Varinder Badh

Associate faculty

Humanitarian Studies

Dr. Varinder Badh is a scholar-practitioner who has a keen interest in linguistics and perception in relation to social justice.  Badh is an expert in the subject of language around injuries and is particularly interested in the power of words, in shaping beliefs, impacting opinions and moulding thoughts. She is passionate about social justice and teaching using an interdisciplinary perspective. She is an active social justice advocate and passionate about injury prevention through mindful action. Varinder is particularly interested in the ways certain discourse causes people to negate particular behaviors as “fate”, “chance” or “will of god”. Badh relies on qualitative methodologies and leverages the insight of participatory research, authoethnography and critical epistemologies in her work.

Experience

Badh has taught at several academic institutions in BC since 2007.  She has worked primarily at the undergraduate level, but also teaches and develops curricula for in-house training for government. Badh has published papers and actively participates in guest lectures at the University of Alberta, and the University of British Columbia. Badh has presented at various conferences and workshops on the findings from her research on discourse and perception. She has worked with the RCMP and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service as an Intelligence Officer. At present, she manages the passenger transportation portfolio at the Ministry of Transportation with the BC government.

Badh has been a recipient of several awards and scholarships.

Education

2014
Doctorate of Social Sciences in Interdisciplinary Studies

Royal Roads University

2002
Master of Arts

Department of International Criminology, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK

2000
Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Sociology

Simon Fraser University