{"id":31564,"date":"2021-09-12T12:00:20","date_gmt":"2021-09-12T16:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=31564"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:36:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:36:01","slug":"alum-justin-ferguson","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/people\/alum-justin-ferguson\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Ferguson"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1914\" height=\"2021\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/IMG_8262.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/IMG_8262.jpg 1914w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/IMG_8262-160x169.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/IMG_8262-240x253.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/IMG_8262-768x811.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/IMG_8262-400x422.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/IMG_8262-1455x1536.jpg 1455w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/IMG_8262-360x380.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1914px) 100vw, 1914px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"justin-fergusonvice-president-indigena-capitalpartner-aruna-resort-and-villas-belize\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Justin Ferguson<br>\nVice President, Indigena Capital<br>\nPartner, Aruna Resort and Villas, Belize<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BA, Political Science with Honours, concentration in International Relations, 2007<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"yiv7140735932ydp3bbdfbb9yiv3134195644msolistparagraph\">Starting before I graduated, my degree in Political Science and the connections I made at 杏吧原创 helped me find work in federal politics.&nbsp; From there I was able to work at top levels of government and be directly involved in the inner workings of the Canadian federal system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"yiv7140735932ydp3bbdfbb9yiv3134195644msolistparagraph\">This early opportunity in my career allowed me to make some great friends and develop a skillset that I was able to utilize at different levels of the governmental system in different regions of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"yiv7140735932ydp3bbdfbb9yiv3134195644msolistparagraph\">As I advanced my career, I was able to expand my knowledge to take on more leadership roles and move beyond the governmental system into different roles and ultimately to the two roles I currently have, Vice President in an international financial firm and partner of an international resort and real estate development in the Caribbean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"yiv7140735932ydp3bbdfbb9yiv3134195644msolistparagraph\">Before I started my Political Science degree at 杏吧原创, I remember being asked, why Political Science and why 杏吧原创.&nbsp; My answer at the time was: Political Science will enable me to learn the skills I need to either work in government, pursue a legal career, set me up to work internationally, and\/or provide me with the knowledge that I could parlay into business.&nbsp; As for why 杏吧原创: my answer was simple: If I am going to study Political Science of course I want to do it in the Nation\u2019s Capital.&nbsp; So far, the answers to the first question seem to ring true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>It allowed me to gain the knowledge that I have subconsciously drawn on throughout my life. It gave me the training I have been able to utilize in real-life situations. It allowed me to make connections that launched my career.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Justin","cu_people_last_name":"Ferguson","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[54,101],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-31564","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","hentry","cu_people_type-alumni","cu_people_type-ba"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"","cu_people_degree":"","cu_building":false,"cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"none","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/31564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/31564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34973,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/31564\/revisions\/34973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=31564"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=31564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}