https://www.miriamhirdyounger.com/affiliations-and-projects daily 0.75 2024-06-20 https://www.miriamhirdyounger.com/home daily 1.0 2024-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1339b7571813403a147cfe/1595792598554-TE0RKMNZRNKRZ3W06J3T/Mowadu%2Bart.jpg Home - Research Focus Miriam is a researcher and practitioner in the field of international development with a focus on participatory development, food and agricultural systems, gender, and youth leadership. Miriam is a qualitative researcher and draws primarily on participatory and ethnographic methodological approaches, including participant observation and in-depth interviews. Miriam grew up on a sheep farm in Southern Ontario, but has spent the last 10+ years working and researching in the development sector in West Africa. (Art pictured in Accra by Mowadu) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1339b7571813403a147cfe/1595790829715-C5Z9HJH8IZRQSZTHUECN/Women%2527s%2Bmarch.jpg Home - Teaching Engaged and Global Citizens Miriam is a course instructor in the areas of anthropology, gender, development, and food studies. Miriam’s teaching draws on participatory and experiential pedagogies grounded in intersectional, feminist, and anti-racist practices. Miriam’s core aim in teaching is to support students in understanding the patterns in their everyday life and how these are interrelated with global systems of poverty, inequality, racism, and patriarchy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1339b7571813403a147cfe/1595793782469-OMLOI88Z0RTB9XQ1K860/Miriam%2BHird-Younger%2B-%2BSmaller.jpg Home - Researcher. Intersectional feminist. Teacher. Miriam Hird-Younger is an Adjunct Research Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada). (Photo Credit: Jenn Stark/Dave Stark) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1339b7571813403a147cfe/1595792700511-5N9VLWI6H20HF4CN4ATQ/Trust.jpg Home - Trust and Mistrust in Partnerships Trained in ethnographic and qualitative research, Miriam’s doctoral thesis explored the everyday dynamics of successful (and failed) partnerships between civil society, government, and private sector organisations in Ghana. Miriam's thesis argued the counterintuitive point that mistrust can sometimes be useful in building partnerships, as practices of mistrust help to navigate ethical positions and unequal power structures that arise within collaborations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1339b7571813403a147cfe/9f67d24d-f0e4-44b7-984b-7741edab1268/Pile+of+cocoa+pods.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.miriamhirdyounger.com/contact-miriam daily 0.75 2023-01-18 https://www.miriamhirdyounger.com/publications daily 0.75 2024-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1339b7571813403a147cfe/4f7c4b4f-637f-4c1b-81b9-5ad0fd704312/20230223_104926.jpg Publications - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.