Academic Background

1997 PhD University of Toronto

Faculty of Social Work

Thesis: "Civil Society as Shadowland: Mediations among Structure Agency and Space"

1985 McMaster University

Master of Arts, Social Welfare Policy

1975 University of Regina

Bachelor of Arts, Psychology

Biography

Dr. Caragata teaches in the areas social policy and community development. Her doctoral teaching includes epistemology and the production of knowledge.

Areas of research and specialization include marginalization and oppression, most recently focussed on labour market changes and welfare state retrenchment.

Dr. Caragata's academic work follows extensive practice experience including grassroots community organizing, social housing development, public policy coordination and public administration.

Dr Caragata has been the Principal Investigator on a Community University Research Alliances (CURA) project "Lone Mother's: Building Social Inclusion" which has been funded by SSHRC. See below and the attached link for further project information. Headline

Lea's most recent SSHRC funded research examines resilience in low income lone mothers and explores individual, familial, community and structural factors that mediate risk and adversity.