Pieter de Vos

Pieter is a facilitator, community organizer, and engaged academic. In his role as a community development practitioner with Alberta Culture and Tourism, he supports non-profits and public sector organizations across the province. His assignments have ranged from leading strategic planning and change management sessions with executive teams in the provincial government; to supporting the Mayor’s Task Force to Eliminate Poverty in Edmonton; to working with community-based organizations to address social inclusion. He has recently started venturing into the world of human-centred design, which resonates with his commitment to honouring the stories people live by. 

Pieter has a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Alberta as well as a MSc in Public Health. His research focuses on using narrative and visual methods to explore community understandings of home and belonging in an informal settlement in South Africa.

Over the past several years, Pieter has enriched his practice by using documentary photography (www.pieterdevos.ca), digital storytelling, and arts-based methods to enhance dialogue and collaboration. He has facilitated workshops using these methods in Kenya, Sweden, Tanzania, Pakistan, Haiti, and the USA. These community-based projects have animated the dialogue on poverty and homelessness, HIV/AIDS, childhood injury, and gender relations.

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Pieter_de_Vos

Pieter de Vos
Core Lab Team Member