Nettie Boivin

Producing High-Quality Policy Analysis & Stakeholder Engagement to Generate Transformative Change 

• Collaborative and results-driven leader with 14 years directing international research. Expertise in immigration youth, refugee, international student higher education policy analysis, and vocational workplace training policies.
• Adept at building strong professional relationships with stakeholders and negotiating/collaborating with NGOs; municipal, provincial, and national governments; and international institutions, applying interpersonal and networking skills. 
• Exceptional research and analytical skills with broad experience evaluating and communicating education, legal, health, and government policy to all audiences and translating research findings into strategic, solution-driven programs and implementations while maintaining awareness of global trends. Advanced user of Microsoft Office Suite, as well as specialized software and applications, including Tableau, Qualtrics, ANOVA, SPSS, and Webropol.
• Extensive experience managing complex, multi-partner, international contexts. Supervised, coordinated, designed, and implemented 3 MA programs for international students developed budgets, and tracked financial performance, leveraging organizational, planning, and team-building skills and experience with external partnerships.
• Strong and persuasive fundraiser, securing $8M+ CDN in grants for research projects, working independently and as part of a team. Helped fundraise for NGOs, identifying funding opportunities and participating in donor engagement and tracking.
• Effective communicator with 52+ diverse research publications and presentations in books, journals, and at conferences. Co-authored Questions in Qualitative Social Justice Research in Multicultural Contexts, which was awarded Outstanding Qualitative Book 2023 from the American Education Research Association and endorsements from leading researchers.

PhD, Education, University of York, United Kingdom, completed 2014.

MA, Applied Linguistics, York University, Toronto, ON, completed 2008.

BA, Psychology, York University, Toronto, ON

BFA, Theatre, York University, Toronto, ON

Professional Development- Certificate Courses: 

MEAL DPro: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning for Development Professionals (9 course module-completed 04/05/23)

UN Women.Org Training: How to Manage Gender-Responsive Evaluation (9 course module completed 07/05/23)