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Rev Dr Susan J Tam

Honorary Postdoctoral Associate
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Biography

Susan recently completed her PhD with Alphacrucis University College, which investigated the lived experiences of women in leadership in ministry.

Susan's diverse interests focus on her commitment to creative and strategic engagement at the intersection of research, leadership, women's issues and community development. In addition to serving in multiple leadership roles in the church since 1990, she developed national policies and international testing standards for pharmaceuticals, spearheaded and wrote policies for community development, led Vaughan UnLeashed for the successful implementation of the first off-leash dog park and was managing director for an NGO that upcycled textile waste into reusable menstrual products for women in developing countries.

Susan is a member of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, where she serves as the chair of the Diversity Committee. She is also a founding board member and secretary of the Canadian Pentecostal Library.

Qualifications

MALM (Ambrose University) – 2021

BSc (McMaster University) – 1987

PhD (Alphacrucis University College), Collect their stories: the lived experiences of women in leadership in the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada – 2025

  • Research Publications

    Books

    • Forthcoming
      • Tam, S.J. Collect Their Stories: The Lived Experiences of Canadian Pentecostal Women in Ministry and Leadership. Brill. | External link

    Journal Articles

    • 1997
      • Cyr, TD, Duhaime, RM, Graham, SJ, Ormsby, ED, Lawrence, RC and LeBelle MJ (1997). Metered dose inhalers III: metaproterenol sulphate; particle size distribution and dose uniformity. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 15 no. 11 1709-1718.
      • LeBelle, MJ, Graham, SJ, Ormsby, ED, Duhaime, RC, Lawrence, RC, Pike, RK (1997). Metered-dose inhalers II. Particle Size measurement variation. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 151 no 2 209-221.
      • Graham, SJ, Duhaime, RM, LeBelle, MJ, Savard, C, Shanghavi, BS and Webb, J (1997). Combined Dose Uniformity and Particle Size Testing: The Canadian Experience. Journal of Aerosol Medicine, 11 no. S1 S17.
    • 1996
      • LeBelle, MJ, Pike RK, Graham SJ, Ormsby ED, Bogard, HA (1996). Metered-dose inhalers I: drug content and particle size distribution of beclomethasone dipropionate. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 14 no. 7 793-800.
    • 1993
      • Beaulieu, N, Graham, SJ, Lovering, EG (1993). Liquid Chromatographic Determination of Glyburide (Glibenclamide) and Its Related Compounds in Raw Materials. Journal of Association of Official Analytical Chemists International, 76 no. 5 962-965.
      • Graham, SJ, Beaulieu, N, Lovering EG (1993). Sensitive High Pressure Liquid Chromatographic Assay Method for Formoterol Fumarate. Journal of Liquid Chromatography, 16 1497-1503.
    • 1992
      • Beaulieu, N, Graham, SJ, Sears, RW, Lovering, EG (1992). Liquid Chromatographic Determination of Alprazolam and Related Impurities in the Drug Substance. Journal of Association of Official Analytical Chemists International, 75 no. 5 801-803.
    • 1991
      • Cyr, TD, Graham, SJ, Li, KYR, Lovering, EG (1991). Low First-Spray Drug Content in Albuterol Metered-Dose Inhalers. Pharmaceutical Research, 8 no. 5 658-660.
      • Beaulieu, N, Cyr, TD, Graham, SJ, Lovering, EG (1991). Liquid Chromatographic Method for Selegiline Hydrochloride and Related Compounds in Raw Materials and Tablets. Journal of Association of Official Analytical Chemists, 73 no. 3 453-455.
      • Beaulieu, N, Cyr, TD, Graham, SJ, Lawrence RC, Lovering, EG (1991). Methods for Assay, Related Substances, and Organic Volatile Impurities in Triazolam Raw Materials and Formulations. Journal of Association of Official Analytical Chemists, 74 no. 3 456-460.
      • Beaulieu, N, Curran, NM, Graham, SJ, Sears, RW, Lovering, EG (1991). Validation of an HPLC Method for Nifedipine and its Related Substances in Raw Materials. Journal of Liquid Chromatography, 14 no. 6 1173-1183.
      • Lacroix, PM, Graham, SJ, Lovering EG (1991). High-performance liquid chromatographic method for the assay of verapamil hydrochloride and related compounds in raw material. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 9 no. 10-12 817-822.
    • 1989
      • Beaulieu, N, Graham, SJ, Sears, RW, Lovering, EG (1989). Validation of a method for the assay of related compounds in Famotidine raw materials and formulations. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 7 no. 12 1705-1709.

  • Internal and External Grants

    • 2023
      • AC Conference Funding, $750, AC

  • Presentations

    • 2026
      • Communing with the Spirit: Prayer as a Spirit-led Methodology in Grounded Theory Research. (2026), Society of Pentecostal Studies Annual Meeting, Waco, TX, 12 Mar 2026
    • 2025
      • (with Kimberly Alexander, Cheryl Bridges Johns, David Wells, Linda Ambrose, Joseph Dutko) Faith and Feminism: Contradictory Convictions, Oxymoronic Opinions, and Paradoxical Practices in Pentecostalism.” A Book Panel Discussion L. Ambrose’s Pentecostal Preacher Woman and JL Dutko’s The Pentecostal Gender Paradox (2025), Society for Pentecostal Studies Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 13 Mar 2025
    • 2023
      • In Our Own Tongues”: Amplifying Pentecostalism’s Minoritized Female Voices (2023), Society for Pentecostal Studies Annual Meeting, Tulsa, OK, 11 Mar 2023
    • 2018
      • Infiltration of the Nones (2018), Ambrose Research Conference, Calgary, AB, 29 Mar 2018
    • 1997
      • Combined Dose Uniformity and Particle Size Testing: The Canadian Experience (1997), International Society for Aerosols in Medicine Focus Symposium, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 11 Sep 1997
    • 1996
      • Taking MDI Product Performance One Step Further (1996), Respiratory Drug Delivery V, Phoenix, AZ, 05 Apr 1996
    • 1995
      • Albuterol Metered-Dose Inhalers: Particle Size Distribution Measurement (1995), American Association of Aerosol Research 14th Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, 10 Oct 1995
    • 1993
      • A Study of Drug Content Uniformity in Single Sprays of Metered-Dose Inhalers (MDIs) (1993), American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 15 Nov 1993
    • 1992
      • Testing Scheme for Unit Spray Drug Content of Metered-Dose Inhalers (1992), Pharmaceutical Sciences Group 4th Annual Technical Conference, Alliston, ON, 13 Oct 1992
    • 1991
      • Comparison of Two Apparatuses for Collecting Single Sprays for Metered-Dose Inhalers (MDIs (1991), Pharmaceutical Sciences Group 3rd Annual Technical Conference, Alliston, ON, 17 Oct 1991
    • 1990
      • Validation of an HPLC Method for Nifedipine Raw Materials (1990), The 41st Pittsburgh Conference and Exposition on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, New York, NY, 08 Mar 1990

  • Book Reviews

    Book Reviews
    • 2026
      • Tam, Susan J (2026). Review of The Spirit & Race in John’s Gospel: Belonging and the People of God.. , . | External link
      • Tam, Susan J (2026). Review of Canadian Pentecostal Reader: The First Generation of Pentecostal Voices in Canada (1907-1925) by Martin W. Mittelstadt and Caleb Howard Courtney. , . | External link

  • Awards

    • Ithiel Conrad Clemmons Student Travel Award, Society for Pentecostal Studies (2023)
    • The Ellen K. Hebden Memorial Award For Excellence in Pentecostal History, Master's Pentecostal Seminary (2023)

  • Funded Projects

  • Engagement Publications

    Other Publications
    • 2026
      • Tam, Susan J (2026). Collect Their Stories: What Women in PAOC Leadership Are Teaching Us. | External link
      • Tam, Susan J (2026). The Best Innovation Isn’t a Program – It’s a Posture. | External link
    • 1998
      • Graham, SJ (1998). Nutraceuticals/Functional Foods and Health Claims on Food. | External link
      • Graham, SJ (1998). Policy Development in the Therapeutics Products Programme.
    • 1997
      • Graham, SJ (1997). Commercial Cultivation of Industrial Hemp.

  • Professional Memberships


    Society for Pentecostal Studies (since 2021)



  • Supervision

    • Current
      • Arnaud, F, Imago Dei as a Biblical Foundation for Women’s Leadership in the Church (Masters Project/Thesis)

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