She studied art history and writing at the University of Victoria where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Her Master of Fine Arts degree came from the University of British Columbia, her MSc in Writing and Cultural Politics came from the University of Edinburgh as did her PhD where she wrote on writers' houses/museums and resonant things with a focus on the Victorian era and thing theory via Heidegger.
She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Victoria, followed by a Master of Fine Arts from the University of British Columbia, an MSc in Writing and Cultural Politics from the University of Edinburgh, and a PhD from the same institution, which focused on writers' houses/museums and resonant things with a focus on the Victorian era and thing theory via Heidegger.