John McLevey is an Associate Professor in the Department of Knowledge Integration at the University of Waterloo, with cross-appointments to Sociology & Legal Studies and Geography & Environmental Management. John’s current SSHRC-funded research projects straddle several related areas, primarily: (1) the micro- and macro-level processes through which opinions, beliefs, identities, worldviews, and lifestyle preferences form […]
Randolph Mank is a global business executive and a three-time former Canadian ambassador, with over thirty years of experience in both the public and private sectors. He is currently President of MankGlobal Inc, supporting clients with business development, government relations, and representation services, while writing and speaking frequently on foreign affairs. In the private sector,
Rosemary Kimani-Dupuis was born in Nairobi, Kenya. Rosemary undertook studies and worked in Aeronautical Engineering, where she inspected, repaired, overhauled and installed (running fault diagnostics) aircraft and helicopter electronic, radio and navigation systems—Airbus A310,Boeing B737-200 and B737-300, Cessna Citation, Beech King Air, Pilatus PC-12, Schweizer 300C and Bell 206B. Rosemary currently works at Service Ontario (past 3 years). As
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Jennifer Liu is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology and the School of Public Health and Health Systems at the University of Waterloo. She received her PhD in 2008 from the UC Berkeley – UC San Francisco joint program in Medical Anthropology. She works at the intersection of Science Studies and Medical Anthropology. Her
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Dr. Craig R. Janes is a Professor and Director, School of Public Health and Health Systems at the University of Waterloo. Trained as a medical anthropologist (PhD UC Berkeley-San Francisco 1984) he is interested in and committed to social science approaches to public health and global health policy. Janes has research strengths in human-environment interactions,
As an undergraduate Dr. Michael Howard majored in Economics and received a BA with first class honours. He followed this with two graduate degrees: an MA in Politics and a PhD in Economics. Dr. Howard’s publications have been in the areas of economic theory, political economy, political theory and intellectual history. He has held four
Dr. Keith W. Hipel is University Professor of Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo, where he is Coordinator of the Conflict Analysis Group. He is President of the Academy of Science within the Royal Society of Canada, Senior Fellow of the Centre for International Governance Innovation, and Past-Chair of the Board of Governors
Jennifer Kandjii is a Ph.D. candidate (ABD) in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo, Ontario. Her broad research interests include forced migration and post-conflict studies, gender and women, humanitarianism, and human rights, with a focus on refugee governance and precarious livelihoods. Jennifer’s Ph.D. dissertation focusses on refugee governance in South Africa, drawing
Carla Johnston is a Ph.D. Candidate and a Doctoral Fellow at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. Her research explores the processes of including Indigenous knowledge and practices in food systems governance from the local to the global scale, and the connections between these scales. More sustainable, resilient and just food systems are needed throughout
Mr. Hari Har Jnawali is a PhD candidate in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo, with specialization on global justice and human rights. In his dissertation, he takes a comparative approach to explore the factors that make Nepal and China hesitant to accommodate the right of indigenous peoples to self-determination
Scott Janzwood’s research examines the ways that scientists and policymakers collaborate to address global catastrophic risks (GCRs) such as climate change, infectious disease outbreaks and near-Earth object (NEO) impacts. His research explores the intervening role of deep uncertainty and the approaches used by experts and decision makers to manage it. His dissertation focuses on the issues of
