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Seanon Wong
Seanon Wong is an Associate Professor, Director of the BSSc Programme in Government and Public Administration, School of Governance and Policy Science, and Director of the International Affairs Research Centre, at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. In 2025-2026, he was the CUHK-Stanford Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford
Sadia Mohammad
Sadia demonstrates resilience. After a seven-year break from school, she returns to pursue MDP. Ten years ago, in 2016 she was one of fourteen University of Toronto students to represent Canada at the 2030 Sustainable Development Youth Assembly, supported by Global Youth Impact (Inaugural Cohort). As a first-generation Canadian, she is committed to advancing sustainable
Elizabeth L. Chalecki
Dr. Chalecki’s is developing a geoengineering wargame to aid in governance regime formation.
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Shawn Donnelly
Dr. Donnelly’s research largely focuses on Europe, with additional attention to global institutions and North America (Canada and the US).
Abbas Yazdinejad
Dr. Yazdinejad’s research focuses on artificial intelligence and machine learning for critical, safety- and security-sensitive applications.
Manel Miaadi
Manel Miaadi is a PhD candidate (ABD) at Wilfrid Laurier University. Her dissertation investigates the lived experience of borders as tools of control and delay, focusing on how migration policies create waiting, invisibility, and exclusion as techniques of governance. She is currently writing on temporal bordering, gendered displacement, and the erasure of migrant testimony in
Dorcas Boakye Acheampong
Dorcas Boakye Acheampong, a Master of Development Practice (MDP) student at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, is deeply passionate about how finance can be used as a force to drive rural development, reduce poverty, and promote environmental sustainability. Her MBA in finance research examined the impact of Rural and Community Banks on the socio-economic
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Barry Sanders
Dr. Sanders’ research includes quantum science and technology and guidance of emerging dual-use technology.
Sim Sitzer
Sim Sitzer (he/him) is a graduate of the Master of Development Practice from the Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA) and University of Waterloo. The program prepared him to work as a sustainable development practitioner, with required courses in international development, sustainability, and systems thinking. He further took electives in global food governance, sustainable cities,
Mona Fathieh-Chigangu
Mona is a graduate student in the Master of International Public Policy program at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. Mona is interested in migration governance, refugee policy, and the impacts of forced migration on wellbeing, particularly in relation to equitable access to mental health services. She aims to advance policies and programs that support
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Ema Oro
Ema Oro is a current graduate student at the Balsillie School of International Affairs pursing her master’s degree in International Public Policy. Ema graduated from Queens University in 2024, earning an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a minor in History. Throughout her time at Queens, Ema had the opportunity to take classes