Profiles

Areas of Specialization

• Gender and public policy
• Reproductive justice
• Public engagement
• Community-engaged research
• Health policy and biotechnology
• Canadian politics

Areas of Specialization

• International security
• Alliance politics
• Theories of war
• European security  

1)      What are some of the key things you learned in your Political Science major that helped prepare you for the job you have now?

Areas of Specialization

• Contemporary political theory
• Environmental ethics and climate justice
• History of ideas

My Political Science education at the University of Waterloo is a big part of how I got to work in Canadian politics. By studying at Waterloo, I experienced politics firsthand as part of my co-op terms and applied the classroom discussions we regularly had in student life and in the workplace.

I graduated with an MA in Political Science from UWaterloo in 2017. Shortly after graduating, I began work as a Policy Analyst with the Department of Natural Resources (NRCan) in Ottawa, through their accelerated development program, the Policy Analyst Recruitment and Development Program (PARDP).

Areas of Specialization

• Native American and Native Canadian Politics
• Native Identity
• Decolonization
• Settler Colonialism
• Critical Native, Structuralist, Postmodern, Marxist, & Decolonial Theory

My first position following graduation (Professional Skills Communications and Events Specialist) and my current role (Graduate Student Experience Specialist) may seem an unconventional career trajectory following a Master of Arts in Political Science; however, the skills and experiences provided to me during my MA were crucial in both securing and succeeding in these rewarding and intellectually engaging positions.  

Areas of specialization

Areas of specialization

• American and Canadian Politics
• Comparative-Historial Political Development (Canada & US)
• Comparative Social Policy

Areas of specialization

• Environmental policy/politics
• Political economy
• Comparative politics
• Canadian politics

Areas of specialization

• Public policy,
• Globalization studies,
• Global Governance,
• Politics of Indigenous Peoples

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• Conventional & unconventional forms of international diplomacy;
• National perspectives on global governance and rising powers, middle powers, small states;
• Canadian & comparative foreign policy;
• International political economy

Areas of specialization

• Contemporary Political Theory
• Democratic Theory, Deliberative Democracy
• Rights, Justice, and Activism
• Feminist Theory 
• Justice & Gender

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• Intergovernmental relations,
• Campaigns and elections,
• Canadian institutions,
• Canadian politics,
• Provincial politics,
• Political parties,
• Political marketing

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• Refugees, Diasporas and Exiles,
• Settler-Colonialism,
• Postcolonialism,
• Anti-Racism,
• Nonviolence,
• Peace,
• Feminist and Social Justice Movements,
• Ethnography and Autoethnography,
• Israel/Palestine Culture and Politics,
• US Culture and Politics,
• Human Rights and Humanitarianis

Areas of specialization

• International political economy,
• International money and finance,
• History of political economy

Areas of specialization:

• public administration
• public policy
• local government
• federalism and multilevel governance

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• Political economy,
• Political parties,
• Research methods

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• Politics in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe;
• Politics of nationalism and ethnicity;
• Comparative public administration

Dr. Kapur retired in 2006 after 35 years of university teaching and administrative service including 6 years as Department Chair.

Areas of specialization

• Security studies (critical security studies, feminist security studies)
• National security
• Counter-terrorism
• International Relations
• Canada-US relations

Areas of specialization

• Canadian Politics,
• Public Policy,
• The Supreme Court of Canada,
• The Charter of Rights and Freedoms,
• Parliament, Constitutional Law

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• International financial institutions,
• Middle East Politics and Economics,
• International Affairs,
• Diversity and Populism

Areas of Specialization

• International Political Economy,
• Production and Trade,
• Regionalism,
• Economics and Security

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• International trade,
• Environmental & natural resource economics,
• International development,
• Political economy

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• Chinese politics,
• International relations,
• Political economy

Areas of specialization

• International relations,
• International security

Areas of Specialization

• Political Economy
• Public Policy

Areas of specialization