Alumni Stories Archives | Faculty of Public and Global Affairs

February 7, 2022

A Community Advocate Takes a Seat at the National Table

Arielle Kayabaga first came to Canada as an 11-year-old refugee from the central east African country of Burundi. Twenty years later, on September 20, 2021, she was elected as the Member of Parliament for London... More

December 1, 2021

Charting a Unique Path in Journalism

Growing up as a Muslim woman in the Scarborough suburb of Toronto, Radiyah Chowdhury didn’t recognize herself or her community in the stories she saw in the media. By the age of 16, she knew... More

March 15, 2021

Building Community in Difficult Circumstances

Viviane Gray was the first university graduate from Listuguj First Nation. She received a BA in Anthropology from Carleton in 1973. She is an arts administrator, curator, artist and writer, as well as former director... More

January 15, 2021

Advancing Economic and Social Rights for Post-Pandemic Recovery

To help solve complex problems, Garima Talwar Kapoor brings together research and ideas from diverse areas of government, civil society and private industry. “Realizing our economic and social rights requires developing inter-connected and synergistic social,... More

January 30, 2020

Rachel Gouin

By 2015, Rachel Gouin was Director of Research and Public Policy at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada after dedicating her career to advocating for vulnerable young people. That’s when she decided to apply... More

November 27, 2019

Rawlson King

Rawlson King was elected to the Ottawa City Council in a special by-election in April 2019. Prior to that, he spent 20 years in marketing, strategic communication and technology market research in the private sector.... More

September 27, 2019

Mapping a Scandal Yields a Pulitzer Prize

If you tried to follow the timeline of the Donald Trump “hush money” scandal over the past couple of years, you could be forgiven for losing track of who allegedly paid whom when and for... More

January 31, 2019

Taking on the Trolls

Alumna Andrea Harden, Senior Strategist at MediaStyle Ottawa, helps grassroots activists go digital.

November 21, 2018

This Is Not TV: Criminology for the Real World

When Akshay Sharma enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice, he had visions of becoming a police officer. But as he learned more about the psychological, sociological and legal elements... More

November 21, 2018

Nothing About Us Without Us

Yazmine Laroche, Deputy Minister for Public Service Accessibility Bachelor of Arts, Mass Communication ('82) As a lifelong public servant, Yazmine Laroche is well acquainted with the lack of accessibility planning in new public service projects.... More

September 20, 2018

Career Paths: Allie Elwell

Photo Credit: Netflix / Robert Viglasky Netflix / Alex Bailey ____________ Allie Elwell, Senior Publicist, The Crown Bachelor of Journalism (´10) Allie Elwell used to think her dream job would be working as a news... More