Jennifer Smith
MA Student, BA McGill (2001)
Following a career in marine conservation and roles in politics, government and labour, I returned to university in 2015 to pursue a longstanding interest in democratic development. My MA thesis, supported by an inaugural Canada Graduate Scholarship to Honour Nelson Mandela, examines the growing strength of civil society in post-Maidan Ukraine. In late 2016 I will resume my LLM in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at Europa Universität Viadrina, near Berlin (expected 2017).
Contact Information: jlsmith3@dal.ca
Scholarships:
- Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship to Honour Nelson Mandela (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council)
- Margaret Meagher Graduate Fellowship (Dalhousie)
- European Union Centre of Excellence Graduate Award (Dalhousie EUCE)
Selected publications:
- Bartlett, Darius and Smith, Jennifer (eds.) (2005) GIS for Coastal Zone Management (CRC Press)
- Smith J., Lewis K., Laughren J. (2005) A Policy and Planning Framework for Marine Protected Area Networks in Canada’s Oceans. 105pp. WWF-Canada.
- Smith, J., Crawford., J. et al. (2008) Proof of Concept: science is not a barrier to establishing networks of marine protected areas in the Scotian Shelf and Gulf of Maine. ICES Annual Science Conference (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea), ICES Conference and Meeting Documents 2008-05-23.
Selected professional activities:
- Summer School in Conflict Studies - Centre for Comparative Conflict Studies, Singidunum University (Belgrade, Serbia) (2014)
- Contributor, UNESCO Bahrain Action Plan for Marine World Heritage (Manama, Bahrain) (2009)
- Commission Member, International Union for the Conservation of Nature/World Commission on Protected Areas Marine Committee (2007-2009)