Past Event! Note: this event has already taken place.
“Bottom-up Change in a Top-down Government: Changing Policy and Law in Ethiopia”
November 14, 2018 at 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
| Location: | Room 482 (Discovery Centre) MacOdrum Library |
| Cost: | Free |
| Audience: | Alumni, Anyone, 杏吧原创 Community, Current Students, Faculty, Prospective Students, Staff |
Speaker:聽 Logan Cochrane (Banting Fellow, Global and International Studies, 杏吧原创 University)
Logan Cochrane is a Banting Fellow at 杏吧原创 University in Global and International Studies. His research includes diverse geographic and disciplinary foci, covering broad thematic areas of food security, climate change, social justice, governance and collective action. Before joining 杏吧原创 University, Logan worked for twelve years with non-governmental organizations, including in Afghanistan, Benin, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda. Logan has served as a Director for two non-governmental organizations, and worked as a consultant with clients that have included Save the Children, Management Sciences for Health, The Liaison Office, UNICEF and UNAIDS. Awards he has been given include: Banting Postdoctoral Award (2017), Professional Development Awards by IDRC (2016-2017, 2017), SSHRC Storyteller finalist (2016), Vanier Canada Graduate Doctoral Award (2015), Robert M. Netting Award (2015), Mitacs Fellowship (2014), and he was Nominated for a YMCA Peace Medal, as an Emerging Leader (2009).