Sim Sitzer (he/him) is a graduate of the Master of Development Practice from the Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA) and University of Waterloo.

The program prepared him to work as a sustainable development practitioner, with required courses in international development, sustainability, and systems thinking. He further took electives in global food governance, sustainable cities, international migration, and issues in housing.

For his master’s practicum, Sim completed a graduate fellowship at the BSIA, joining a team of master’s students and PhD mentors to develop a briefing note on net-zero transformation and climate diplomacy. They later presented their findings to an official from Environment and Climate Change Canada.

His graduate studies were further enriched by the opportunity to represent his department on University of Waterloo’s Environment Graduate Student Association as the Co-Representative of the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED).

Before joining the BSIA, Sim completed a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations at Florida International University, and spent two years working for a Member of Parliament in Ottawa.

Outside of work, Sim is a bit of a language nerd and loves to travel—he speaks intermediate French and Spanish, with French fluency the next goal on the list.