Maggie MacDonald
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Professor
Graduate Program in Social Anthropology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) 1999
Professor MacDonald is a medical anthropologist specializing in gender and health with particular interests in women's reproductive health. Her book, At Work in the Field of Birth: Midwifery Narratives of Nature, Tradition and Home (2008), is an ethnographic account of contemporary midwifery in Ontario in the wake of its historic transition from the margins as a grassroots social movement to a profession in the public health care system in the 1990s. Her current research endeavour is an anthropological study of the Safe Motherhood Initiative (SMI) a high profile, international reproductive health policy launched by the WHO, the World Bank and UNFPA with the goal of significantly reducing maternal mortality worldwide.
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Sociology
2012
French Immersion Kindergarten Teacher, Toronto Catholic District School Board
Human Resources Management
Bachelor of Human Resources Management (BHRM), Honours
2015
Human Resources Business Partner, Amazon
Administrative Studies
Bachelor of Administrative Studies (BAS)
1999
Director, Horizon Risk Surveillance, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI)
Graduate Program in Public Policy, Administration & Law
Master of Public Policy, Administration and Law (MPPAL)
2011
Strategic Advisor, Ontario Public Service - Ministry of the Solicitor General - Inspectorate of Policing - Office of the Inspector General