Lori Bradford (She/Her)

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"I am an autistic, female-identifying academic raising a family and being a strong advocate for women and neurodivergence."

Water Experience

As a postdoctoral fellow, and now assistant professor, I focused my research on community driven questions about social and cultural components of water security. I help technical experts like hydrologists and government agents learn about and include social and cultural impacts of water challenges (drinking water, wastewater, watershed management, water governance) when they are doing their work. I am an active member of the GIWS, and was one of the first women to speak at the Women and Water lecture series hosted by the University of Saskatchewan. I have done policy analyses, qualitative and quantitative research, research-creation, engaged scholarship and action research, field work, and many other joint research project driven by and with Indigenous communities in the Prairies and Northern Canada. I teach a graduate course on Water, Human Health, and Wellbeing, and an undergraduate course on Sustainability and Impact Assessment which covers a lot of water-related issues.

Opportunities of Interest

• Speaking engagements (e.g., conference panels, keynote addresses)
• Leadership roles (e.g., board member, committees)
• Public outreach (e.g., media interviews, podcasts)
• Youth engagement (e.g., K-12 school presentations)
• Volunteer opportunities (e.g., community based projects)
• Consulting (e.g., government, industry, not-for-profit sector)
• Research (e.g., academic, not-for-profit, government)
• Being a Mentor

Opportunities Offered

• Fieldwork
• Graduate student training (e.g., masters, PhD)
• Mentorship Short-term (e.g., attend a mentorship circle or event; 1-3 meetings with an individual)
• Research assistant
• Postdoc opportunities
• Student internships
• Visiting Professorships
• Grant writing support, expertise in Indigenous engagement and partnerships, data-sharing and management