PhD Candidate, Political Science, University of Guelph
Yuriko Cowper-Smith is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science (with a major in Comparative Politics and a minor in Public Policy) in the Department of Political Science at the University of Guelph. Her main research interests lie in migration, civic and political engagement, and intersectional theory. Her dissertation research investigates the relationship between migrant political activists and political opportunity structures, with an empirical focus on the Rohingya community in Kitchener-Waterloo. Yuriko's research has been supported by an Ontario Graduate Fellowship, and an Ontario Graduate Scholarship.
She has extensive experience working in academic and community-based research. For three years, she has worked at the Community Engaged Scholarship Institute at the University of Guelph in various capacities, and has completed projects for five community partners. She is currently working part-time at the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion.
The global Rohingya diaspora throws lifelines to Bangladesh and Myanmar
Jul 07, 2019 15:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Diasporas can play a significant role in the development and politics of their countries of origin. Researchers have established that diasporas improve the lives of their home communities by maintaining cultural links,...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight