Leah McMillan Polonenko is a Proiect Evaluator and Applied Researcher, specializing in international development, social policy, and experiential learning. She has worked in higher education in Canada and the United Arab Emirates, and served as an evaluation consultant and researcher for a variety of development projects, with regional expertise in Sub-Saharan Africa. She is currently Program Coordinator, International Development Studies in the Centre of Critical Development Studies at the University of Toronto Scarborough.