Audrey Paradis

My research is grounded in antiracism, social justice, and equity in education, higher education, and teacher education with a strong interest in narrative research. Building on my PhD on teachers’ narratives of autonomy in Canada and Finland, my work has evolved toward examining how lived experiences, institutional practices, and broader socio‑political contexts shape education, belonging, and participation. A central focus of my research advances antiracist scholarship, drawing on longitudinal and qualitative data to address racism, marginalisation, and epistemic injustice in higher education, with the aim of informing more just educational practices and structures. Closely connected to this is my work on narrative inquiry, both as a methodological approach and as a pedagogical practice, particularly in relation to accessibility, reflexivity, and ethical engagement for novice researchers. More recently, I have been developing new research endeavours in migration studies. Complementing these priorities, I also engage with community‑based participatory research (CBPR), especially in the context of Indigenous teacher education and collaborative, justice‑oriented research relationships.

Since 2014, I have taught a wide variety of courses in the Education for Global Futures master’s progamme and in the Intercultural Teacher Education programme, and have supervised over 50 theses, primarily at the Bachelor’s and Master’s levels. My academic background and prior experience as a secondary school teacher (mathematics, physics, chemistry) in the Northwest Territories in Canada strongly inform my research‑based teaching.