Aimee was born and raised in Kent, United Kingdom. The time spent with family in the north-east of England was and remains most loved, and it was to this part of the country that Aimee returned when undertaking her Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography at the University of Durham, graduating with a first-class honours in 2019. She is fortunate to have developed an intrigue for the world and its people through travel to and volunteering encounters in Canada, Iceland, Norway, and Tanzania. Through research experiences at the Northern Studies Centre in Churchill, Manitoba, Aimee developed an appreciation of Canada’s North, the responsibility involved with research in the region, and a keenness to explore and learn further.
She is now excited to be furthering her education and interest in critical northern research, with a Master of Arts in Geography at Memorial University. For her MA research Aimee is working with the community of Fort Good Hope, NWT, in their development of a self-governed response to the housing insecurity and homelessness that presents as a major threat to the wellbeing of many communities in the Canadian North.
Aimee’s research interests lie in decolonising approaches to northern geography, Indigenous self-government, social determinants of health and wellbeing, and policy and governance.