Dr. Kamiel S. Gabriel holds a Bachelor of Science (honors degree), and a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alexandria, Egypt, and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Manitoba, Canada. He holds a diploma in Space Science from the International Space University (H/Q in Strasburg, France), and an M.B.A.
Lucy Hinton is a Aspiration 2030 Postdoctoral Fellow.
Nelson Graham is a PhD candidate in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs through Wilfrid Laurier University. His research delves into the pivotal role higher education institutions are playing in providing academic and integration supports to international students. Additionally, he explores how international student’s temporary status hinders their access to federal and
Dr. Stephen G. Evans is interested in the occurrence and behavior of catastrophic landslides, landslide dams, glacial hazards, tsunami and other natural disasters, hazard assessment (including magnitude and frequency) and risk analysis. Recently, in his investigation of the 2011 Japan tsunami, he became interested in the architecture and behavior of urban damage systems. His research
Lana Gonzalez Balyk is a Ph.D. Candidate in Global Governance with the Balsillie School of International Affairs at the University of Waterloo. Her research interests included critical migration and border studies, with a focus on gender. From an intersectional feminist framework, her dissertation examines how migration governance policies and practices shape the lived experiences and
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Aaron is s a PhD Candidate in the Global Governance program at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, who is pursuing a specialization in global political economy. Aaron’s research examines the political economy of China’s Belt and Road Initiative in the Caribbean with specific reference to extractive industry development in the aluminum and oil sectors of
Tim Elcombe, Ph.D, is an Associate Professor and past Department Chair of Kinesiology & Physical Education at Wilfrid Laurier University. Broadly speaking, Dr. Elcombe’s scholarship uses a pragmatic normative lens to examine concepts and issues related to sport ethics, cultural and political aspects of sport, sport development and governance, and social impact through sport (and
A specialist in conflict transformation processes, strategy development and program design, with a particular focus on theories of change integrating socio-political processes and media activities, Frances Fortune has worked with several national and international NGOs in Africa. Being situated with civil society in West Africa, and living in Sierra Leone for the past 30 years, enabled Frances
Lorne Dawson is a Professor in Sociology and Legal Studies at the University of Waterloo, and Director of the Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security, and Society. His research focuses on the process of radicalization leading to violence, religious extremism, jihadist foreign fighters, and programs for countering violent extremism. The Canadian Network for Research
Lucie Edwards retired from the Department of Foreign Affairs in December 2009. Her last assignment in a 33 year career with DFAIT was as Chief Strategist and Head of the Office for Transformation. To mark her retirement, she was awarded the Department’s Lifetime Achievement Award of Excellence for 2009. She had previously served in Ottawa as Assistant Deputy
Professor Dr Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, PhD (ad eund, Cantab), DPhil (Oxon), MEM (Yale), BCL & LLB (McGill), BA Hons (Carl/UVic) FRSC FRSA WIJA is a world-leading scholar and jurist in the field of sustainable development law and governance. She serves as Chair in Sustainable Development Law and Policy in the University of Cambridge where she
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Kristen Csenkey is a PhD (ABD) in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Canada. Her research focuses on cyber-security governance, emerging technologies, and socio-technical approaches to technology management. Csenkey is working to further develop the theoretical frameworks for cybersecurity governance and their practical application. Currently, she studies the governance of quantum
