Start Date : Fall 2022
Anna Blinova
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Hometown: Stavropol, Russia
Undergraduate: Moscow State Institute for International Relations
Intended Thesis Topic:
Ann Benhardt
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Hometown: Gvelsberg, Germany
Undergraduate: Passau University, Germany
Intended Thesis Topic
Dem Lockyer
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Hometown: Meaford, Ontario
Undergraduate: Dalhousie University
Intended Thesis Topic: Misogyny-motivated terrorism in Canada.
Smiriti Mishra
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Hometown: Jharkhand, India
Undergraduate: Central University of Jharkhand
Intended Thesis Topic: Strategic Importance of Kaliningrad especially after the Russian-Ukrainian War
Anna Myronenko
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Hometown: Beamsville, Ontario
Undergraduate: Brock University
Intended Thesis Topic: The Impact of WEMA on female farmers in Kenya.
Philemon Opoku TonToh
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Hometown: Kumasi, Ghana
Undergraduate: University of Cape Coast
Intended Thesis Topic: Assessing the impact of interventions to Gender-Based Violence in Ghana.
Alex Penner
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Hometown: Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Undergraduate: St. Francis Xavier University
Intended Thesis Topic: Lessons from Bolivian plurinationalism for decolonization, ant-colonial and anti-imperialist movements in Mi’kma’ki / Atlantic Canada
Emma Ruiz
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Hometown: Pictou, Nova Scotia
Undergraduate: St. Thomas University
Intended Thesis Topic: Post atrocity development.
Hafizullah Saeedi
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Home: Afghanistan
Undergraduate: Bard College, New York & American University of Central Asia-Kyrgyzstan.
Intended Thesis Topic: Global Politics Peace and Security.
Marketa Tvrda
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Hometown: Praha, Czechia
Undergraduate: Passau, Germany
Intended Thesis Topic: The development of national identity in diasporas / national minorities.
Alyssa Weeks
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Hometown: Hunter River, PEI
Undergraduate: University of Prince Edward Island
Intended Thesis Topic: Where / what do migrant farmworkers do after receiving an Open Work Permit for Vulnerable Workers?
Aviilia Zavarella
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Hometown: Pratola Peligna, Italy
Undergraduate: King’s College London
Intended Thesis Topic: Assessing the impact of Chinese political presence in Africa.