The School community is mourning the recent passing of our colleague Professor Hind Al-Abadleh, one of our valued BSIA Fellows and an active member of the STEM for Global Resilience Research Cluster. Hind was generous with her time, having recently mentored a team of master’s students who wrote a policy brief for Global Affairs Canada on […]
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The Balsillie School community extends warm congratulations to Jeremy Wagner who successfully defended his dissertation, “Foreign Models and Discordant Outcomes in Nairobi’s Food System” on January 15, 2025. We extend thanks to Jonathan’s supervisor, Dr. Jonathan Crush, committee members Dr. Andrea Brown and Dr. Bruce Frayne, internal/external examiner Dr. Chris Anderson, and external examiner Dr.
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The Balsillie School of International Affairs is pleased to launch The Illiberal Order: 2025 Global Trends Report, an anthology of policy briefs prepared by students in the Masters of International Public Policy and Masters of Arts in Global Governance programs. The ninth in the series of Global Trends Reports, The Illiberal Order features briefs on
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Photo credit: Amila Sadic By Amila Sadic, MAGG Happy New Year! The last few weeks of 2024 at UNDP Tanzania have been busy but rewarding! In the last blog, I discussed the upcoming Annual STICE Meeting, which was a great success! For STICE, UNDP and partners had a presentation and panel discussion with the Ministry
Photo credit: Amila Sadic By Amila Sadic, MAGG These past few weeks have been action-packed! The end of the year is very busy for FUNGUO as this is the time that they select the next cohort of investees! To get a better understanding of what FUNGUO UNDP does, I will use the example of their
Photo credit: Hannah Bacon By Hannah Bacon, MAGG It is hard to believe I have almost reached the halfway point of my time here at UNDP Mexico. Since my last post, I have been able to participate in numerous UNDP events and workshops, such as sessions on women’s leadership in business and participation in unions,
The Balsillie School of International Affairs is pleased to announce a new partnership with OVHcloud, a global cloud player and the leading European cloud provider, to help drive technical advancements and meaningful discussions on technology governance. The partnership was announced on November 5th at the inaugural “Canada’s Innovation Future” event, co-hosted by the BSIA, OVHcloud
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Photo credit: Jessica Stewart By Jessica Stewart, MIPP Over the past month, I have been working for Project Ploughshares as a research intern on outer space security. One of my first projects was to help draft and deliver a civil society statement to be delivered at the United Nations 79th First Committee Session for Disarmament
Photo credit: Amila Sadic By Amila Sadic, MAGG Habari! I have only been in Dar Es Salaam a few weeks and I already have so much to share! I am working as a Communications, Outreach, and Partnership Fellow at The FUNGUO programme. The program is dedicated to supporting businesses and start-ups in the field of
The BSIA celebrated the successful launch of the Migration+Technology Hub on October 8th, 2024 with a full-day workshop, Migration and Technology: Governance Innovations, Challenges, and Future Directions. The workshop featured engaging panel discussions and a keynote address by Dr. Eleonore Fournier-Tombs, Head of Anticipatory Action and Innovation at the United Nations University, who delivered insights
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Photo credit: Hannah Bacon By Hannah Bacon, MAGG As I finish my first month with the Gender Unit at UNDP Mexico, I have just as much to reflect on as to look forward to in the next six months. Arriving alone in Mexico City, only equipped with simple Spanish, was as daunting as it was
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
