{"id":34016,"date":"2022-03-10T15:40:04","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T20:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=34016"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:36:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:36:00","slug":"alum-chad-richards","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/people\/alum-chad-richards\/","title":{"rendered":"Chad Richards"},"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=\"684\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Chad-Richards-NII_Headshots-1_HR_Alumbio2024.jpg\" alt=\"photo of Chad Richards\" class=\"wp-image-38386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Chad-Richards-NII_Headshots-1_HR_Alumbio2024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Chad-Richards-NII_Headshots-1_HR_Alumbio2024-160x187.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Chad-Richards-NII_Headshots-1_HR_Alumbio2024-240x281.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Chad-Richards-NII_Headshots-1_HR_Alumbio2024-400x468.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Chad-Richards-NII_Headshots-1_HR_Alumbio2024-360x421.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"chad-richardssenior-director-policy-partnerships-at-the-nuclear-innovation-institute\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chad Richards<br>\nSenior Director, Policy &amp; Partnerships at the Nuclear Innovation Institute<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BA (Hons) Political Science (concentration in International Relations), 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chad is the Senior Director of Policy &amp; Partnerships at the Nuclear Innovation Institute (NII). Through this work Chad seeks opportunities to for the nuclear industry to collaborate with communities, governments, and other sectors on projects and programs that support decarbonization and economic growth. Programs under Chad\u2019s purview produce original research and thought leadership on the fundamental role of nuclear in a clean economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to joining NII, Chad worked at the federal and provincial levels of government. He spent nearly 8 years working on Parliament Hill for a Member of Parliament which included employment in that office while completing his degree at 杏吧原创. Chad also worked as a political staffer at Queen\u2019s Park, serving as a Senior Advisor to the Associate Minister of Energy in Ontario.<\/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>Pursuing a degree in Political Science at 杏吧原创 University was invaluable. The exceptional instructors and atmosphere on campus provided the perfect setting to succeed academically. Meanwhile, the proximity to the \u2018heart\u2019 of Canadian politics gave me the opportunity to kick-start my professional career even before graduation. If you\u2019re interested in a career in politics or public policy, 杏吧原创 is the perfect place to start!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Chad ","cu_people_last_name":"Richards","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[54,101],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-34016","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\/34016","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":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/34016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38393,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/34016\/revisions\/38393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=34016"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=34016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}