{"id":38274,"date":"2024-07-04T14:38:44","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T18:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=38274"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:36:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:36:00","slug":"alum-danica-dahlin","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/people\/alum-danica-dahlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Danica Dahlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Danica-Dahlin-1486_MAalumbio.jpg\" alt=\"photo of Danica Dahlin\" class=\"wp-image-38275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Danica-Dahlin-1486_MAalumbio.jpg 800w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Danica-Dahlin-1486_MAalumbio-160x130.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Danica-Dahlin-1486_MAalumbio-240x195.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Danica-Dahlin-1486_MAalumbio-768x623.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Danica-Dahlin-1486_MAalumbio-400x325.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Danica-Dahlin-1486_MAalumbio-360x292.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"policy-specialist-with-strategies-north-advisory-inc\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Policy Specialist with Strategies North Advisory Inc.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MA in Political Science, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since graduating with an MA in Political Science from Carleton, I moved back to BC (the mountains were calling) and began my career in consulting, where I worked in evaluation and research, primarily working with various levels of public sector clients on public policy and program-related projects. 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