2023

Illustration from Habitat for Humanity of a school class learning about Menstruation

Dispatch from UNESCO India: Aleyna Aygor’s second blog from the virtual field

Photo credit: Habitat for Humanity Australia By Aleyna Agor, MIPP I have been working as a Junior Professional Consultant (JPC) at UNESCO New Delhi for about two months now. Under the supervision of the Head of the Education Unit and Programme Specialist, I meet the New Delhi team remotely and provide them support in the areas […]

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Chelsea Sidloski standing in front of a United Nations sign.

Dispatch from UNDP in Fiji: Chelsea Sidloski’s first blog from the virtual field

Photo credit: Chelsea Sidloski By: Chelsea Sidloski, MIPP Gender Equality is a fundamental human right that is an inherent component and indicator of economic growth and development. In Fiji and across the South Pacific islands, structural gender inequality and discrimination against women exists in various socioeconomic spheres such as women’s economic participation, government representation, and

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Five children laughing

Dispatch from UNESCO India: Larissa Prata Varella’s first blog from the virtual field

Photo credit: UNESCO By Larissa Prata Varella, MIPP Sitting here in my home office in Waterloo, Canada, I am writing this post a little sleepy after having two meetings this week that ended past midnight due to being in a different time zone. A downside of working remotely. However, my 19-year-old self starting her bachelor’s

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Two women with brightly coloured fabric on their heads are fishing using their hands

Dispatch from UNDP in Fiji: Mackenzie White’s first blog from the virtual field

Photo credit: UNDP Pacific Office | Gender Division By Mackenzie White, MAGG Hello! My name is Mackenzie White, and this is my first blog post about working remotely as a Junior Professional Consultant (JPC) in gender and sustainability with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Pacific Office in Fiji. This incredible opportunity is the final

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PhD Candidate Jennifer Kandjii Successfully Defends Her Dissertation

The Balsillie School community extends warm congratulations to Jennifer Kandjii who successfully defended her dissertation, “Xenophobic Citizenship, Unsettling Space, and Constraining Borders: Assembling Refugee Exclusion in South Africa’s Everyday”. We extend thanks to Jennifer’s supervisor, Dr. Suzan Ilcan, committee members Dr. Jonathan Crush and Dr. Margaret Walton-Roberts, internal/external examinar Dr. Cameron McCordic and external examiner

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