Afrida Faiza

Afrida Faiza-• - • linkedin.com/in/afrida-faiza-6672a4118 EXPERIENCE University of Calgary, Graduate Teaching Assistant Aug 2023 - Present Created a Departmental Podcast for the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at University of Calgary. Leading eight team members and managing, content creating, recruiting team members, communicating with various stakeholders. BetterStories Limited, Research Associate Jan 2023 - Mar 2023 Communication with different Stakeholders Completing Transcriptions Interviewing Proposal Writing Research work BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, Senior Research Assistant Jul 2020 - May 2022 Situation Analysis and Design Support for Enabling Digital Financial Inclusion and Women’s Economic Empowerment in Vulnerable Women Benefit Programme in Urban Bangladesh” – This project was funded by World Food Programme (WFP) and this was also a subcontract agreement with LightCastle Partners Limited. The project partook in a situational analysis of the most vulnerable women and men in different regions of Bangladesh. The study population consisted of people with disabilities, the elderly, sex workers, transgenders, pregnant or lactating mothers or widows, and destitute or separated poor women. • Partook in intense fieldwork in Korail Slum, Dhaka, and Thanchi, Bandarban. Participated in coding and analysis. • Communicated with partners and arranged meetings Completed IRB submission for this project • Participated in the tool or guideline development process Participated in daily tasks and administrative work OSUN (Open Society University Network) project “Digital Health and Rights” – This project dealt with the Digital Health-related needs of youth focusing on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and Mental Health. • Was a core member of this project as I was involved in the everyday administrative work and communication strategies Was part of the tool development process • Participated in the ethical workshop Conducted pretest interviews • Participated in weekly clinics with the whole consortium • Participated in writing the inception paper which we did with the University of Andres, Colombia. Conducted Digital Ethnography. Mobile Financial Services: “Exploring opportunities to improve health outcomes and enable better health systems delivery through mobile money” in collaboration with Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. • Developed qualitative guidelines • Completed over 10 transcriptions and translations for this project. • Interviewed several Community Health Workers both Shastho Shebikas and Shasthya Kormis • Partook in the data analysis section for the documentation process of the BRAC Health, Nutrition, and Population Programme. • Involved in the development of Fact Sheets for further dissemination of the documentation. Right Here Right Now 2 This project dealt with the SRHR needs of adolescents of diverse backgrounds (Male, Female, LGBTQI population) • Writing literature reviews and report Proofreading and copyediting Anthropological Study of Face Mask - I was involved in this project for a brief time as this was merely a concept note development. Mental Health during pandemics of university students: I was involved in doing literature reviews for this project. Right Here Right Now 1 Involved in completing over 20 transcriptions both translating (from Bangla to English) and transcription writing. Involved in the communication process for arranging Qualitative Research training online. Performed administrative tasks Afrida Faiza - page 1 of 2 BRAC University, Teaching Fellow Jul 2020 - May 2022 I have also worked as a Teaching Fellow under BRAC University’s Masters in Public Health program during 3 different courses of the program. As a Teaching Fellow, I had to prepare quizzes, check assignments, complete administrative work, and assess students on participation along with assisting the main faculty with the online classes. Additionally, I was the main Teaching Fellow for two of the courses. Swisscontact, Research Assistant Nov 2019 - Dec 2019 I worked as a Research Assistant for Swisscontact’s ASTHA project. During this period, I had been involved in fieldwork, conducting surveys in 4 separate districts in Bangladesh. EDUCATION University of Calgary Anthropology • 2023 - 2025 BRAC University Development Studies • 2020 - 2022 BRAC University Social Sciences in Anthropology • 2015 - 2018 Minor in English HONORS & AWARDS Aga Khan University London Summer School Programme Dean’s List Vice Chancellor’s List Vice Chancellor’s Certificate for the Anthropology Program BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh • Afrida Faiza - page 2 of 2