EDUCATION

Ph.D. Economic Geography, ABD, 2010
University of Toronto
Thesis title : The bamboo that bends : Tracing a global value chain

M.A. Political Science, 2004
University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Thesis title: Corporatism, credit and clients: A political economy analysis of rural finance in Vietnam

B.A. (Hons., First Class) International Development Studies and History, 1997
Dalhousie University/King’s College, Halifax, Nova Scotia

LANGUAGES

English, French, Vietnamese

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Instructor, York University, Toronto, AS/Geog 4395: Asian Pacific Development, 2008/9

Instructor, University of Toronto. ASI400Y: Seminar in Asia-Pacific Studies, 2008

Teaching Assistant, Department of Social Sciences, University of Toronto at Scarborough, 2007
GGRA03 Cities and Environments

Teaching Assistant, Department of Geography, University of Toronto, 2006-2007
GGR342 Geography of Development in Southeast Asia

Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia, 1999-2000
Comparative Political Ideologies and Comparative Politics

Academic Advisor, World University Service Canada International Seminar, Vietnam, 2002

Coordinator, World University Service Canada International Seminar, Vietnam, 1998, 2001

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Researcher, University-Community Research Alliance, 2006-2007
University of Toronto Centre for Urban and Community Studies www.urbancentre.utoronto.ca

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Technical Advisor (part time), CHF-partners in rural development, 2009-present

Program Associate, Monitoring and Evaluation , Coady International Institute, 2004-2006
St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia www.coady.stfx.ca

Technical Coordinator, CHF-partners in rural development, 2002-2004

Development Facilitator: Localized Poverty Reduction in Vietnam Program (LPRV), 2000-2002
University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ho Chi Minh City

Project Officer: World University Service Canada (WUSC), Hanoi, Vietnam, 1997-1999

OTHER RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Research intern: CAMPFIRE, Chiredzi, Zimbabwe, 1996
English Language Teacher: École secondaire les seigneuries, St-Pierre-Les Besquets, Québec, 1994-1995
Programme intern: Morant Bay Hospital, Lyssons, Jamaica, 1994
Programme intern: Department of Health and Social Services, Souris, PEI, 1993

Can. Association for Studies in International Development, Kari Polanyi-Levitt Graduate Student Prize, 2008
Association of American Geographers, Economic Geography Graduate Student Research Award, 2008

University of Toronto Graduate Fellowship, 2007,2008

University of Toronto Department of Geography Research Fellowship, 2007

University of Toronto Asian Institute Graduate Student Support Grant, 2007,2008

PUBLICATIONS

Delaney, J. In press. The Tools of Empire? On microfinance, territory and the economic subject. Canadian Journal of Development Studies

Delaney, J. and N.D. Vinh. 2008. When Bamboo is Old, the Sprouts Appear: Rekindling local economies through traditional skills in Hanoi. In A. Mathie and G. Cunningham (eds.) Assets and Agency in Community Development. London: Practical Action.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Delaney, J. (2008). Culturing production or the production of culture? Traditional knowledge and asset based development in a bamboo construction cooperative. Paper presented at the Southeast Asian Geography Association biannual conference, Manila, June 2008.

Delaney, J. (2008). Diverse economies: mediating celebration and critique. Paper presented at the Association of American Geographers annual meeting, Boston, May 2008.

Delaney, J. (2007). Consumption Spaces and the Politics of Placemaking. Paper presented at the Second International Conference on Economic Geography, Beijing, China, 2007.

Delaney, J. (2007). The Tools of Empire? On microfinance, territory and the economic subject. Paper presented at the Association of American Geographers annual meeting, San Francisco, May 2007.

Delaney, J. (2002). Indicators of urban and rural poverty. Paper presented at the HCMC Economics University – Institute of Social Studies MDE Lecture Series.

Delaney,J. and Tran Thi Kim Xuyen. (2002). Indicators of urban poverty in HCMC. Paper presented at the Official Development Assistance Partnership (ODAP) Workshop on Poverty in HCMC.

Delaney, J. (2001). What we can learn from informal savings and credit? Paper presented at University of Social Sciences and Humanities of HCMC National Workshop on Microfinance and Development.

Delaney, J. (2002) Gendered violence and poverty: lessons from a Nghe An experience. Paper presented at the Institute of Ethnology Workshop on Ethnic Minorities and Poverty Reduction in Vietnam, Vung Tau. Delaney, J. (2000) How we learn about other peoples’ poverty. Paper presented at the Green College Speakers’ Series, University of British Columbia.

VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT

Steward, Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 3902, 2006-present
Board Member World University Service Canada, 2005-present
E-List Manager Hunger Eradication and Poverty Reduction in Vietnam, UNDP, 2002-present

MEMBERSHIPS

Canadian Associations for Studies in International Development (CASID)
Association of American Geographers (AAG)
Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG)