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Photo Credit: UNDP Pacific Office, 2023 By: Mackenzie White, MAGG Hi everyone/Bula! It is bittersweet to be writing my final blog post for this internship experience as a Junior Professional Consultant (JPC) with the UNDP Pacific Office in Fiji, and the IDDIPs programme through UNA-Canada. While my last two blog posts provided technical insight into the […]

Photo credit: Emily Miller By: Emily Miller, MAGG I am four months into my internship with the Permanent Mission of Canada to the UN in Geneva. I was really excited to come to Geneva to complete my internship in person. This was my first time moving abroad and my first time in Europe. In the

Photo credit: István Kéry By: István Kéry, MIPP student Bula from Fiji! My name is Isti Kéry and I am a recent graduate of the Master of International Public Policy (MIPP) program at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, where I specialized in international environmental policy. I am fortunate to have the opportunity to be

Photo credit: Shaza Ahmed By Shaza Ahmed, MAGG I have been asked to attend as a rapporteur to a three-day workshop on the Coral Coast along the southern shores of the main island of Viti Levu. I have been to the Coral Coast before, it is a little slice of paradise just outside the capital

Photo credit: Drake Kindred By Drake Kindred, MIPP Graduate To be honest, I knew very little about Fiji before arriving here, I merely knew of what Canadians interpret as bougie Fiji water, regional climate challenges, and their sugar cane industry. Knowing so little, it was an opportunity to broaden my horizons in a new hemisphere,

Photo credit: https://maldives-magazine.com/news/soneva-aims-new-sustainability-achievements-for-2022.htm By Saya Soma, MAGG Both of my parents are elementary school teachers in rural Japan, where I am originally from. Growing up, I watched them exhaust themselves, working very long hours on weekdays and most weekends. My father was ‘voluntold’ to coach the afterschool baseball team at his school, which made him work

Photo Credits: UNDP Pacific-Team Blogs, and Personal Photo of Social Media Takeover @unac_iddip By: Mackenzie White, MAGG Hi everyone! This is Mackenzie White, Junior Professional Consultant (JPC) with the Gender Department at the UNDP Pacific Office in Suva, Fiji. I am writing to you remotely from my home in London, Ontario, Canada, for my second

Photo credit: Whisper India By: Larissa Prata Varella, MIPP student In my last blog post, I gave you an overview of interning in the Education Sector of the UNESCO New Delhi office. Today, I would like to focus on a specific project that has been the core focus of my experience with the team: the

Photo credit: Shaza Ahmed By Shaza Ahmed, MAGG Words fall short of my gratitude at being able to experience this internship opportunity in-person at the UNDP Pacific Office. I have the privilege of working and living in another country, learning about a new culture, and making some impact. Not only is this opportunity in another

Photo credit: Lumina By Aleyna Aygor, MIPP As we are nearing the end of my internship experience with UNESCO New Delhi, this blog post will unfortunately be the last update I share with you – so let’s make the most of it! To recap, I have been working on providing comments and editing student and