Dr. Jennifer Vansteenkiste – Researcher, Gender and Development Specialist Dr. Vansteenkiste’s feminist-informed research is predicated on the premise that power is spatial, crosses borders, and informs social relations. Specifically, she examines the impact of the world food economy on Haitian peasant efforts to decolonize and make critical contributions to food security in light of protracted
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Dr. Steve Sider is associate dean and professor in the Faculty of Education at Wilfrid Laurier University where he teaches courses in global education, school leadership, and inclusive education. He currently holds three Canadian national research grants examining inclusive leadership practices of Canadian school principals. He travels regularly to Haiti, Ghana, and Egypt where he is involved
Roy Brouwer is Professor in the Department of Economics and Executive Director of the University of Waterloo’s Water Institute. He obtained his MSc degree in Agricultural Economics from Wageningen Agricultural University in the Netherlands and his PhD degree in Environmental Economics from the University of East Anglia in the UK. Before joining the University of Waterloo,
Ashley Lebner is Associate Professor of Religion and Culture at Wilfrid Laurier University. She is currently completing a monograph, The Mystic of Friendship in Settler Amazonia, which explores the mystic relational dynamics that have animated the resettlement and politics of Southeast Amazonia since the late twentieth century. The book extends work that has appeared in venues including Current Anthropology (see especially
Dr. Michael Dark is a political scientist and diplomatic historian who studies conflict resolution and mediation. He has been the Executive Director of the Alberta Institute for American Studies at the University of Alberta, has worked for the United Nations, and been a senior manager in the government of Ontario. In academia he has been
Nathan C. Funk, Ph.D., is Associate Professor and Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies at Conrad Grebel University College, the University of Waterloo, in Waterloo, Ontario. His research and writing address religious and cultural dimensions of conflict and peacemaking, and focus especially on the Middle Eastern context, “Islamic-Western” identity conflict, local empowerment in international peacebuilding,
Dr. Carrie B. Sanders is Associate Professor of Criminology at Wilfrid Laurier University and Director of the Centre for Research on Security Practices (CRSP). Her research focuses on policing technologies, police intelligence practices, plural policing, gender in policing, and technologically mediated interactions in criminal justice. Using qualitative methods, her research empirically studies how political, economic,
Dr. Narendran Kumarakulasingam’s work explores the world-making capacities of marginalized actors in contexts of massive violence. One area of his scholarship examines the lived experience of atrocity in postcolonial societies as a site for rethinking globalized notions of redress, repair and transgression. A second, undertaken in collaboration with Mvuselelo Ngcoya (University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, Durban),
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Global Health Dr. Neil Arya is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Public Health Sciences at the University of Waterloo and in Health Sciences at Wilfrid Laurier University. He was the founding Director of the Global Health Office at Western University where he conducted research regarding the impact of international experiences on host communities
Michael W. Manulak is Assistant Professor of International Affairs at Carleton University. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Toronto, his M.A. from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, and earned a D.Phil in International Relations from the University of Oxford. His research focuses on international organizations, multilateral diplomacy,
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Mark Sedra is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo. His current research focuses peacebuilding and statebuilding issues in conflict-affected countries. He has conducted research on a number of countries and regions, including Northern Ireland, the Middle East, and the Balkans; however, the bulk of his research
Christopher Bennett is a Definite Term Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Waterloo. His research interests cover a wide range of topics in political theory, climate ethics, and the history of ideas. His recent work focuses conceptions of justice between generations that can help guide contemporary responses to climate change. More specifically, he
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