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Tuesday, February 14, 2023
I am an alumnus of the PhD in Public Policy program at Carleton University. I currently am the Director of Policy Research for Efficiency Canada, a research and advocacy organization for an energy-efficient economy based at Carleton University. I am also recently an adjunct research professor at Carleton’s School of Public Policy and... More
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
I came to the PhD in Public Policy hoping to kickstart an academic career. I did some research as an undergraduate in economics (at UQAM) and during my Master's in Public Administration (at ENAP), but I wasn’t sure if I would thrive in research or in policy. I joined the chaire de recherche en... More
Thursday, November 10, 2022
My background is in economics where I studied applied economics as my undergrad and subsequently continued on to do my master’s in economics — both at Queen’s University. My academic background drives my passion for combining economics with social and technical knowledge, which is sometimes overlooked in pure economics. This is why I joined... More
Friday, December 17, 2021
I am employed full-time as a Policy Analyst at Employment and Social Development Canada working on labour market research in fulfillment of the Nunavut Agreement. I continue to work in this capacity while studying in the PhD in Public Policy program. I first heard of the PhD in Public Policy program by attending the... More
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Before joining the SPPA, I worked in various roles for Employment and Social Development Canada for 12 years. Most recently, I worked as a researcher looking at various labour market issues immigrants face. I also studied the Master’s in Public Administration program at Dalhousie University, and before that a Bachelor of Business Administration... More
Monday, February 22, 2021
I spent the summers of my undergrad and grad school fighting forest fires in Kenora ON for the MNRF. Near the end of my first year in the HSTP grad program at Carleton, I shared my honest culture shock (and ignorance, really) being in Kenora, with the lead investigator for Carleton’s CHAIM centre. She... More
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