Nik is a Haiti solidarity activist from Montréal. With Dru Oja Jay, he co-authored Paved with Good Intentions: Canada’s development NGOs from idealism to imperialism, released in 2012 by Fernwood Publishing. He recently completed a Master’s degree in History at Queen’s University, which focused on Québec’s Chile solidarity movement in the 1970s. He is now a contractor working at IJDH and BAI to fight for Haitian voices to be heard through democratic elections.