Barbra Chimhandamba
Public Policy Advisor – Canadian Foodgrains Bank
PhD in Political Science, 2022
I completed my PhD in Political Science in January 2022 and immediately secured a position as an Alex Trebek postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for International Policy Studies at the University of Ottawa for 14 months. During that time, I co-published a policy brief entitled “Canada-African Union Relations: Towards A Shared Agenda” (with R. Abrahamsen), in February 2023. I also co-edited a Special Issue in Global Studies Quarterly 3(3) 2023 (with R. Abrahamsen and F. Chipato) and co-authored “Introduction: The African Union, Pan-Africanism and the Liberal World (Dis)Order” Global Studies Quarterly 3(3) 2023 (with R. Abrahamsen and F. Chipato).
In August 2023, I started my current position as a Public Policy Advisor at Canadian Foodgrains Bank, a Christian non-profit organization working to end global hunger. Based in Ottawa, I am part of a project team working to influence public policy changes necessary to end global hunger, with a focus on increasing Canadians’ support for international development assistance and aid for agricultural development in the Global South. My responsibilities also include government relations and advocacy.
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