{"id":2189,"date":"2021-04-20T14:26:15","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T18:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/?p=2189"},"modified":"2026-01-28T09:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T14:21:08","slug":"congratulations-to-lacs-ma-students-on-their-excellent-research-presentations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/2021\/congratulations-to-lacs-ma-students-on-their-excellent-research-presentations\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to LACS MA Students on Their Excellent Research Presentations!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Congratulations to LACS MA Students on Their Excellent Research Presentations!\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>LACS is proud to announce that our first-year M.A. students Alexander Baillie, Bhreagh MacDonald, Ariel Mishkin, and Melissa Wilk presented their Master&#8217;s research proposals on April 19th, 2021. Such an excellent, generative way to conclude the Winter term!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"184\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/Alexander-Baillie_Edited-400x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/Alexander-Baillie_Edited-400x184.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/Alexander-Baillie_Edited-160x74.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/Alexander-Baillie_Edited-240x110.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/Alexander-Baillie_Edited-768x353.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/Alexander-Baillie_Edited-360x165.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/Alexander-Baillie_Edited.jpg 1417w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Alexander Baillie (<\/strong>M.A. History with Specialization in LACS)<\/em><br>\n<em>Research Project: &#8220;Financial Imperialism, a New Colonialism: Canadian Banks and the Caribbean 1947-57&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"193\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/Bhreagh-MacDonald_Edited-2-e1620669636878-400x193.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/Bhreagh-MacDonald_Edited-2-e1620669636878-400x193.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/Bhreagh-MacDonald_Edited-2-e1620669636878-160x77.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/Bhreagh-MacDonald_Edited-2-e1620669636878-240x116.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/Bhreagh-MacDonald_Edited-2-e1620669636878-768x370.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/Bhreagh-MacDonald_Edited-2-e1620669636878-360x173.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/Bhreagh-MacDonald_Edited-2-e1620669636878.jpg 1229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Bhreagh MacDonald <\/strong>(M.A. Political Science with Specialization in LACS)<\/em><br>\n<em>Research Project: &#8220;Buen Vivir: CONAMAQ and the Bolivian State Between 2014 and 2020&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"171\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/Ariel-Mishkin_Edited-e1620663204170-400x171.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/Ariel-Mishkin_Edited-e1620663204170-400x171.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/Ariel-Mishkin_Edited-e1620663204170-160x68.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/Ariel-Mishkin_Edited-e1620663204170-240x102.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/Ariel-Mishkin_Edited-e1620663204170-768x328.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/Ariel-Mishkin_Edited-e1620663204170-360x154.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/Ariel-Mishkin_Edited-e1620663204170.jpg 792w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Ariel Mishkin <\/strong>(M.A. International Affairs with Specialization in LACS)<\/em><br>\n<em>Research Project: &#8220;The War on Drug\u2019s Impact on the Incarceration of Latin American Indigenous Women&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"179\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/Melissa-Wilk_Edited-e1620669744187-400x179.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/Melissa-Wilk_Edited-e1620669744187-400x179.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/Melissa-Wilk_Edited-e1620669744187-160x72.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/Melissa-Wilk_Edited-e1620669744187-240x107.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/Melissa-Wilk_Edited-e1620669744187-768x343.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/Melissa-Wilk_Edited-e1620669744187-360x161.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/Melissa-Wilk_Edited-e1620669744187.jpg 792w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Melissa Wilk <\/strong>(M.A. International Affairs with Specialization in LACS)<\/em><br>\n<em>Research Project: &#8220;Shock to the System: Exploring Food Systems Vulnerability and the Covid-19 Pandemic in Latin America&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Much congratulations to Alexander, Bhreagh, Ariel, and Melissa on completing this important step on your LACS Master&#8217;s research journey!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/1_Everyone_800x600-e1620670086679-400x222.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/1_Everyone_800x600-e1620670086679-400x222.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/1_Everyone_800x600-e1620670086679-160x89.jpeg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/1_Everyone_800x600-e1620670086679-240x133.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/1_Everyone_800x600-e1620670086679-360x200.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/1_Everyone_800x600-e1620670086679.jpeg 764w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Warmest thanks to all our affiliated LACS faculty and graduate students who attended the session and offered generous feedback!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LACS is proud to announce that our first-year M.A. students Alexander Baillie, Bhreagh MacDonald, Ariel Mishkin, and Melissa Wilk presented their Master&#8217;s research 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Such an excellent, generative way to conclude the Winter term! 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