I’m a prairie kid who loves research. I have a Master’s in economics with a focus on public programs, labour and education. Long before that, I did my undergrad in physics & English with a math minor.
Besides my resume, you’ll find this page full of sewing projects, the odd published poem, and stories about Canadian science.
A note about the blog title: in math and physics, the prefix eigen means one's own. It comes from the german, but mostly I always liked thinking about a particle's eigenvalues, and thought I might apply the same thought to my excursions.
MA Economics
Completed April 2024 | University of Saskatchewan
Research project examines the effect of a 1990-91 change in kindergarten entry rules in BC on the adult educational and income outcomes of students.
BSc Physics and English, Mathematics minor
Completed 2013 | University of Saskatchewan
Research Assistant
for Dr. Haizhen Mou, School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan
December 2023 – Present
Studying the impact of universal childcare in Quebec on immigrant women’s labour. Research is conducted primarily in a Statistics Canada Research Data Centre, and involves data extraction and analysis primarily using Stata. Data analysis uses cross-sectional time series and panel data, propensity score matching, and difference-in-difference.
Research Assistant
for Dr. Vince Hopkins, Behavioural Public Policy Lab, University of Saskatchewan
Aug 2022 - Sept 2023
The lab focuses on improving low-income and marginalized people’s access to public services. I contributed to survey and field experiment design and execution, including survey programming, data pre-analysis and project management. I also conducted rapid literature reviews, including on take-up of integration services among newcomers to Canada.
Teaching Assistant
University of Saskatchewan
Sept 2023 – December 2023
Econ 408/804 - Econometrics I: Introduction to the application of econometric methods to the examination of economic problems.
Taught labs and review sessions on Stata, R, and econometric theory.
Econ 808 - Econometrics I: The fundamentals of estimation and inference in the classical regression model.
Taught labs and review sessions on Stata, R, and econometric theory.
Econ 356 - International Monetary Economics: A survey of the theory and practice of the international monetary system.
Marked assignments and exams.
Communications Coordinator
Canadian Light Source Inc. / Centre canadien de rayonnement synchrotron
2015 - 2023
Conducting and coordinating all outward-facing communications for a national non-profit research facility. Coordination with government stakeholders a key component of work.
TCPS 2: CORE 2022 (Course on Research Ethics) - Government of Canada
2022
Gender Based Analysis (GBA) Plus - Women and Gender Equality Canada
2022
Leadership Essentials for Supervisors - Edwards Executive Education, University of Saskatchewan
2021
Policy Researcher
Fashion Revolution Canada
2022 - Present
Repair volunteer
Warm Hearts Jacket Repair Project
2023 -2024
Steering Committee Member
Global Biotech Week, Saskatoon
2016 - 2022
Secretary
Saskatchewan Professional Marketing Association
2020-2022
Meritorious (top 15% of teams worldwide) – Mathematical Modelling Competition
2013
2nd place, Applied Physics – Canadian Undergraduate Physics Conference
2012
Hannon Scholarship for English – University of Saskatchewan
2012
The Behavioural Public Policy Lab. (2023). Increasing take-up of WorkBC: Results from the 2022 BC Employment Services Survey. University of Saskatchewan. Submitted to the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction. Government of British Columbia.
Martinez (Ed.). (2022, June). Canadian Light Source Research Report 2021. In lightsource.ca. Canadian Light Source. https://www.lightsource.ca/about/policies-and-reports/cls_researchreport_2021_web.pdf
Martinez (Ed.). (2021, May). Canadian Light Source Research Report 2020. In lightsource.ca. Canadian Light Source. https://www.lightsource.ca/images/cls_researchreport_2021_final.pdf
Martinez (Ed.). (2020, May). Canadian Light Source Research Report 2019. In lightsource.ca. Canadian Light Source. https://www.lightsource.ca/images/cls_researchreport_2019_web.pdf
Martinez (Ed.). (2018, May). Canadian Light Source Research Report 2017. In lightsource.ca. Canadian Light Source.
Martinez (Ed.). (2017, May). Canadian Light Source Research Report 2016. In lightsource.ca. Canadian Light Source.
Martinez (Ed.). (2016, May). Canadian Light Source Research Report 2015. In lightsource.ca. Canadian Light Source.
Written and oral fluency in French and English.