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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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
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
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 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 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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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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The Balsillie School community extends warm congratulations to Nisar Azmat Chattha who successfully defended his dissertation, “Climate-Geoengineering as Development: Applying the Capabilities Approach to Climate Responses in South Asia“, on October 2, 2024. We extend thanks to Nisar’s supervisor, Dr. Neil Craik, committee members Dr. Juan Moreno Cruz, Dr. Simon Dalby and Dr. Marie-Claire Cordonier
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