Faculty and Staff
Institute of Urban Studies
Administration
Jino Distasio, Director
phone: 204.982.1147
email: j.distasio@uwinnipeg.ca
Biography
Scott McCullough, Assistant Director
phone: 204.982.1150
email: s.mccullough-ra@uwinnipeg.ca
Jillian Golby Borsa, Administrative Manager
phone: 204.982.1140
email: j.golby@uwinnipeg.ca
Michelle Swanson, Coordinator of Research Publications / Library Coordinator
phone: 204.982.1174
email: m.swanson@uwinnipeg.ca
Senior Research Associate
Sarah Zell
phone: 204.988.7542
email: s.zell@uwinnipeg.ca
Research Associates
Joe Hatch
Ryan Shirtliffe
Christopher Northcote
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Dr. Aynslie Hinds
Fellows
Dr. Paul Lawrie
Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Winnipeg
Adjunct Professor, Department of History, University of Manitoba
Dr. Paul Lawrie received his Ph.D. (History) from the University of Toronto and was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Ontario Ministry of Economic Innovation and Development at the University of Toronto Scarborough. He teaches courses in the social and cultural history of the modern U.S. with research interests in African American, Urban, Labour and Disability histories.