Bryanna Hines

Bryanna Hines is currently a Research Assistant and Ethics Coordinator at the Diversity Institute, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Ethics Board Reviewer and PhD student. Bryanna completed a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in 2016, a Master of Arts in Early Childhood Studies in 2018 and a Master of Social Work in 2020. She has worked in the community with underserved women at Fred Victor, at Kids Help Phone as a Crisis Responder and at University of Toronto as a Research Assistant. Her experience, both academic and in the social work field has equipped her to identify and critically analyze policy issues as they relate to children and under-served populations. She has grounded her graduate work in focusing on the ethics of involving children in research working from a social constructivism paradigm, while adopting a ‘new’ sociology of children framework, rights-based framework and a critical and intersectional lens. Bryanna has a strong background in research methodology and ethics. She hopes to expand on her Master’s MRP through examining the active participation of children in policy-making decisions in Canada while looking at the ways that other countries involve children in policy-making. Through examining this, Bryanna aims to develop a practical framework for the involvement of children in policy-making in Canada.