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Is a PhD student at the Jagiellonian University’s Interdisciplinary Social Sciences “Society of the Future” Program. Her research focuses on Indigenous self-determination, reproductive rights, midwifery and healthcare in Canada and Aotearoa (New Zealand). Her PhD project explores Indigenous-led healthcare organizations in Canadian British Columbia and Aotearoa.

Ph.D. is a political scientist, a Canadianist, and assistant professor at the Institute of American Studies and Polish Diaspora at the Jagiellonian University. In his current research, he focuses on Canada’s language laws, policies and field studies relating to the Polish diaspora in the GTA. He has been an awardee of grants offered by the International Council of Canadian Studies and Polish educational institutions (incl. National Science Centre). As a visiting scholar he has conducted research at the University of Ottawa, Carleton University in Ottawa, McGill University in Montreal and the University of Toronto.