Associate Professor and Program Chair
Global Development Studies
Abbotsford campus, D3432
email GeetanjaliDr. Geetanjali Gill has degrees in Development Studies and Development Policy and Planning from the University of Toronto, the London School of Economics and Political Science (UK), and the University of Sussex (UK). She has taught development studies courses at the University of Sussex (UK), Simon Fraser University (International Studies department), and Kwantlen Polytechnic University (Anthropology department).
Geetanjali has also worked for 18 years as an international development practitioner and researcher in the UK, Canada, Sub-Saharan Africa, and South Asia, with research institutions, non-governmental organizations, international organizations, donors, and governments. She continues to collaborate with global development sector organizations as a scholar-practitioner.
Ph.D./D.Phil. Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK.
“Poverty and Exclusion in an Ethnically-Plural Society – the case of Goodlands town, Mauritius”. Supervised by Dr. Ann Whitehead and Dr. Elizabeth Harrison. Recipient of Overseas Research Scheme Award, and Edward Boyle/Alberta Research Scholarship.
M.Sc. Social Policy and Planning in Developing Countries with Distinction, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK.
“Towards Sustainable Livelihoods for small dry-land farmers in India – the role of local knowledge”. Supervised by Dr. Jo Beall. Specialization in Gender and Development and Rural Development. Training in Participatory Rural Appraisal by Robert Chambers.
B.A. Honours Specialist in International Development Studies Co-op and Major in Human Geography with Distinction, University of Toronto, Canada. Recipient of Ali Tayeb Award for Excellence in Geography. Thesis supervised by Dr. Janice Boddy.
Dr. Geetanjali teaches foundational and specialized courses in global development studies at UFV.
Geetanjali teaches the following courses:
Dr. Geetanjali Gill is carrying out SSHRC-funded research on decolonizing development practices, intersectional gender inequalities, gender norms and gender-transformative change in the global South, gender-based violence in the global South, and the use of feminist, participatory and arts-based research methods. She has also contributed to research at the Institute of Development Studies (UK), the Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Ecology (India), the Southern Africa Development Community (Botswana), the United Nations Economic Commission of Africa Gender Division (Ethiopia), and the Mauritius Research Council.
Member of the BC Council for International Cooperation.
Principal Trainer at workshop for Canadian NGOs for BC Council for International Cooperation, "Applying Gender-Based Analysis + 2-part Workshop”, November 2020.
Dr. Geetanjali Gill engages with community-based organizations to organize annual events for International Development Week, International Women's Day, and World Refugee Day.
Scholar-Practitioner Experiences