/maxbellschool/taxonomy/term/2308/all en /maxbellschool/article/articles-mpp-our-people/our-mpp-students-francois-provencher <p>Born and raised in Ottawa, François Provencher understood the importance of public policy from a young age—an understanding that has shaped his perspective of the world as well as his career path.   </p> <p>“Growing up in our capital, I definitely had the importance of public service ingrained in me early on, and it gave me perspective on the impact that policy can have,” he says. “I think public policy will be key to addressing a lot of Canada’s and humanity’s biggest issues in the future, like issues stemming from climate change.”  </p> Mon, 15 Mar 2021 16:20:24 +0000 Helen Savage 2407 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/article/articles-mpp-our-people/our-mpp-students-charlotte-reboul <p>“In undergrad, you’re often taught about all the problems that exist in the world. But the <a href="/maxbellschool/programs/mpp-overview/mpp-detail">Max Bell School's MPP program</a> is so different—it gives you the tools to actually <i>address </i>these problems,” says Charlotte Reboul, a graduate of the School’s <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-students/mpp-cohort-2019-20">inaugural class</a> of ’20.</p> Mon, 01 Feb 2021 18:57:17 +0000 Helen Savage 2354 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/article/articles-mpp-our-people/our-mpp-students-riad-katkhoda <p>We reached Riad at his new home base in Dominica, an island country of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea, where he was stationed at the time with the World Food Programme (WFP), the food assistance branch of the United Nations and the world’s largest humanitarian organization focused on food security and hunger. Riad is now based in Barbados.</p> <p>Riad started his work with the WFP's COVID response effort in Dominica to support those most impacted by the pandemic—a role he accepted soon after graduating from the Max Bell School’s inaugural MPP cohort in November 2020.</p> Wed, 13 Jan 2021 17:14:27 +0000 Helen Savage 2311 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/article/articles-mpp-our-people/our-mpp-students-kayli-avveduti <p>Kayli Avveduti is Nēhiyaw from the Treaty 6 Territory, born and raised in the Alexander First Nation in Alberta, where she continues to live today. She shares a strong connection to her family and community—a connection that led her to study public policy with the goal of helping drive positive change for Indigenous People.</p> Mon, 04 Jan 2021 21:28:00 +0000 Helen Savage 2300 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/our-mpp-students-Nirushaa-Senthilinathan <p>Working for the past two years as a project coordinator at the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights — an organization run by former Canadian Minister of Justice and Attorney General Irwin Cotler — Nirushaa Senthilnathan's passion for human rights and policy date farther back than this professional experience. </p> <p>“My parents came from a background where they were persecuted for being Tamil. There was a 25 year civil war in Sri Lanka, and the reason that they came to Canada seeking refuge was that they were persecuted during that war.”</p> Thu, 20 Feb 2020 21:40:52 +0000 Nicholas Salter 1791 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/article/article-mpp/our-mpp-students-eunice-mercado-lara <p>As a young professional developing Mexico’s national policy on open science — the first of its kind in the world — Eunice Mercado-Lara isn't a stranger to innovation in government.  “Most of my colleagues were older than me and more experienced,” she says, but that didn't hold her back.</p> Mon, 03 Feb 2020 15:16:47 +0000 Nicholas Salter 1755 at /maxbellschool