipient of the Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Scholarship Doctoral Scholarship Award Awarded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Council Recipient of the Graduate Excellence Top-Up Fellowship Awarded by Recipient of the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (Declined) Recipient of the Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Scholarship Doctoral Scholarship Award (Declined) Awarded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Council

2 Mazar 2 Recipient of the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (Declined) Recipient of the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (Declined) Recipient of the Ontario Graduate Scholarship Edith Ellen Bowlby Scholarship in Canadian Literature 2009 Awarded for outstanding creative writing ability The Rose Wunder Scholarship for Excellence in English 2008 The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Scholarship 2008 Awarded by the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 82 Renewable Entrance Scholarship Lancers Blue and Gold Scholarship Honours and Awards Recipient of the Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method 2014 Research Grant Award to attend the IQMR Workshop from June Syracuse University, NY. Awarded by Arts Graduate Student Travel Award 2014 Awarded by The Ellen Nilsen Award for Graduate Student Excellence 2010 Awarded by the University of Western Ontario The Governor General s Academic Medal 2009 The Board of Governors Medal in Sociology 2009

3 Mazar 3 The Adolf Ehrentraut Award for Outstanding Achievement 2009 in Sociology Helena M. Coyle English Literature Award 2007 Awarded annually to a first year student obtaining the highest standing in English Literature. Lancers Women s Varsity Soccer Alumni Award 2007 Lancers Varsity Highest Academic Achievement President s Roll Recipient Canadian Interuniversity Sport Academic All-Canadian Awarded by the Canadian Interuniversity Sport Association Publications Review of David Camfield s Canadian Labour in Crisis: Reinventing the Workers Movement. Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations 67(4): New and Old Social Movement Paradigms: justice for seasonal agricultural workers? The University of Western Ontario s Graduate Thesis and Major Research Paper Indexes Union Women: The Women s Movement and The Labour Movement. Institute for Women in Leadership Female South Asian Diaspora: Bearers of Culture. Institute for Women in Leadership Works in Progress Fallon, Kathleen, Alissa Mazar, and Liam Swiss Maternity Provisions, Developing Countries, and Development. Article.

4 Mazar 4 Conferences From Manufacturing to Mega-Casino: Families in Transition Canadian Sociological Association, Congress. Brock University, St. Catherines, ON, May Union Education for Progressive Development: The Case of the 2012 Canadian Auto Workers. The Interuniversity Research Centre on Globalization and Work. CRIMT International Conference Union Futures: Innovations, Transformations, Strategies. HEC, Montreal, QC, October The Canadian Auto Workers Paid Education Leave Program: 2012 Development as Freedom. Society for the Study of Social Problems, Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, August The Canadian Auto Workers Education Program th Annual Canadian Industrial Relations Association Conference, Calgary, AB, May Humanism and Environmental Stewardship. 3 rd Annual UWO 2011 Sociology Graduate Conference, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, March Marx, Nature, and Environmentalism Earth Day Colloquium, 2010 The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, April 15. Union Women: The Women s Movement and The Labour Movement Women Making Change Conference, The University of Western Ontario, Brescia College, London, ON, March. Female South Asian Diaspora: Bearers of Culture. Women Making 2009 Change Conference, The University of Western Ontario, Brescia College, London, ON, February. Lectureships, Department of Sociology Fall 2013 Lecturer, The Sociology of Gender. The University of Western Ontario, Department of Sociology Fall 2010 & Winter Lecturer, Social Inequality The University of Western Ontario, Department of Sociology Winter 2011 Lecturer, Life in the Contemporary City.

5 Mazar 5 Fanshawe College, The School of Language and Liberal Studies Fall 2010 Lecturer, Criminology. Fanshawe College, The School of Language and Liberal Studies Fall 2010 Lecturer, Human Relations. Teaching and Research Assistantships, Department of Sociology Winter 2014 Graduate Teaching Assistant, The Sociology of Work and Industry., Department of Sociology Winter 2014 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Urban Sociology., Department of Sociology Winter 2013 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Sociological Inquiry., Department of Sociology Summer 2012 Research Assistant, Dr. Kathleen Fallon, Maternity Leave in Developing Countries., Department of Sociology Fall 2012 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Family and Modern Society. The University of Western Ontario, Department of Sociology Fall 2009 & Winter Graduate Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Sociology Professional Development & Service Graduate Writing Course, Literature Reviews & Scholarly Niches. Winter 2014 Associate Producer, McGill Course Lecturers and Instructors: Fall 2013 We Are McGill. Directed by Pierre Tremblay. Listo Films. VP of Communications (elected), McGill Graduate Sociology Students Association (MGSSA) Graduate Faculty Representative (elected), McGill Graduate Sociology Students Association (MGSSA)

6 Mazar 6 Editor, McGill Sociological Review (elected) Discussant, Constitutional Rights at Work th Annual Canadian Industrial Relations Association Conference, Calgary, AB, May Executive Member, Western s Caucus on Women s Issues The University of Western Ontario Union Steward, The Graduate Teaching Assistants Union The University of Western Ontario Student, Second Language Spanish Exchange Program at Summer 2010 the University of Holguin, Cuba. The University of Western Ontario-University of Holguin Partnership Discussant, Women and Work in an International Context The University of Western Ontario, Brescia College, Women Making Change Conference Appointed Delegate. The II International University Sessions 2009 on Poverty Eradication: A Challenge for Universities Worldwide. Helsinki España-Human Dimension. Levine Institute and The Institute of International Education, New York, NY. Editor, Women s History Month The Western News: The University of Western Ontario s Newspaper of Record, October 29, 45(28): 8-9. Languages English (Fluent) French (Basic) Spanish (Basic)