I am dedicated to the principle that the community should benefit from scholars' expertise. When I sat on the Board of Directors for the B.C. Civil Liberties Association, for example, I was responsible for files on the Olympic games and the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner. Currently, I sit on the Board of Directors of several community organizations, I participate in local community activities, and I am actively engaged with the local and national media.

Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Human Rights Advisory Council (2010-2013).

Adjudication Committee, SSHRC Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences Grants (2011-2014)

Secretary-Treasurer, Canadian Committee on Women's History (2010-2013).

French-Language Secretary, Association for Canadian Studies (2008-2012).

Director, Canadian Civil Liberties Association (2009-2011).

Secretary, Canadian Committee on Labour History (2009-2011).

Hilda Neatby Prize (women's history), Adjudication Committee (2007-2010).

Eugene Forsey Prize (labour history), Adjudication Committee (2008-2010).

Adjudication Committee, Soutien aux équipes de recherché, Fonds québécois de recherche sur la société et la culture (2008-2009).

Director, Canadian Historical Association, (2001-4).

Co-Chair, CHA Task Force on Becoming an Historian Booklet (2007-2008).

Director, British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (2004-2006).

Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Task Force on New Scholars (2002-4).

Vice-Chair (Research), Canadian Graduate Council (1999-2001).

Chair, Accessibility Task Force, Queen’s University (1996-1998).

 

• November 2009: Brief to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights Content Advisory Committee.
• August 2008: Chair, Canada and the Sixties Workshop. [Program].
• February 2008: Chair, Law and History Workshop. [Program].
• December 2007: Open Letter to the Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia [Re.: New Auditing Policy for BC Archives]
• November 2007: Memorandum, University of Victoria, Intellectual Freedom and Freedom of Information, British Columbia Archives.
• October 2005: Memorandum, British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, Potential Human Rights Violations for the 2010 Olympics.
• September 2004: New Technologies in the Library and Archives of Canada, Brief to Ian Wilson, Librarian and Archivist of Canada from the Canadian Historical Association.
• June 2004: The Academy as Community, Report of the Task Force on New Scholars, Canadian Federation for the Social Sciences and Humanities.
• Winter 2004: A New Vision for Graduate Studies in Canada, Canadian Historical Association Bulletin, Volume 30, Number 1.
• June 2002: Letter to Marc Renaud, President SSHRC, Executive Summary of National Survey of Graduate Students in History in Canada.