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The Balsillie School community extends warm congratulations to Carla Johnston, who successfully defended her dissertation, “Relationships Across Scale: Indigenous Peoples in Global Food Governance and Community-Led Action for Climate-Adapted Food Systems with Sambaa K’e First Nation and Ka’a’gee Tu First Nation” on September 11, 2026. We extend thanks to Carla’s supervisor Dr. Alison Blay-Palmer, committee

The Balsillie School community extends warm congratulations to Justin Barnes, who successfully defended his dissertation, “Pathways of Influence: Indigenous Peoples’ Agency and Leadership in Arctic Governance” on September 8, 2026. We extend thanks to Justin’s supervisor Dr. Alex Latta, committee members Dr. Debora VanNijnatten, Dr. Derek Armitage and Dr. Jennifer Spence, internal/external examiner Dr. Patricia

The Balsillie School community extends warm congratulations to Johanna Wilkes who successfully defended her dissertation, “Fallow Fields or Fertile Ground: Analysing Food Governance in a Changing World” on March 28, 2025. We extend thanks to Johanna’s supervisor, Dr. Alison Blay-Palmer, committee members Dr. Alistair Edgar and Dr. Rianne Mahon, internal/external examiner Dr. Alex Latta, and

The School community is mourning the recent passing of our colleague Professor Hind Al-Abadleh, one of our valued BSIA Fellows and an active member of the STEM for Global Resilience Research Cluster. Hind was generous with her time, having recently mentored a team of master’s students who wrote a policy brief for Global Affairs Canada on

The Balsillie School community extends warm congratulations to Jeremy Wagner who successfully defended his dissertation, “Foreign Models and Discordant Outcomes in Nairobi’s Food System” on January 15, 2025. We extend thanks to Jeremy’s supervisor, Dr. Jonathan Crush, committee members Dr. Andrea Brown and Dr. Bruce Frayne, internal/external examiner Dr. Chris Anderson, and external examiner Dr.

The Balsillie School of International Affairs is pleased to announce a new partnership with OVHcloud, a global cloud player and the leading European cloud provider, to help drive technical advancements and meaningful discussions on technology governance. The partnership was announced on November 5th at the inaugural “Canada’s Innovation Future” event, co-hosted by the BSIA, OVHcloud