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Monica Batac
she/they/siya
Assistant Professor
Dr. Monica Anne Batac (she/they/siya) is an Assistant Professor at the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Social Work. A 2026–2027 Fulbright Canada Visiting Research Chair and 2018 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholar, she is a critical qualitative researcher, community practitioner, writer, and educator. Informed by self-help and empowerment traditions, her interdisciplinary work bridges scholarship and community organizing to advance Filipino Canadian community development, capacity-building, and collective action.
Publications/Papers
Batac, M. (2021). “Failing” and finding a Filipina diasporic scholarly “home”: a de/colonizing autoethnography. Qualitative Inquiry, 28(1): 62-69.
Bayley, J., Phipps, D., Batac, M., & Stevens, E. (2018). Development of a framework for knowledge mobilisation and impact competencies. Evidence & Policy, 14(4): 725-738.
Batac, M., Stohner, F. C., & Danan, K. V. (2022). From paperback to praxis: in search of Filipina/x feminisms in the diaspora. In G. J. Wilson, J. B. Acuff, & A. M Kraehe (Eds.), A Love Letter to This Bridge Called My Back (195-203). University of Arizona Press.
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