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Naomi Sunu

Naomi Sunu

Dr. Naomi Sunu is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow engaged with the ‘Remitting for Resilience (R2) Project: Enhancing Food Security and Climate Adaptation Through Gender-Inclusive Migrant Remittances’. She has extensive field experience working with the University of Ghana on funded projects related to household lived poverty, food security, public health, environment, and climate-related impacts. She has […]

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Hamid Arabzadeh

Hamid Arabzadeh

Mr. Hamid Arabzadeh has been the Chairman and CEO of RANOVUS, www.ranovus.com, a leading technology provider of photonic interconnect solutions for AI/ML workloads, since its inception in 2012.  Ranovus is headquartered in Kanata, Ontario, Canada with European R&D center in Nuremberg, Germany, and business development presence in Sunnyvale CA USA. Prior to RANOVUS, Mr. Arabzadeh was the

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Hanzhi Yu

Hanzhi Yu

Dr. Hanzhi YU is a tenured associate professor at the School of Public Affairs of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. Dr YU holds a Ph.D. in public policy and management from Tsinghua University. Prior to joining Zhejiang University, Dr YU was a post-doctoral fellow in the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). Her research field is

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Alexander White

Alexander White

Alexander White is a student in the Masters of International Public Policy program at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. He graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University with a bachelor of arts in economics and a minor in history. During his studies there he worked on issues relating to inequality and criminal justice. He is deeply

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Eunice Annan-Aggrey

Eunice Annan-Aggrey

Dr. Eunice Annan-Aggrey is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow involved with the NFRF-funded ‘Remitting for Resilience (R2) Project: Enhancing Food Security and Climate Adaptation Through Gender Inclusive Migrant Remittances’. Eunice is passionate about international development and has extensive experience working with development partners and civil society organizations, including Global Affairs Canada. Eunice’s research portfolio reflects her

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Alun Hardman

Alun Hardman

Alun Hardman is Senior Lecturer at Cardiff Metropolitan University, as well as a Fellow of the Cardiff Metropolitan University – Global Academy. His research is in the ethics and socio-political philosophy of sport – particularly issues of equality, diversity and inclusion, international affairs, and sporting migration.  He is the co-editor of The Ethics of Sport

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Madjid Soltani

Madjid Soltani

Madjid Soltani is an Associate Professor at K. N. Toosi University of Technology and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Waterloo. He received his Ph.D from the University of Waterloo and his Post-Doctoral Fellowship from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Soltani has collaborated actively with researchers in several disciplines of cancer biology, microfluidics, and artificial intelligence

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Abby Goodrum

Abby Goodrum is Professor and founder of  the User Experience Design degree program at Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford campus where she teach courses in User-Centered Design, Information Architecture, and Research Methods. Before this, she was the Vice President for Research at Wilfrid Laurier University. Prior to her appointment at Laurier, she held the Rogers Research

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Evren Altinkas

Evren Altinkas received postgraduate degrees from King’s College London in 2000 and from Dokuz Eylul University in 2003. He obtained his doctoral degree from Dokuz Eylul University in 2011 based on his dissertation comparing the development of the concept of intellectuals in Europe and in Ottoman State/Turkey. Since July 2018, Altinkas is affiliated with the

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Sarah Nehme

Sarah Nehme

Sarah graduated from the University of Toronto with an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and International Relations. Throughout her studies, Sarah took a keen interest in examining the role trade and economics have on international relations and diplomacy. At the Balsillie School of International Affairs, Sarah hopes to learn more about the impact

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