Photo courtesy of the Harvard Kennedy School The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and the Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA) marked the start of a new partnership on Friday, September 20th with Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government’s Carr Center to engage with the work of leading scholars in technology governance. As part […]
The BSIA sends warm congratulations to MIPP graduates Asha Harris and Adwoa Konadu-Yiadom who have both been accepted into the Toronto Urban Fellows program offered by the City of Toronto. The program is extremely competitive, selecting just 16 Fellows out of hundreds of applicants each year. It provides an intensive introduction to the governance, operations and
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The School community was sad to hear of the recent passing of Reid Morden, one of its valued BSIA Fellows who was associated with the STEM for Global Resilience Research Cluster. Reid had a long and decorated career as a Canadian public service leader. In addition to serving in Canadian diplomatic missions in New York,
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Photo by Jonathan Hui By Jonathan Hui, PhD With the theme of “Putting Relationality at the Centre of International Studies”, the International Studies Association held its annual conference in San Francisco from April 3-6th, bringing together scholars primarily in the fields of international relations (IR) and political science, alongside sections for history, sociology, history, and
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Photo credit: Adam Ladha By Adam Ladha, MAGG Earlier this year in February, I had the opportunity to participate in Carleton’s Model NATO simulation. The simulation was three days of discussion and debate, highlighting the geopolitical dynamics of NATO. I personally was assigned the role of special representative to Ukraine for the NATO Ukraine council,
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Congratulations to Eric Helleiner, who has won the International Political Economy Best Book Award from the International Studies Association for his recent book, “The Contested World Economy: The Deep and Global Roots of International Political Economy.” The IPE Best Book Award recognizes an outstanding monograph in the field of International Political Economy published within the
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Photo credit: Adwoa Kondu-Yiadom By Adwoa Kondu-Yiadom, MIPP student As I approach the six-month mark of my volunteer journey with the UNDP in Rwanda, I can’t help but feel a sense of nostalgia. It has been a joy stepping into the UNDP office each day. A place where individuals from diverse backgrounds unite under a common
Photo credit: Allison Petrozziello/Alba Congratulations once again to Allison Petrozziello, who has won the ISA Human Rights section’s Lynne Reiner Publishers Award for Best Dissertation for her 2023 dissertation “Birth Registration as Bordering Practice: A Feminist Analysis of Migration Governance and the Production of Statelessness.” The selection committee wrote that Allison’s dissertation “develops novel insights
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Photo credit: Marcelo Jaramillo Cárdenas By: Jessica Stewart, MIPP The months of preparation played a pivotal role in the challenging yet rewarding weekend of the Carleton Model NATO. From marking position papers to slamming the gavel, Model NATO taught me the importance of collaboration, the difficulty of reaching consensus, and the value of Canadian alliances.
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Photo by Tamara Lorincz By Tamara Lorincz, PhD candidate February 8, 2024 I attended the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which took place from November 30 to December 12, 2023 and was held in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, a petrostate, during the
BSIA Director Ann Fitz-Gerald travelled to the United Arab Emirates last week to sign an MOU with American University of Sharjah (AUS) to strengthen collaboration in international studies, global governance and transnational diplomacy. The two institutions will collaborate on research, development and initiatives that provide students with dynamic international academic and experiential learning opportunities. It
Warm congratulations to PhD graduate Dr. Allison Petrozziello whose hard work was recognized with two medals at Laurier’s convocation ceremony on Friday, October 13. Allison earned the prestigious Governor General’s Academic Medal (Gold), which is awarded at fall convocation to the graduate student who achieves the highest academic standing in a master’s or doctoral degree
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