International Level Service
| Sept. 2016 – Sept. 2020 | Steering Committee member, International Geographic Union, Gender and Geography Commission |
| April 2015 – Current | Co-founder and Chair, Task Force on the Status of Mental Health in Geography |
| Sept 2012 – June 2016 | External Examiner, Undergraduate Degree, Department of Geography, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine campus, Trinidad and Tobago. |
| Jan – Dec 2012 | International Benchmarking Review of UK Human Geography |
Member of an International Panel (chaired by Professor David Ley, UBC, Canada) that reviewed UK Human Geography. The principal role of the International Panel was to assess the international standing and contribution of UK Human Geography as a whole, with reference to four principal areas: research quality; research capacity; research impact and future development of the discipline. This high-profile review was supported by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG).
National Level Service
| 2002 – 2003 | Chair, Geography, Planning and Environmental Studies Committee, SSHRC, Canada. |
| 1999 – 2000 | Geography Committee Member, Social Science and Humanities Research |
| 2000 - 2001 | Council (SSHRC), Canada. |
University Service
(at York University unless otherwise stated)
University Level
| Jan. – March 2013 | Committee Member, Search Committee for Director of CERLAC |
| February 2011 | Committee Member, Search Committee for Director of CSGES |
| March 2008 | Committee Member, Search Committee for Director of YCPE |
| December 2007 | Committee Member, Research Working Group for the new Faculty of Liberal Arts. |
| January 2005 - June 2005 | Committee Member, Senate Committee on Tenure and Promotion |
| January 1999 – March 1999 | Committee Member, Search Committee for Chair of School of Women’s Studies. |
| October 1985 - June 1988 | Committee Member, National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education (NATFHE), Kingston University, UK. |
| October 1983 - June 1985 | Committee Member, Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staff (ASTMS), University of East Anglia, UK. |
| October 1980 - June 1983 | Postgraduate Representative, ASTMS, Reading University, UK. |
Research Centres
| July 2014 - present | Director, The City Institute |
| July 2013 - June 2014 | Acting Director, The City Institute |
| July 2007 - June 2008 | Director, Centre for Feminist Research |
| July 2006 - June 2007 | Executive Board member, The City Institute |
| July 2006 - Present | Member, The City Institute |
| Sept.1992 - Present | Member, Centre for Research in Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Sept. 1992 - Present | Member, Centre for Feminist Research |
Graduate Programmes
| Jan. 2012 – April 2012 | Member, Admissions Committee, Graduate Programme in Development Studies |
| Sept. 2010 –June 2011 | Member, Executive Committee, Graduate Programme in Geography |
| Sept. 2009 –Sept. 2011 | Member of Graduate Study Committee, Women’s Studies Programme |
| Sept 2007 – Present | Member, Graduate Programme in Development Studies |
| Sept.1998 – June 1999 | Member of Graduate Study Committee, Women’s Studies Programme |
| July1995 - June 1998 | Member of Executive Committee, Women’s Studies Graduate Programme |
| January 1995 – May 1995 | Member of Admissions Committee, Women's Studies Graduate Programme |
| July 1993 – Present | Associate member of the Faculty of Environmental Studies |
| July 1992 – Present | Graduate Programme in Gender, Feminist and Women’s Studies |
| Sept. 1991 – Sept. 1992 | Executive Committee Member, Graduate Programme in Geography |
| July 1990 – Present | Graduate Programme in Geography |
Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies
| July 2016 – Present | Chair, Search Committee, FLA&PS, CRC Tier II |
| Sept. 2014 – June 2015 | Chair, Search Committee, FLA&PS, CRC Tier I Urban Transnationalism |
| Sept. 2009 – 2011 | Member, Committee on Research Policy and Planning Sub-Committee member for the Minor Research Grant Adjudication for Spring 2010. |
| July 1997 – June 1999 | Faculty of Arts Tenure and Promotion Committee |
| July 1996 – June 1999 | Interdisciplinary Co-ordinators Committee |
Undergraduate Programmes
| January 2017 – June 2017 | Chair, Teaching Awards Committee, Department of Social Science |
| July 2016 – June 2017 | Joint co-ordinator, Urban Studies Program |
| February – June 2015 | Chair, Adjudication Committee, Department of Social Science |
| July 2014 – June 2015 | Joint co-ordinator, Urban Studies Program |
| Sept. 2010 – 2013 | Member, Executive Committee, Department of Social Science |
| Sept. 2010 – 2013 | Chair, Adjudication Committee, Department of Social Science |
| Sept. 2009 – March 2010 | Member, Search for new Chair of Department of Social Science |
| Nov. 2006 – Jan. 2007 | Chair, Search Committee for a tenure track post in Urban Studies in the Division of Social Science, Faculty of Arts |
| Nov. 2006 – Feb. 2007 | Chair, Search Committee for a tenure track post in the Undergraduate Programme in Women’s Studies, Faculty of Arts |
| Sept. 2006 – Feb. 2007 | Chair, Search for new chair of Division of Social Science |
| July 2006 – June 2007 | Joint Co-ordinator, Urban Studies programme, Division of Social Science |
| Sept. 2004 – March 2005 | Committee member, Ethics Committee, Geography Department |
| Sept. 2004 – Dec. 2004 | Committee member, Search Committee for a tenure track post in Development Studies, Division of Social Science |
| April 2004 – Feb. 2005 | Chair, File Preparation Committee (for Lisa Drummond), Division of Social Science |
| June 2003 – April 2004 | Member, Division of Social Science Tenure and Promotions Committee |
| June 2003 – April 2004 | Chair, File Preparation Committee (for Engin Isin), Division of Social Science |
| April 2002 – April 2003 | Committee member, File Preparation Committee (for Kamala Kempadoo), Division of Social Science |
| January 2002 – March 2002 | Committee member, Search Committee for a tenure track post in Caribbean Studies |
| January 2001 – June 2001 | Committee member, Search Committee for a tenure track post in Urban Studies and Committee member, Search Committee for a tenure track post in International Development Studies, Division of Social Science |
| July 2000 – June 2003 | Undergraduate Programme Director, Division of Social Science |
| March 1999 –June 1999 | Chair, Search Committee for a CLA in Urban Studies in theDivision of Social Science, Faculty of Arts |
| July 1998 – June 1999 | Committee Member, Programs Committee, Division of Social Science |
| February 1997 | Committee Member, Search Committee for a new Co-ordinator in the Undergraduate Programme in Women’s Studies, Faculty of Arts |
| January 1995 – May 1995 | Member of Curriculum Committee, Women's Studies Undergraduate Programme |
| July 1993 – June 1999 | Co-ordinator of Urban Studies Programme, Division of Social Science. |
| Jan. 1994 – April 1994 | Chair, Search Committee for a tenure track post in Urban Studies Division of Social Science |
| July 1993 – July 1996 | Member of Executive Committee, Division of Social Science |
| July 1991 – present | Member, Urban Studies Programme Council |
| July 1991 – July 1992 | Affirmative Action Officer, Division of Social Science |
| July 1989 – June 1990 | Affirmative Action Officer, Department of Geography |
| Sept. 1985 – June 1988 | Co-ordinator of the Geography Field of the Part-time Degree in Combined Studies, Kingston University, UK. |
| Sept. 1983 – August 1985 | School of Development Studies (DEV), University of East Anglia(UEA), UK.
Advisor to women students; Admissions Committee Member; Overseas Liaison Officer; Chair of Working Party on restructuring the undergraduate course on "Analysis and Techniques". |
Service to the community: local and overseas
International
| May 2017 | Expert affidavit, Asylum case, Darryl Wynn, Attorney-at-Law, New York, USA LLP, New York, USA |
| February 2016 | Expert affidavit, Asylum case, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, USA |
| October 2013 | Expert affidavit, Asylum case, Immigration Equality, New York, USA |
| June 2013 | Expert affidavit, Asylum case, Rhonda deJean, Barrister and Solicitor, New York, USA |
| February 2011 | Expert affidavit, Asylum case, Brenda Wemp, Barrister and Solicitor, Vancouver |
| September 2009 | Expert affidavit, Asylum case, Immigration Equality, Inc., New York, USA |
| August 2009 | Expert affidavit, Asylum case, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, USA |
| May 2009 | Expert affidavit, Asylum case, Masliah & Soloway, PC, NY, USA |
| April 2007 | Expert affidavit, Asylum case, Cooley Godward, Kronish LLP, New York, USA |
| March 2007 | Expert affidavit, Asylum case, Immigration Equality, New York, USA |
| September 2005 | Expert affidavit, Asylum case, Legal Aid Agency, New York, USA |
| June 2005 | Expert affidavit, Asylum case, Thompson Hine LLP, New York, USA |
| March 2005 | Expert affidavit, Asylum case, Immigration Equality, New York, USA |
| February 2005 | Expert affidavit, Asylum case, Lesbian and Gay Immigration Task Force, NY, USA |
Guyana
| January 1992 – Present | Associate member of Red Thread with specific responsibility for research. |
