I took a trip to Queens University last week with OCUFA’s Senior Policy Analyst Karen Wheeler, who also chairs OCUFA’s Status of Women committee. We were on a “listening tour,” to visit the university campus and to speak with women academic staff, librarians, and faculty about the challenges they faced as women at the university. [...]
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Listening Tours and Lunch at the Fairmount
Posted in 2011-12 Interns, Humera Jabir, orientation, Placements, Sponsors on October 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Visiting Elections Ontario, Loren Wells and Greg Essensa
Posted in 2011-12 Interns, Humera Jabir, Meetings, orientation on October 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On Friday, 7 of us made the long trip out to Scarborough to visit the Elections Ontario office while it is full swing. We met with Loren Wells and Greg Essensa, Deputy Chief and Chief Electoral Officers for the Province of Ontario. We learned about the details of administering the Election’s Act and the Election’s [...]
Meeting Dr. Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner
Posted in 2011-12 Interns, Humera Jabir, Meetings, orientation on October 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Meeting with Dr. Cavoukian was definitely a highlight of our Orientation. It was a blur of a meeting; she was in and out in 20 minutes but left us all feeling inspired by her vision for proactive privacy. Dr. Cavoukian framed the discussion on privacy in terms of freedom and the right to control how [...]
Meeting with Sponsor: CIBC
Posted in 2011-12 Interns, Humera Jabir, Meetings, orientation, Sponsors on September 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On September 14th, we met with Patrick Kennedy, Government Affairs director for CIBC. Our talk with Patrick was very informative and down to earth. It was great to speak with someone who pretty recently was in our position, starting out and trying to find their place in the public sphere. Patrick gave us great insight [...]
Meeting with Sponsor: Certified General Accountants of Ontario
Posted in 2011-12 Interns, Humera Jabir, Meetings, orientation, Sponsors on September 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, we had a chance to sit down with Ted Wigdor and Puneet Luthra of the Certified General Accountants (CGA). For many of us the meeting was our first foray into the world of accounting. We realized that while accounting may appear a little dry on the surface, the concerns of accounting associations are [...]
Humera’s First Week
Posted in 2011-12 Interns, Humera Jabir on September 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This past week has been an exciting whirlwind. Its been great meeting with so many knowledgeable individuals and to learn about the politics of this province through their eyes. I have a longstanding interest in media so it has been particularly interesting to hear from former Queens Park reporters such as Jim Coyle and Murray [...]
Introducing the 2011-2012 Interns
Posted in 2011-12 Interns, Belinda Ellsworth, Craig Ruttan, Diego Ortiz, Evan Akriotis, Humera Jabir, Lauren Hanna, Monika Wyrzykowska, Patrick DeRochie, Sylvia Kim, Sylvia Peña on September 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Evan Akriotis is originally from Toronto, but has spent the last four years in Montreal, completing a Joint Honours degree in Political Science and Canadian Studies. His research interests include the nature of representation, the interaction between media (particularly entertainment media) and politics, and the politics of the north. In 2010, Evan explored his latter [...]
