{"id":67452,"date":"2020-06-26T13:38:39","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T17:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?post_type=cu_story&p=67452"},"modified":"2025-10-17T10:38:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T14:38:53","slug":"international-studies-student-law-school","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/story\/international-studies-student-law-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Grad Stories 2020: Changing the World: Graduating International Studies Student Sets Off to Law School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Since high school, Noah Hollis has wanted to help improve the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That desire drove the Halifax native to the Bachelor of Global and International Studies (BGInS)<\/a> program at Carleton University, where he specialized in Global Politics and minored in History.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThere\u2019s nuance to global politics and this program helps show this to students,\u201d says Hollis. \u201cIt can\u2019t just be about Canadian foreign policy\u2014you have to see different people\u2019s perspectives from different parts of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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The interdisciplinary program was ideal for the passionate Hollis, who enjoys exploring different aspects of global and international issues, particularly those involving electoral and minority rights. After participating in a Model United Nations and working for Elections Canada in the 2015 federal election in Grade 12, Hollis\u2019s interest in politics turned into a commitment to become more involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This led him to the BGInS program, which prepares students for social and cultural careers in a diversity of sectors. The program covers the humanities, economics, international relations and environmental changes, and requires a second language and study term abroad. For Hollis, the chances to travel and to work on his French were welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another bonus was moving to the nation\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cI figured living in Ottawa would give me access to things like the federal government, Parliament, and all of the embassies,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cI felt like it checked off all the boxes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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There was hardly an opportunity Hollis passed up in his four years at Carleton. He was involved on campus as a residence fellow, in the Registrar\u2019s Office as a registration assistant and team lead, and in the Undergraduate Recruitment Office. He was also elected president of the BGInS Students’ Executive Council in his second year, and served as a first-year and fourth-year representative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cNoah brings energy and commitment to everything he does, and as student society president he has been a true champion of the BGInS program,\u201d says Global and International Studies Prof. Candace Clare Sobers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cI think what I appreciate most, however, is Noah\u2019s intellectual curiosity and desire to do good in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The BGInS Student Society hosts academic and social events throughout the year that build upon the ideals of the program. When Hollis was president, they organized visits to the German, Swedish and New Zealand embassies, as well as a charity gala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hollis jumped at the opportunity to volunteer in the Green Party Leader Elizabeth May\u2019s office. While working alongside seasoned political staffers, he could also explore the city blocks and the Parliament Hill grounds in his fleeting free time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his third year, his international experience requirement took him to H\u00e4rn\u00f6sand, Sweden<\/a>. Hollis volunteered with the Global Greens<\/a> on a variety of initiatives, including preparation for the 2019 European Parliament elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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