MIPP ’24
Current Position: Consular Affairs Assistant, Embassy of Mexico in Canada
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MIPP ’23
Current Position: Senior Research Analyst, Public Service Commission of Canada
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The Balsillie School of International Affairs and the University of Waterloo’s School of Social, Political and Historical Research invite submissions for its Canada Defence 2035 Symposium, which will take place January 19–20, 2027. As Canada enters a period of significant defence transformation, the symposium will bring together scholars, policymakers, industry leaders, defence practitioners, and allied
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The Balsillie School community extends warm congratulations to Yazgulu Sezgin, who successfully defended her dissertation, “Between Policy and Practice: Gendered Precarity and the Experiences of Syrian Refugees in Türkiye” on August 20, 2026. We extend thanks to Lana’s supervisor Dr. Kim Rygiel, committee members Dr. Secil Dagtas and Dr. Suzan Ilcan, internal/external examiner Dr. Bree
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The Balsillie School community extends warm congratulations to Lana Gonzalez Balyk, who successfully defended her dissertation, “Everyday Infrastructures of Negotiation: Borders, Xenophobia, and Belonging among Latin American Migrant Women in Portugal” on August 14, 2026. We extend thanks to Lana’s supervisor Dr. Suzan Ilcan, committee members Dr. Secil Dagtas and Dr. Kim Rygiel, internal/external examiner
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Photo credit: Prishaa Rajalathan By Prishaa Rajalathan, MDP In my last blog, I wrote that mobilizing finance is a capability problem before it is a money problem, and that capability gets built one concept note at a time. This final dispatch picks up from there. Once the money arrives, or once a country decides to raise
The Balsillie School community extends warm congratulations to Sarah Murray, who successfully defended her dissertation, “Constructing Access: Canada and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities” on August 7, 2026. We extend thanks to Sarah’s advisor Dr. Alistair Edgar, committee members Dr. Bree Akesson and Dr. Andrew Thompson, internal/external examiner Dr. Stacey Wilson
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Photo credit: Prishaa Rajalathan By Prishaa Rajalathan, MDP I ended my first blog with the idea that a climate plan is only as strong as the communities it is built with. This blog explores what happens upstream of that, the point where an idea becomes a proposal, and a proposal becomes the investment needed to turn
The Balsillie School is proud to congratulate Master of International Public Policy student Matthew Sunil, who has been named one of the winners of the International Policy Ideas Challenge 2026. Managed by Global Affairs Canada in collaboration with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, this annual initiative celebrates Canada’s emerging policy leaders by inviting
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Notice of Dissertation Defence: Lana Gonzalez Balyk August 14, 2026 Abstract Portugal has become an important destination for Latin American migrants. Yet its self-image as a “migrant-friendly” country sits uneasily alongside bureaucratic dysfunction, rising housing precarity, and persistent gendered and racialized exclusions shaped by colonial histories. While scholarship on intersectional migration in Western Europe has
Notice of Dissertation Defence: Yazgulu Sezgin August 20, 2026 Abstract This dissertation examines the gendered experiences of Syrian refugees living under temporary protection in Türkiye, highlighting how legal frameworks, institutional policies, and humanitarian systems produce forms of precarity and inequality. Drawing on feminist, critical migration, and humanitarian scholarship, it emphasizes the importance of centering refugee
The School community was saddened to hear of the recent passing of Malcolm McCulloch, one of its valued BSIA Fellows associated with the STEM for Global Resilience Research Cluster. Professor McCulloch was a pioneering engineer, entrepreneur, teacher and advocate for sustainable energy. He believed that climate change and social inequity were the big challenges facing
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