Over the past 20 years she has devoted much of her energy to examining diverse sectors of the sex industry; to that end she has undertaken qualitative research into street-based sex work, erotic dance, the in-call sector, escorts, clients, male sex workers and trafficking. She is currently completing a three year SSHRC-funded project on the management of the sex industry. She endeavors to put the principles of committed scholarship into practice and is active in the sex worker rights movement. Her engagement includes being an extremely active member of POWER (Prostitutes of Ottawa-Gatineau Work, Educate and Resist) Ottawa's first by-and-for sex worker rights group; currently she is the group's vice-chair.