Nicole Burns (she/her) is a settler on Turtle Island and has been living on the traditional territories of the Attawandaron, Anishnaabeg, and Haudenosaunee Peoples for the last decade. Nicole is a PhD candidate at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo, specializing in Global Justice and Human Rights. Nicole’s master’s research focused on […]
Brandon Dickson is a PhD student at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. His research focuses on the intersection of education, politics and history through memory and education programming in the wake of mass atrocities. His past research has focused on the contexts of post-genocide Rwanda and the transatlantic slave trade. Brandon has worked in
Abdiasis Issa is a PhD Candidate and Doctoral Fellow at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. His research interests include United Nations and African Union peace operations, regional security governance, security regionalism and the interplay of international and regional organizations in peacebuilding, managing conflict and global governance. His dissertation critically examines the United Nations-African Union
Eric is a PhD student in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. He specializes in the study of international organizations, and the effect that these institutions have on cultural, social, and economic development within states. Specifically, Eric’s primary focus is on the European Union (EU), its institutions, and how they interact with
Mohamed Soufan is a PhD student at the Balsillie School of International Affairs at the University of Waterloo. He is an interdisciplinary researcher with specialized focus on the intersections of security, technology (surveillance and AI), and migration in the Middle East with a regional focus on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict post year-2000. Mohamed specializes on the
Jacob is a Ph.D. candidate at the Balsillie School of International Affairs and the University of Waterloo. Jacob is currently the Global Affairs Canada 2023-2024 Margaret Meagher Fellow. As the Margaret Meagher fellow, Jacob works to deepen the Government of Canada’s understanding of China. Jacob holds an M.A. in Political Science from the University of
Felicia is a Ph.D. candidate in the Global Governance program at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. Her doctoral research examines how trust and mistrust effects refugees’ journeys and integration into their host communities. She hopes her work will provide essential insights into where refugees’ experiences of trust/mistrust stem from, how it influences their decision-making in
Leah is a PhD candidate in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. Her area of specialization is Global Political Economy, focused primarily on the global wine industry and trade. Prior to her doctoral candidacy, Leah completed her Masters of Arts at SOAS, University of London, in the UK, where her research was focused
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Sarah is a Ph.D. candidate in the Global Governance program at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. She specializes in energy studies and Canada’s role in global energy governance. Her current research explores the climate implications of the varying approaches of fossil-fuel reliant states to pandemic recovery, as some seek to entrench oil production, further
Harry is a PhD candidate in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo. He completed his MA in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs and his BA in History at Simon Fraser University. Harry’s research interests include international financial and monetary governance and developmental finance. His doctoral
William Gillam completed both his BSc. Environmental Sciences and MSc. Geography at the University of Guelph, finishing the latter in 2017. For his MSc. William studied the impacts of agricultural development on landscape stability over the 10,000 years of agrarian history in Europe. Since completing his thesis William has worked in a variety of different industries
Johanna Wilkes is a Ph.D. candidate in the Global Environmental Stream at the Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA). Interested in questions of international governance, public policy, and food systems, Johanna hopes to explore how international institutions tackle issues surrounding climate-resilient farming and sustainable futures. Johanna holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. degree in Food, Agriculture and
