Vicki Squire is Professor of International Politics at the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick. Her research explores the politics of migration, displacement, asylum and solidarity activism across various contexts. She is author of several books, including Reclaiming Migration (2021, Manchester University Press), Europe’s Migration Crisis (2020, Cambridge University Press), Post/Humanitarian Border
Trevor McCrisken’s research and teaching interests are in US foreign policy and US politics with a focus on the use of US military force, counterterrorism, national security policy and the ideational bases for US foreign policy. His current major research project focuses on the narratives constructed around the use of drones for ‘targeted killing’. He is
Dr. Karen Yeates MD, FRCPC, MPH. is a graduate of McGill University (BSc 1993) and Queen’s University School of Medicine (1997). She is currently a Professor of Medicine and Clinician-Scientist in the Department of Medicine at Queen’s University. She co-founded (2012) and co-directed the Office of Global Health (ending in 2016) within the Faculty of
Mark Raymond is the Wick Cary Associate Professor of International Relations and the Director of the Cyber Governance and Policy Center at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of Social Practices of Rule-Making in World Politics (New York: Oxford University Press, 2019). His work appears in various academic journals including International Theory, the
Don McCutchan has broad international experience, working with the financial sector, pension funds, mining, and real estate. A former senior official at the Canadian Department of Finance, Don was involved in virtually all areas of government policy and was actively involved with the negotiation of the Canada/U.S. Free Trade Agreement. Don has extensive experience coordinating
Dr. Sujata Ramachandran is a team member of the Global Migration and Food Security (MiFOOD) Network and the Remitting for Resilience (R2) Project, two international research initiatives focused on internal and international migration, food security, remittance practices, and climate adaptation. Her research interests include migration and sustainable development, migration governance, and migrant integration in Canada,
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Monica Emelko is a Professor of Environmental Engineering and Canada Research Chair in Water Science, Technology & Policy at the University of Waterloo, where she also serves as the Director of the Water Science, Technology & Policy Group. Monica’s research is focused on drinking water supply and treatment, and risk analysis for public health protection.
Dr. Zhenzhong Si is a researcher specializing in migration, food security, and sustainable food systems, with a particular emphasis on China and Canada. He holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Waterloo. His research in China spans urban food security, the roles of wet markets, migrant food workers, and digital platforms, as well
Global Governance Programs(MAGG, PhD)and Partnership ManagerUniversity of Waterloo
Michael Lawrence is a Research Fellow of the Polycrisis Project at the Cascade Institute (Royal Roads University, Victoria BC) where he examines the causal mechanisms of crisis interactions across such global systems as governance, energy, food, economy, climate, ecology, technology, and security. He leads the Institute’s production of complexity learning tools, co-edited of the Global
Dr. Cheryl Martens is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of Sociology and History at the University of San Francisco Quito. She is co-investigator and the Quito project leader for the Hungry Cities Partnership project: Migration and Food Security in the Global South (MiFood). Her latest work focuses on Venezuelan migration and temporary shelter (Care, 2021)
Benny Skinner (they/them) is a Two-Spirit thinker, educator, and creator living in the Great Lakes Regions (Waterloo, Haldimand Tract) of Turtle Island. On their father’s side, they come from the community of Harbour Round, Newfoundland that has mixed Ktaqmkuk Mi’kmaq, Inuit, Keltic, and French ancestry. On their mother’s side, they come from the Kapampangan people
