VALERIE PERCIVAL Assistant Professor

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1 VALERIE PERCIVAL Assistant Professor The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs Carleton University Ottawa, Canada A. Education DrPH: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London) Dissertation: Health Reform in Post Conflict Kosovo MA: Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University Thesis: Correlation or Causation? Environmental Scarcity and Violent Conflict: The Case Studies of South African and Rwanda BA: University of Toronto B. Employment 1. Academic : 2007-present: Assistant Professor, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University 2. Other Employment 2006 to 2007: Senior Advisor, Health, Department of Foreign Affairs Canada Responsible for providing policy advice on HIV/AIDS and health and conflict issues; Key achievements: Developed and negotiated Canadian position for the June 2006 United Nations Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS, established a $500,000 fund for health and human security and programmed initiatives in conflict and health and children affected by HIV : Consultant: Health and Human Security, Department of Foreign Affairs Canada Assessed the relationship between health issues and Canadian Foreign Policy, with a focus on the human security agenda. Key achievement: Developed a strategy for integrating health into the human security agenda : Senior Analyst, HIV/AIDS, Department of Foreign Affairs (Canada) Assisted in identifying the impact of HIV/AIDS on Canadian Foreign Policy. Key achievements: Developed an HIV/AIDS strategy for the Department. Organized a workshop on human security and HIV/AIDS : Director, Kosovo Project, International Crisis Group (Kosovo) Carried out political assessments and local/international advocacy activities, served as project spokesperson, and supervised the research team which produced influential reports affecting policy-making in Kosovo. Key achievements: Principal author of six ICG reports. Testified as a witness before a U.S. Congressional Committee examining the ethnic crisis in Kosovo.

2 2001: Health Consultant, UK Department for International Development (Kosovo) Worked on a capacity-strengthening transitional initiative to reform the health care sector. Key achievement: Created an implementation plan to use a 100,000 development grant from Britain executed in Kosovo through the UN Department of Health. 2000: Health Advisor, Canadian International Development Agency (Kosovo) Co-ordinated information sharing on Kosovo health sector needs among Canadian and international donors, and worked to ensure that Canadian project funding and implementation satisfied lead-agency regulations. Key achievement: Developed a strategy for and initiated discussions among community and international-agency leaders to incorporate minority communities into Canadian-funded health treatment facilities Desk Officer, Kosovo and Serbia Assistance, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Canada) Assisted in the development of Canadian humanitarian/peace building policy for Kosovo and Serbia, and worked in co-operation with CIDA to implement a regional aid program. Key achievement: Co-ordinated multi-departmental Canadian government participation in regional Stability Pact working tables and represented Canada at meetings abroad Field Officer, United Nations High Commission for Refugees (Guinea) Assessed refugee camp living conditions, registered newly arrived and repatriating refugees, and supervised distribution of non-perishable and food aid in refugee camps in the region of Guinea bordering Sierra Leone and Liberia. Key achievement: Interviewed refugees, identified vulnerable individuals, and filed reports on human rights violations Research Associate, International Peace Research Institute PRIO (Norway) Served as lead researcher on a major environment and conflict project. Key achievement: Identified methods to improve the quality of subsequent research Research Associate, University of Toronto (Canada) Assisted in the research and dissemination of reports relating renewable resource scarcity to conflicts in Rwanda, South Africa and India. Key achievement: Provided information to senior Canadian and American government officials in an advocacy campaign to raise awareness of linkages between resource issues and global conflict. C. Professional Honours 1. Research Funding WHO, Health and Foreign Policy Bulletin ( ): $20,000 (with Chantal Blouin) Rockefeller Foundation ( ) for Health Diplomacy Monitor: $400,000 (with Chantal Blouin); Rockefeller Foundation ( ) for Health Diplomacy Network Website: $215,000 (with Chantal Blouin)

3 Principal Investigator - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Standard Research Grant ( ) for Battle over Numbers: Calculating Civilian Deaths in Conflict : $65, (with Dane Rowlands). **Requested extension on this grant Co-Investigator, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight Grant ( ) Tough on Fakes, Tough on Crime: A Multidisciplinary Study of Criminally Falsified Products that Threaten Public Safety $474,290 (Principal Investigator, Amir Attaran) Government of Norway: Project Funds for North America ( ). Exploring Dimensions of Global Health Governance University of Oslo and Carleton University. NOK **NOTE THAT UNIVERSITY OF OSLO PULLED OUT OF GRANT Carleton OVPRI Research Grant ( ) The Communication, Risk & Public Health Crisis Group, Principal Joshua Greenberg $57, Scholarships Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Doctoral Studies Scholarship (2000) London Goodenough Trust Award (2000) University of Toronto President s Scholarship (Declined 1997) Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, MA Award (Declined 1997) 3. Other Minister s Award for Foreign Policy Excellence, Department of Foreign Affairs, 2000 D. Publications: 1. Refereed Scholarly Publications a) Articles in Refereed Journals Gender equality in development: critical consideration in conflict-affected settings, Development in Practice, Forthcoming. (with Esther Richards and Sally Theobald) Health Diplomacy and Humanitarian Action: Unchartered Territory Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. Volume 26, issue 06, pp A Case Study of Health Sector Reform in Kosovo Conflict and Health 4: (with Egbert Sondorp) Ministerial Challenges: Post-conflict, post-election issues in Kosovo s health sector, The European Journal of Public Health, Vol. 13, Issue 2, Oxford University Press, June 2003 (with Anthony Zwi and Jim Campbell). Hospital Policy in Post-Conflict Settings, Site of Care and Struggle, Eurohealth, Vol 7, No. 3, Copenhagen, Autumn 2001 (with Anthony Zwi and Jim Campbell).

4 Environmental Scarcity and Violent Conflict: The Case of South Africa, The Journal of Peace Research, Vol.35, No.3, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo, 1998 (with Thomas Homer-Dixon). Environmental Scarcity and Violent Conflict: The Case of Rwanda, The Journal of Environment and Development, Vol.5, No.3, University of California, September, 1996 (with Thomas Homer-Dixon). b) Chapters in Edited Books Percival, Valerie. Health Diplomacy in Humanitarian Action, book chapter in Introduction to Global Health Diplomacy, Ilona Kickbusch, Tom Novotny, Harley Feldbaum eds. Imperial College Press Percival, Valerie. International Response to Conflict, book chapter in Health and Conflict, Egbert Sondorp, Natasha Howard eds. Open University Press, Instruments Available in the United Nations in Global Health Diplomacy: A Textbook Forthcoming from the Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies. (With Chantal Blouin and Mark Pearcey) The Case of South Africa in Ecoviolence: Links among Environment, Population and Security, Thomas Homer-Dixon and Jessica Blitt, eds. Lanham: Roman and Littlefield Publishers, The Case of Rwanda in Ecoviolence: Links among Environment, Population and Security, Thomas Homer-Dixon and Jessica Blitt, eds. Lanham: Roman and Littlefield Publishers, Environment, Poverty and Conflict: Future Avenues for Research, Research on Environment, Poverty and Conflict: A Proposal, Dan Smith and Willy Ostreng, eds. PRIO Report 3/97. International Peace Research Institute, Oslo, Other Non-Refereed Scholarly Publications a) Review Articles Submission of two pieces to Washington Consultation on Hyogo Post-2015 Framework of Action for Natural Disaster Reduction: Gender in the Humanitarian Response Joint Learning Initiative: Information Management During Emergencies Canada, Global Health and Foreign Policy: Muddling Through is Not Good Enough Canadian Foreign Policy, Vol 15, No 3 (with Chantal Blouin). b) Technical Reports Percival, Valerie, Tammy MacLean, Esther Richards, and Sally Theobald. Building Back Better? Health System Reconstruction and Gender Equality, Part One Literature Review and Framework Report Prepared for Stockholm International Peace Research Institution.

5 For International Crisis Group (Principal Author): A Kosovo Roadmap (II): Internal Benchmarks, Europe Report N 125, 1 March UNMIK s Kosovo Albatross: Tackling Division in Mitrovica, Europe Report N 131, 3 June Finding the Balance: The Scales of Justice in Kosovo, Europe Report N 134, 12 September Return to Uncertainty: Kosovo s Internally Displaced and The Return Process, Europe Report N 139, 13 December Kosovo s Ethnic Dilemma: The Need for a Civic Contract, Europe Report N 143, 28 May Two to Tango: An Agenda for the New Kosovo SRSG, Europe Report N 148, 3 September c) Creative or Professional Publications Blog Pieces: Open Democracy Blog: Women s rights in the developing world: Build it and it will come? April 10, 2014 NPSIA Blog: Reading Lean In from Mozambique January 14, 2014 Opinion Pieces: Women s Health Initiative Fails to Inspire The Ottawa Citizen, June 28, Choose Evidence over Emotion The Ottawa Citizen, April 30, A Vision for Haitian Health Care The Globe and Mail, January 20, (with Frederick Burkle, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. Kosovo is not Quebec The Ottawa Citizen, February 28, Kosovo Proves Iraq Needs the UN, The Globe and Mail, Toronto, April 14, Comment: Governing Mitrovica: A Critical Crossroads Institute for War and Peace Reporting, December 23, Lessons from Kosovo, The Observer, London, February 23, 2003 (with James Lyon). Governing Mitrovica: A Critical Crossroads, Institute for War and Peace Reporting, Magazine Articles: Getting Rwanda Wrong, Saturday Night, Toronto, September, 1995.

6 E. Other Scholarly or Professional Activity 1. Editorial Responsibilities Co-Editor: Health and Foreign Policy Bulletin a monthly publication that summarizes the most recent peer reviewed research on topics related to health and foreign policy (with Chantal Blouin). Ongoing. Health and Foreign Policy Monitor a regular online population that provides updates on international and bilateral negotiations related to global health (with Chantal Blouin). Ended as co-editor in Special Issue on Health and Foreign Policy, Canadian Foreign Policy Vol 15, No 3 (with Chantal Blouin). 2. Contract or Other Research Health Canada. The Partnership Agreement with UNAIDS: A Workplan. March Other Professional Activities Paper Presentation: International Studies Association Meeting San Francisco 3-6 April Building Back Better? Health System Reconstruction and Gender Equality, Part One Literature Review and Framework Chatham House, Global Health Diplomacy: A Way Forward in International Affairs, June 2011, London UK, presented paper entitled Health Diplomacy in Humanitarian Action. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Health as a Peace Dividend, December 2011, Stockholm Sweden. Presented two papers Building Back Better? Health System Reconstruction and Gender Equality, and Islamic Humanitarian Organizations: Trojan Horse or Saving Grace. Liberal Annual Convention, Evidence Based Policy Session: A Vision for Canada s Engagement Beyond our Borders, 14 January 2012, presented Lessons for Foreign Policy from Global Health. Head of Working Group, Gender and Identity, Stockholm International Peace Research Project Global Health and Security. Speaker, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative Summit, March Paper Presentation: Moving Beyond a Bridge to Nowhere: A Framework for the Relationship between Health Interventions and Peace. International Studies Association Speaker: Café Scientifique, Canadian Public Health Association, Ottawa, October Pearson Peacekeeping Centre, Participant, March Workshop on Health and Conflict, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo, April Discussant.

7 IGLOO: Policy Net Conference. Waterloo, November Discussant. Advisor DFAIT: Glynn Berry Fund, Health Envelope, Witness, United States Congressional Committee. The Helsinki Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, June 19, Media Appearances: CTV, Radio and television with BBC, Deutsche Velle, Radio Free Europe. 4. Scholarly Work in Progress a) Book Band-Aids for Bullets: Rebuilding Health Systems after War: Kosovo, East Timor and Afghanistan. Submitted to Palgrave MacMillan. b) Peer Reviewed Articles Health Systems and Gender in Post-Conflict Contexts: Building Back Better? Submitted to Conflict and Health (with Esther Richards and Sally Theobald) Gender-Blind: Rebuilding Health Systems in Conflict-Affected States Submitted to Conflict and Health. (With Esther Richards and Sally Theobald) Learning from each other: Comparing Information Management and Communication Practices in Pandemics and Humanitarian Emergencies, *Literature review for project with Josh Greenburg not yet submitted but part of the contribution to the Hyogo Post 2015 Framework of Action consultations in Washington DC. F. Academic Responsibilities (Teaching) Undergraduate Courses Taught: INAF 4101: International Engagement in Conflict Affected States (Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011) Graduate Courses Taught: INAF 5108: Conflict Analysis (Fall 2007) INAF 5109: Conflict Management (Winter 2008, Winter 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2011) INAF 5706: Global Health Policy: Challenges and Opportunities (Fall 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012) INAF 5409: Complex Humanitarian Emergencies (Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Fall 2011) G. Other. Portuguese Language Training Member, Maputo London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Member, Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research University of Ottawa, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Knowledge Translation and Health Techology Assessment in Health Equity. Member, Human Right Watch, Ottawa Committee