Master of Public Policy Class of 2020
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Candidate Profiles MCaasntedr oidf Pautbelic PPorloicyfiles MClasste orf o2f0 P2u0blic Policy Class of 2019 Candidate List Student Profiles for the Master of Public Policy Class of 2020 Page 3 Lamia Aganagic Page 45 Nilanee Koneswaran Page 4 Saif-U-Din Alnuweiri Page 46 Rikin Kotak Page 5 Erin Anderson-Birmingham Page 47 Natalie Krzywiecki Page 6 Aryeh Ansel Page 48 Nemesha Kukan Page 7 Victoria Antinucci Page 49 Arpit Kumar Page 8 Shir Barzilay Page 50 Matthew Kupferschmidt Page 9 Jennifer Bocti Page 51 Adam Laughton Page 10 Aidan Carroll Page 52 Lin Ying Lin Page 11 Clarence Chan Page 53 Katherine Lordon Page 12 Jennifer Chew Page 54 Saurav Maini Page 13 Joshua Cho Page 55 Daniella Marciano Page 14 Catherine Clasadonte Page 56 Chloe Marcil Page 15 Chelsea Clifford Page 57 Megan Mattes Page 16 Carly Cook Page 58 Anna Millar Page 17 Olivia Courneya Page 59 Benjamin Miller Page 18 Alexandra De Rosa Page 60 Madison Newton Page 19 Caitlyn Dwyer Page 61 Samantha Nguyen Page 20 Evguenia Ermakova Page 62 Vienna O'Shea Page 21 Arsalan Esmaeili Page 63 Madhav Panday Page 22 Dean Evangeliou Page 64 Ryan Phillips Page 23 Caroline Ewen Page 65 Matthew Quance Page 24 Andre Fast Page 66 Shalini Ramgoolam Page 25 Jolene Funk Page 67 Cherise Regier Page 26 Maya Gajic Page 68 Rachel Robinson Page 27 Natalie Gdyczynski Page 69 Victoria Santos Page 28 Robert Giannetta Page 70 Donya Taghizadeh Page 29 Aneet Gill Page 71 Genevieve Tallmeister Page 30 Luka Glozic Page 72 Sandy Tat Page 31 Alexander Gold-Apel Page 73 Melisa Tica Page 32 Timothy Gopaul Page 74 Brendan Toles Page 33 Amanda Grant Page 75 Monica Trott Page 34 Momina Habib Page 76 Laurent-Philippe Veilleux Page 35 Sarah Howe Page 77 Vienna Vendittelli Page 36 Kelly Husack Page 78 George Wilson Page 37 Declan Ingham Page 79 David Wood Page 38 Michael Jackman Page 80 Caroline Xhaferri Page 39 Fatema Jaffer Page 81 Marjila Yousof Page 40 Ayesha Jamshaid Page 82 Petek Yurt Page 41 Mohamed Jassim Page 83 Lawrence Zhang Page 42 Habiba Khaled Page 84 Adam Zivojinovic Page 43 Sarah Khan Page 85 Fatima Zubairi Page 44 Kristi Kodama Interested in hiring a Master of Public Policy graduate? To learn more about our students, please contact: [email protected] www.publicpolicy.utoronto.ca/employers Lamia Aganagic EDUCATION Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Master of Public Policy, 2020 Cadario Scholarship, 2019 Entrance Scholarship, 2018 Shirley Hoy Award, 2019 University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Bachelor of Kinesiology – High Honours, 2017 Communications Commissioner, Kinesiology and Physical Education Undergraduate Association, 2016‐2017 Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Award, 2017 Dean’s Student Leadership Award, 2016 & 2017 R. Tait McKenzie Society Inductee, 2017 Entrance Scholarship, 2013 EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, ON Project Analyst – Quality Improvement, Summer 2019 Supported the reporting oversight and program design of organizational wide action plans within the hospital’s Performance Index and Quality Improvement Plan Assisted in the ongoing implementation of priority Quality Improvement initiatives such as the Pediatric Diabetes Education Centre Service Review and Mental Health Ambulatory Services Review that serve to standardize processes and optimize practice in advance of the integration of a new Health Information System Provided research and analysis support through the use of quantitative and qualitative methodologies for the Quality Improvement team’s inventory of research papers and conference submissions School of Cities – University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Graduate Fellow, 2019 Recipient of the inaugural School of Cities Graduate Fellowship for a project proposal that highlighted urban Indigeneity and the health outcomes of Indigenous women living within the city of Toronto Organized a Mindfulness and Meditation workshop for self‐identifying Indigenous women who access the services at the Native Women’s Resource Centre (NWRC) in collaboration with the Director and Community Wellness Manager at NWRC Presented the fellowship at the culminating School of Cities Student Fellow Symposium hosted by the School’s Directors Gender, Diversity and Public Policy Initiative, Toronto, ON Analyst (Volunteer) – Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, 2018 – 2019 Curated an Urban Priority Agenda for Toronto’s City Council based on the Forum for Challengers event hosted by GDPP Collaborated with fellow GDPP Analysts to facilitate a Roundtable Discussion with three distinguished panelists on gender equity in STEM fields in the Canadian context Served as a Content Curator for the GDPP social media accounts (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) to disseminate information relevant to GDPP initiatives in addition to sharing topical articles, videos and infographics Master of Public Policy Student Association, Academic Functions Coordinator (Volunteer), 2018 ‐ 2019 Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, Co‐Chair (Volunteer) – Task Force on Race and Indigeneity, 2017 ‐ 2019 ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES & ACHIEVEMENTS Intermediate level oral and written French (UofT – School of Continuing Studies, Seneca College – Continuing Education) Munk Delegate, Ford + Munk Policy Conference (2019) Cohort Representative, University of Toronto Women in House (2018) Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise Leader, UHN Toronto Rehab Rumsey Centre (2016‐2017) Cadaveric Prosector, Faculty of Medicine – Division of Anatomy (2015‐2016) Interests include: travel, yoga, music, film and literature MASTER OF PUBLIC POLICY PROGRAM – CLASS OF 2020 publicpolicy.utoronto.ca Saif Alnuweiri EDUCATION Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Master of Public Policy, 2020 Columbia Journalism School, Columbia University, New York, NY Master’s in Journalism with Specialization in Digital Media, 2015 Master’s Thesis: Student Political Activism on New York City Campuses Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL Bachelor of Science in Journalism, GPA: 3.64 / 4.0, 2014 Dean’s List: 2010 ‐ 2012 Concentration: Political Science, Certificate in Middle East Studies Qatar Foundation Merit‐Based Scholarship, 2012 ‐ 2014 EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE Ontario Growth Secretariat, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Toronto, ON Partnerships and Consultations Policy Co‐Op, May ‐ August 2019 Analyzed and catalogued over 100 private sector submissions to implement new PSEZ policy in the GGH Coordinated meetings between OGS and GGH municipalities on PSEZ implementation Gained working knowledge of land use planning and growth management policies in Ontario Fulfilled communications requests for the Minister’s Office Learned OPS accessibility standards while migrating key divisional documents to new Ontario.ca domain Organized AMO conference materials for ADM and House Book notes for incoming branch director Produced popular bi‐weekly Twitter digest covering urban policy, land use planning and best practices Walter Gordon Symposium, Toronto, ON Panel Organizer, November 2018 ‐ March 2019 Worked with a small team of graduate students to create a panel on the future of Canadian cities in 2050 Performed background research on prospective panelists and their relevant expertise in the subject area Contacted prospective panelists and moderators for the selection process for the panel Yahoo! News Canada, Toronto, ON News Editor, March 2017 ‐ September 2018 Pitched, researched, reported and edited original stories on Canadian politics, marijuana legalization, NAFTA negotiations and poll results Researched and produced videos on important moments in Canadian history and new immigrants to Canada Curated news homepage on morning, evening and weekend shifts The National Memo, New York, NY Editorial Intern, January ‐ June 2016 Wrote, edited and published multiple articles a day on nationalmemo.com, covering the primaries, debate analysis, public policy proposals, state congressional races, election polls, voter trends, protests and political activism Daily responsibilities included researching, pitching, fact checking, writing, photo‐editing, pulling Reuters wire content and keeping website and social media pages up to date The New York Times, New York, NY Fact‐Checking Intern, August ‐ December 2015 Fact checked and copy‐edited weekly columns by Times op‐ed writers, for nytimes.com Learned the Times’ two‐step process of fact checking and cataloguing verified facts MASTER OF PUBLIC POLICY PROGRAM ‐ CLASS OF 2020 publicpolicy.utoronto.ca Erin Anderson‐Birmingham EDUCATION School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Master of Public Policy, 2020 Recipient of Entrance Scholarship, 2018 York University (Glendon College), Hamilton, ON Bachelor of Arts, 2018 Honours Major in Political Science Dean’s Honour List, 2014‐2018 EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Teaching Assistantship, 2019 ‐ Present Answer students’ questions that arise during the two‐week Math/Stats Prep Course in September Explain to course concepts and problem sets questions for students in the statistics and microeconomics courses Canadian Adaptive Platform Trial in Intensive Care (CAPTIC) Canada, Toronto, ON Summer Communications Strategist Intern, 2019 Developed a social media content calendar and maintained an active online presence for the organization Co‐organized and hosted Live Twitter Chat sessions Launched a recruitment campaign to onboard patient