Shiva Nourpanah

Shiva is a first-generation immigrant from Iran who made the beautiful province of Nova Scotia her home. She works for the Province, and prior to that, she worked for a community organization, the Transition House Association of Nova Scotia, for three years. She also teaches International Development Studies part-time at Saint Mary's University.

She holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from Dalhousie University (2017), and a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the University of Guelph (2021).