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Book by BSIA Faculty member wins prestigious book award

January 30, 2025 / 1 minute of reading

Photo credit: Neil Craik Warm congratulations to BSIA Faculty member Neil Craik, whose recent book, Liability for Environmental Harm to the Global Commons (Cambridge University Press, 2023), was awarded the 2024 Canadian Council on International Law’s Scholarly Book Award. The Award recognizes the work of Canadian scholars of international law that make a substantial contribution […]

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BSIA releases “The Illiberal Order: 2025 Global Trends Report”

January 14, 2025 / 2 minutes of reading

The Balsillie School of International Affairs is pleased to launch The Illiberal Order: 2025 Global Trends Report, an anthology of policy briefs prepared by students in the Masters of International Public Policy and Masters of Arts in Global Governance programs. The ninth in the series of Global Trends Reports, The Illiberal Order features briefs on

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Dispatch from the United Nations Development Programme in Tanzania: Amila Sadic’s third blog from the field

January 6, 2025 / 3 minutes of reading

Photo credit: Amila Sadic By Amila Sadic, MAGG Happy New Year! The last few weeks of 2024 at UNDP Tanzania have been busy but rewarding! In the last blog, I discussed the upcoming Annual STICE Meeting, which was a great success! For STICE, UNDP and partners had a presentation and panel discussion with the Ministry

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Dispatch from the United Nations Development Programme in Tanzania: Amila Sadic’s second blog from the field

December 2, 2024 / 3 minutes of reading

Photo credit: Amila Sadic By Amila Sadic, MAGG These past few weeks have been action-packed! The end of the year is very busy for FUNGUO as this is the time that they select the next cohort of investees! To get a better understanding of what FUNGUO UNDP does, I will use the example of their

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Dispatch from the United Nations Development Programme in México: Hannah Bacon’s second blog from the field

November 22, 2024 / 3 minutes of reading

Photo credit: Hannah Bacon By Hannah Bacon, MAGG It is hard to believe I have almost reached the halfway point of my time here at UNDP Mexico. Since my last post, I have been able to participate in numerous UNDP events and workshops, such as sessions on women’s leadership in business and participation in unions,

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Dispatch from United Nations Headquarters: Jessica Stewart, MIPP Graduate, Project Ploughshares Research Intern

October 24, 2024 / 3 minutes of reading

Photo credit: Jessica Stewart By Jessica Stewart, MIPP Over the past month, I have been working for Project Ploughshares as a research intern on outer space security. One of my first projects was to help draft and deliver a civil society statement to be delivered at the United Nations 79th First Committee Session for Disarmament

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Dispatch from the United Nations Development Programme in Tanzania: Amila Sadic’s first blog from the field

October 23, 2024 / 3 minutes of reading

Photo credit: Amila Sadic By Amila Sadic, MAGG Habari! I have only been in Dar Es Salaam a few weeks and I already have so much to share! I am working as a Communications, Outreach, and Partnership Fellow at The FUNGUO programme. The program is dedicated to supporting businesses and start-ups in the field of

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The Migration+Technology Hub launches at the BSIA

October 21, 2024 / 1 minute of reading

The BSIA celebrated the successful launch of the Migration+Technology Hub on October 8th, 2024 with a full-day workshop, Migration and Technology: Governance Innovations, Challenges, and Future Directions. The workshop featured engaging panel discussions and a keynote address by Dr. Eleonore Fournier-Tombs, Head of Anticipatory Action and Innovation at the United Nations University, who delivered insights

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