Erin completed a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Liberal Arts at Bishop’s University (Sherbrooke, Québec) in 2018. She focused her undergraduate studies on the study of phenomenology and ethics, using this lens to consider the underlying factors that impact the development of communities, and more specifically the factors that influence one’s ability to trust and relate to others within their community.

She later discovered a complementary interest in food security in Canada and is now focusing her studies on the impact of agricultural land development on rural communities. She is currently completing a master’s degree in Rural Planning and Development at the University of Guelph and hopes to concentrate her degree on community and social development, as well as resource and environment planning.