Nov 11, 2024
Towards a Sustainable Future
With a background in international economics, Gabriela Beltran always had the urge to help improve people's quality of life and a policy degree became a tool to find those solutions.
May 8, 2023
Public policy and nuclear power: How a research assistantship and thesis project set Tyler Koebel up for success
There aren’t many people in the world who go from studying philosophy to working as a nuclear energy policy advisor. But for Tyler Koebel, his journey through the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy (JSGS) gave him the chance to explore his interests — and turn them into a career — in unique ways.
Apr 24, 2023
Making the research-policy connection
Microbiologist Dinah Tambalo seeks solutions to environmental and health problems.
Oct 9, 2015
Exploring his career options
Even as a University of Saskatchewan undergrad, Kristopher Schmaltz, MPP’14, knew he wanted to work in public policy. He wanted to ‘be part of the change’—words many in his generation have adopted as a career mantra. When he graduated with his BA (Political Studies), he looked at the world and saw a lot of issues he cared about—economic empowerment, education, environment, science and technology, social services.
Apr 30, 2015
An Unexpected Career
How does an industrial engineer with extensive experience in information technology end up leading an NGO focused on community-based agricultural projects in the Caribbean? “It’s an interesting story,” says Johnson Shoyama Graduate School (JSGS) alumnus Phillip Lashley. During a Skype interview from his Barbados home, he reflects on how his time at JSGS is impacting his current, somewhat unexpected career.
Mar 20, 2015
Sparking innovation for growth
Ata-Ul Munim is fascinated by innovation—not so much the act of innovating, but the development of the innovation policies that play such a crucial role in economic and social growth.