Media
Recognizing Exceptional Women in Our Community
South Asian Mid Week News Weekly, May 5, 2015Print
URL: http://southasiandaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/part_1.pdf
Amanda was recognized for the Leading Women, Leading Girls, Building Communities Award.
Today's letters: Capital Builders and other local heroes
False assumptions about sexual assaut
Media Action and Wingd
by Amanda Parriag
Wingd
Amanda represented Media Action at the Wingd Pre-Launch Book Event.
Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence
by Amanda Parriag
Parliament of Canada
Amanda represented the Centre for Research and Information on Canada at the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defense. This was recorded in the Hansard and broadcast on CPAC.
Tracking the Faulty Logic of Sexual Assault Trials
Published by Policy Options
February 21, 2017
A close look at court transcripts shows past decisions were largely based on myths about the nature of sexual assaults.
Logic Should not be Optional in Sexual Assault Trials
Published by Policy Options
November 15, 2016
The lack of logic and reason among the leaders of our justice system in sexual assault trials should give Canadians pause.
Biography
Dr. Amanda Parriag has 17 years of experience as a researcher and consultant in a wide range of social and public policy areas. She has concentrated on quantitative and qualitative data analyses: survey design, data manipulation and longitudinal studies on the quantitative side; facilitation of focus groups and consultations, strategy and planning sessions, symposia and workshops on the qualitative side.
Parriag has extensive experience in conducting program evaluations, primarily in the health sector. Under her leadership, ParriagGroup has completed a number of surveys, focus groups, and key informant interviews with specific target groups. For example, for the MiHR, Parriag conducted consultations with Indigenous people, women, and new Canadians. As part of the Ottawa Police Services Recruiting Campaign, focus groups were held with members of Ottawa’s diverse communities to help shape the communications used to brand the Recruiting Campaign. Parriag has completed a number of research and evaluation projects in Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Ontario focused on the efficiency of various health programs. In Ontario she was recently part of a team that conducted a Ministry of Health and Long Term Care evaluation of a pilot project where chiropractors were placed in primary care physicians' offices.
Parriag has designed research programs that are robust, comprehensive, and specifically designed for clients’ individual goals. In addition to her vast experience on qualitative and quantitative data collection methods, Parriag taught a course on survey design for the Canadian Evaluation Society in both Charlottetown and Halifax. Parriag has 11 years of experience as a communications consultant in a wide range of social and public policy issue areas. She focuses on creating communications plans, news releases, key messages, question and answer packages, providing communications advice, masterminding communications approaches and events, and making complex issues understandable. Parriag worked with the Department of International Trade to combine communications materials supporting three different programs into a single comprehensive package. She recently worked with the Homelessness Secretariat at Human Resources and Skills Development Canada to create user-friendly documents from longer, more complex research papers.
Recognition/Reconnaissance
Leading Women, Leading Girls, Building Communities Award | Personal
Leading Women Building Communities Recognition Program April 2015
Femmy Award Nominee | Personal
International Women's Day Ottawa March 2016
Additional Titles and Affiliations
President of Media Action Média
Past Talks
UnBitten Tongues Opening
UnBitten Tongues
Ottawa Public Library, May 25, 2015
Panel Presentation
Dream, Girl Panel
Brockville Arts Centre, January 11, 2017
Off the Beaten Track: Asian Canadians in the Creative Field
Off The Beaten Track: Asian Canadian in the Creative Field
Library and Archives Canada
ANCFSAO's Heart and Spirit: An Indigenous Care Provider's Training Program
Reconciliation Through Culturally Appropriate Child Welfare Practices
Sarnia, ON, April 26, 2016