{"id":17,"date":"2015-11-24T17:15:22","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T01:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lisarbrunner\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2026-10-05T16:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T23:48:10","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lisarbrunner\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"A<\/a><\/p>\n

I am a scholar-practitioner based in Vancouver, Canada. I live and primarily work on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the x\u02b7m\u0259\u03b8k\u02b7\u0259y\u0313\u0259m (Musqueam) people<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Academic work<\/h4>\n

My research sits at the intersection of higher and adult education, citizenship and migration studies, and public policy. I am currently a Research Associate<\/a> at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Centre for Migration Studies<\/a>, where I advance interdisciplinary research on migration, support and develop training and teaching initiatives, and strengthen policy outreach with government and community partners. I also teach in the UBC Department of Educational Studies as a Sessional Lecturer<\/a> and serve on the editorial board of Comparative and International Education \/ \u00c9ducation Compar\u00e9e et Internationale<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Practitioner work<\/h4>\n

I have been a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant<\/a>\u00a0in good standing with the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants<\/a> since 2014.* <\/strong><\/span>I worked for over a decade as an International Student Advisor at UBC. I have also worked in various positions with immigrant-serving organizations and member associations in Canada and the US, including the former Cultural Orientation Resource Center<\/a> in Washington, DC and the Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of BC<\/a> (AMSSA).<\/p>\n

Get in touch<\/h4>\n

Send an email<\/a> or connect with me on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n

*<\/strong><\/span>I do not represent private clients. If you need immigration advice, see resources here<\/a>.<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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