She has a PhD in Adult Education and Community Development from the University of Toronto and has been working on participatory video for almost ten years. Dr. Thompson’s research has focused on food security and food sovereignty in remote northern First Nations and investigated community development interventions. Dr. Thompson has been elected as the co-president of the Environmental Studies Association in Canada for the last four years and was a board member of Food Secure Canada and the Association of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research. In the past 5 years Dr. Thompson has published 18 papers in refereed journals in press or published and one co-edited book as well as a number of videos that have reached film festivals. Participatory Video to Empower First Nation Communities in Northern Manitoba.