{"id":1939,"date":"2025-06-12T11:40:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T15:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/?post_type=cu_story&p=1939"},"modified":"2025-06-12T15:41:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T19:41:27","slug":"joshua-miguel-orille-from-madrid-to-ottawa-and-translator-to-policy-analyst-a-journey-into-canadian-international-affairs","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/story\/joshua-miguel-orille-from-madrid-to-ottawa-and-translator-to-policy-analyst-a-journey-into-canadian-international-affairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Joshua Miguel Orille: From Madrid to Ottawa and Translator to Policy Analyst\u2014A Journey into Canadian International Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Joshua Miguel Orille: From Madrid to Ottawa and Translator to Policy Analyst\u2014A Journey into Canadian International Affairs\n <\/h1>\n \n <\/header>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

Before he ever set foot in a policy seminar, Joshua Orille was already navigating the world of diplomacy\u2014through headphones and translation booths. While studying modern languages in Spain, he worked as a simultaneous interpreter for the Philippine Embassy, translating diplomatic meetings in real time. \u201cIt was my first real exposure to the diplomatic world,\u201d he explains. \u201cThat\u2019s when I realized I was more interested in the policy work behind international affairs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Determined to pursue a career in Canadian foreign policy, he began researching pathways into the Foreign Service\u2014and nearly every road led to NPSIA. Even Canadian diplomats he met abroad were alumni. \u201cIf they all went here,\u201d he reasoned, \u201cit\u2019s got to be the right place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At NPSIA, Orille found what he describes as a cohort filled with \u201cinsatiable drive,\u201d but also a surprising spirit of collaboration. One of his defining memories is a group of classmates crowded around a table during finals, collectively working through complex problems in international law and statistics. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t competitive in a cutthroat way. It was people helping each other succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That spirit carried him through challenges\u2014including uprooting his life from Spain, managing full-time work alongside full-time graduate studies, and the uncertainty of landing a co-op placement during a difficult hiring period. But perseverance paid off. He secured a co-op at Global Affairs Canada with the Peace and Stabilization Operations Program and is now a policy analyst with the Department\u2019s International Security Branch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, Orille helps Canadian decisionmakers understand complex international security issues. In a full-circle moment, one of his academic assignments for a NPSIA course, a research paper on Canadian international security initiatives, directly led to his current role. <\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cSix months after writing that paper, I was working with the very people I had researched.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

His next step? The Canadian Foreign Service exam, with hopes of eventually serving as a diplomat abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reflecting on his time at NPSIA, Orille credits both his professors\u2014including Michael Manulak and Stephanie Carvin\u2014and his friends for shaping his experience. <\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cNPSIA gave me a community,\u201d he says. \u201cAnd it taught me not just how to write for government, but how to navigate it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

His advice to future students is simple: \u201cDon\u2019t lose sight of yourself. Career development is important, but so are the things outside of work that bring you joy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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