Heather Gibb is Senior Researcher (Gender Equality and Workers' Rights) at The North-South Institute (NSI), an independent policy research institute based in Ottawa, Canada. Her recent publications include Human Rights and Private Sector Development: A Discussion Paper (with John Foster and Ann Weston, NSI, 2008); Gender and Regional Trade Agreements (APEC WLN, 2008); Gender Dimensions of Intellectual Property and Traditional Medicinal Knowledge (UNDP Regional Centre in Colombo, 2007); and, Farmworkers from Afar: Results from an International Study of Seasonal Farmworkers from Mexico and the Caribbean Working on Ontario Farms (NSI, 2006). She is a graduate of McGill University and the University of British Columbia, and is a member of the International Working Group on Gender, Macroeconomics and International Economics.