Nawroos Shibli is a Ph.D. candidate in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA) at the University of Waterloo where her research focuses on institutional responses to Islamophobia in Europe, with a particular focus on the European Court of Human Rights.
Previously, Nawroos was a Program Assistant for the International Law Research Program (ILRP) at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). She has also held various research assistant positions at the University of Waterloo in the department of political science and McMaster University in the department of anthropology. During her university career, she was also a Graduate Research Fellow at CIGI and a transcriber for the Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee). She also served as a Junior Research Fellow at the Centre for Security Governance.
She graduated with a Joint Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and History, with a Global Governance and International Relations Specialization, and a minor in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Waterloo. She also holds a Master of Arts degree in Global Governance from the BSIA where she focused on the socio-political implications of Islamophobic and Orientalist discourses in mainstream American media, for which she was nominated for the Governor General’s Gold Medal award.
Nawroos is currently the Support Officer for the Global Justice and Human Rights research cluster at the BSIA. She formerly served as a Senior Research Fellow at the Canadian Arab Institute and as an Editorial Assistant for Stability: International Journal of Security and Development.
Academic / Professional Awards
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 2020-2021
- Presidents Graduate Scholarship, University of Waterloo, 2020-2021
- Doctoral Fellowship, Balsillie School of International Affairs, 2018-2020
- Provost Doctoral Entrance Award for Women Scholarship, BSIA, 2018-2019
- Governor General’s Gold Medal (nominated), University of Waterloo, 2016
- Joseph Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship, SSHRC, 2014-2015
- Graduate Research Fellowship, Centre for International Governance Innovation, 2014-2015
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship (replaced by SSHRC scholarship), 2014-2015
- Graduate Scholarship, University of Waterloo, 2014-2015
- President’s Graduate Scholarship, University of Waterloo, 2014-2015
- Paul D. Imrie Scholarship, University of Waterloo, 2013-2014
- J. Sayer Minas Entrance Scholarship, University of Waterloo, 2010-2014
- President’s Research Award, University of Waterloo, 2013-2014
- President’s Scholarship of Distinction, University of Waterloo, 2010-2011
Publications
- Shibli N., Zoe Fortier, Annalisa Lochan, Britney Raby, & Horacio Julian Venegas. 2020. “The Global Compact for Migration: Gender Responsiveness, Implementation, and Canada’s Role.” In Strengthening the Rules-Based International Order: 2020 Global Trends Report. Waterloo, Canada: Centre for International Governance Innovation and the Balsillie School of International Affairs, (January), 35-39.
- Shibli, N. 2019. “The Hybrids: How Arab Youths’ Negotiated Identities & Experiences Can Inform Canada’s Immigration Settlement Processes.” Canadian Arab Institute, (February), 1–14.
- Koltun, Andrew, Brittany McNena and Nawroos Shibli. July 2015. “Preparedness Rather Than Response: A Strategy to Prevent the Next Ebola Crisis.” CIGI Graduate Fellows Policy Brief Series, No. 4.
- Shibli, Nawroos. January 2014. “No Internet, No Revolution?” Review of Networks of Outrage and Hope: Social Movements in the Internet Age by Manuel Castells, Ed. William D. Coleman.
- PhD in Global Governance
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RESEARCH
EDUCATION
- Master of Arts, Global Governance, Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo, 2015
- Joint Honours Bachelor of Arts Political Science and History, Global Governance and International Relations Specialization, Peace and Conflict Studies Minor, University of Waterloo, 2014