PhD Candidate Johanna Wilkes Successfully Defends Her Dissertation

March 31, 2025 / 1 minute of reading

The Balsillie School community extends warm congratulations to Johanna Wilkes who successfully defended her dissertation, “Fallow Fields or Fertile Ground: Analysing Food Governance in a Changing World” on March 28, 2025. We extend thanks to Johanna’s supervisor, Dr. Alison Blay-Palmer, committee members Dr. Alistair Edgar and Dr. Rianne Mahon, internal/external examiner Dr. Alex Latta, and […]

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Dispatch from UNDP Viet Nam: Madelyn Rawlyk’s second blog from the field

March 6, 2025 / 4 minutes of reading

Photo credit: Madelyn Rawlyk By Madelyn Rawlyk, MAGG The root tasted like I thought it would: earthy but fresh, somewhat herbal (?), and reminiscent of rhubarb or raspberries maybe. I wasn’t quite sure what it was, but I had full confidence in the Dao woman who had handed it to me and motioned to eat.

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Call for Participation: Canada-Germany Workshop – “Sustainable Energy Transitions, Individuals, and Communities”

February 27, 2025 / 1 minute of reading

The Balsillie School of International Affairs is hosting a half-day hybrid workshop on Wednesday, April 16th, 2025, between Waterloo Region and German-based academic researchers. Focusing upon the ways in which individuals and communities advance a sustainable energy transition, the purpose is to share perspectives, with an aim towards transatlantic learning through comparative studies and exploring

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Registration Open for BEI’s Executive Certificate in Governance and Innovation in the Age of Intangibles

February 21, 2025 / 2 minutes of reading

The Balsillie Executive Institute (BEI), the BSIA’s executive development branch, is pleased to announce that registration is open for its Executive Certificate in Governance and Innovation in the Age of Intangibles, which will begin in May 2025. This cutting-edge, five-week online program is designed for professionals in government, the private sector, and the not-for-profit

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Dispatch from UNDP Mexico: Hannah Bacon’s third blog from the field

February 14, 2025 / 4 minutes of reading

Photo credit: Hannah Bacon By Hannah Bacon, MAGG In the final month of my position at UNDP Mexico, I have started to reflect on my time here and what it has taught me about the world, the intergovernmental sector and myself. Now, in a particularly harrowing time for gender equality and women’s rights in global

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BSIA is closed and all classes are cancelled today

February 13, 2025 / 1 minute of reading

Feb 13, 2025 – The University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University have announced that both campuses are closed today and all classes are cancelled. Please note that this means that classes are also cancelled at the BSIA campus and in-person meetings and other scheduled events are cancelled. All staff will be working remotely. Our

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Balsillie Case Studies unpack the intersection and challenges of tech-governance across sectors

February 10, 2025 / 3 minutes of reading

The Balsillie School of International Affairs has launched the Balsillie Case Studies, a repository of evidence-based true stories of technology-related governance dilemma across various sectors globally. The case study series is one of the flagship programs of the Technology Governance Initiative that the BSIA launched in 2023. The cases present a wide range of the

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BSIA PhD student recognized by Carbon Removal Canada as one of six ‘Notable Women’ working in carbon removal

January 31, 2025 / 1 minute of reading

Congratulations to BSIA PhD student Stephanie Rose Cortinovis, who was recently recognized by Carbon Removal Canada as one of six ‘Notable Women’ working in carbon removal in Canada. Stephanie was acknowledged for her contributions to marine carbon removal and her participation in a series of National Science Foundation workshops on climate interventions at the Earth

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Book by BSIA Faculty member wins prestigious book award

January 30, 2025 / 1 minute of reading

Photo credit: Neil Craik Warm congratulations to BSIA Faculty member Neil Craik, whose recent book, Liability for Environmental Harm to the Global Commons (Cambridge University Press, 2023), was awarded the 2024 Canadian Council on International Law’s Scholarly Book Award. The Award recognizes the work of Canadian scholars of international law that make a substantial contribution

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The BSIA remembers BSIA Fellow Hind Al-Abadleh

January 16, 2025 / 2 minutes of reading

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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PhD Candidate Jeremy Wagner Successfully Defends His Dissertation

January 16, 2025 / 1 minute of reading

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 Jeremy’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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BSIA releases “The Illiberal Order: 2025 Global Trends Report”

January 14, 2025 / 2 minutes of reading

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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