2024

BSIA to participate in SWR’s Carbon Cleanse competition for the second year

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Beginning October 7th, the Balsillie School will be competing for the second time in Sustainable Waterloo Region’s Carbon Cleanse competition. The School will compete against organizations from all over the tri-cities in a month-long sustainability contest comprising daily and weekly challenges. BSIA students, faculty, scholars and staff are invited to participate in the challenges and […]

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Two BSIA graduates named to Toronto Urban Fellows program 

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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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PhD Candidate Jinelle Piereder Successfully Defends Her Dissertation

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The Balsillie School community extends warm congratulations to Jinelle Piereder who successfully defended her dissertation, “Why Ideologies Matter: A network-based study of ideological conflict in public policy and global governance”, on September 9, 2024. We extend thanks to Jinelle’s supervisor, Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon, committee members Dr. Jonathan Leader Maynard and Dr. David Welch, internal/external Dr.

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Dispatch from XIth SCAR Open Science Conference 2024: Hope Tracey’s blog from the field

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Photo credit: Hope Elizabeth Tracey By Hope Elizabeth Tracey, PhD in Global Governance The Conference: For the first time in six years, due to pandemic restrictions, Antarctic researchers from all over the world were once again able to meet face to face for the XIth SCAR (Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research) Open Science Conference and

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BSIA PhD student recognized with prestigious Cadieux-Léger Fellowship

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August 28, 2024 – The Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA) is pleased to announce that fourth-year University of Waterloo PhD student Burgess Langshaw Power has been awarded the prestigious Cadieux-Leger Fellowship by Global Affairs Canada (GAC). The Cadieux-Léger Fellowship is awarded annually to just one doctoral student from across Canada who is researching a

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BSIA’s Zack Ahmed Addresses Global Audience at HLPF Side Event on the Food Security and Nutrition in the World

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Zack Ahmed, a PhD candidate in Global Governance and a researcher on migration and food security with MiFOOD Network, recently represented BSIA and the World Food Forum (WFF) at a high-profile side event during the United Nation (UN) High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in New York. The event, held on July 15, 2024,

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PhD Candidate Kristen Csenkey Successfully Defends Her Dissertation

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The Balsillie School community extends warm congratulations to Kristen Csenkey who successfully defended her dissertation, “Cybersecurity Governance in the Real World of Technology”, on June 25, 2024. We extend thanks to Kristen’s supervisor, Dr. Alistair Edgar, committee members Dr. Sara Matthews and Dr. Bessma Momani, internal/external Dr. Jeremy Hunsinger, and external examiner Dr. Leslie Shade.

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Call for Abstracts: “Charting New Trajectories: Global Governance in Transition Conference”

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In collaboration with the Canadian International Council, the Balsillie School is hosting a BSIA graduate student congress on July 12, 2024. The theme of this conference is “Charting New Technologies: Global Governance in Transition”. This hybrid event is an opportunity for the Balsillie School’s master’s student community to present ongoing research, such as Major Research

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Dispatch from the 2024 Technology Governance Policy Challenge

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Photo by Joanne Weston   By: Christy Lorenz, Jessica Stewart and Jessica Uitvlugt, MIPP students Last month’s “Technology Governance Policy Challenge,” hosted by the Balsillie School of International Affairs in collaboration with the School of International Service at American University, provided a unique and intense learning experience for students from both Balsillie and across the

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Dispatch from ISA 2024: Ana Visan’s blog from the field

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Photo by Ana Visan By: Ana Visan, PhD in Global Governance My ISA experience was focused on panels and conversations taking place at the intersection of international politics, critical border studies, and science and technology studies. This post highlights three such discussions which are not meant to be representative of my peers’ entire presentations or

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Dispatch from ISA 2024: Jonathan Hui’s blog from the field

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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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