PHD
Vice President Programs
Deborah Harrison received a BA Hons from Queen’s University, and an MA and PhD from York University. She is currently Professor (retired) and Adjunct Professor of Sociology at the University of New Brunswick, a former Director of the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research, a former member of the Canadian Forces Advisory Council to Veterans Affairs Canada, and a member of the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society.
She is first author of the research monographs No Life Like It: Military Wives in Canada (Toronto: James Lorimer,1994), The First Casualty: Violence Against Women in Canadian Military Communities (Toronto: James Lorimer, 2002), Growing Up in Armyville: Canada’s Military Families During the Afghanistan Mission (Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2016),and numerous articles. Her hobbies are hiking, kayaking, and dog therapy.
