Trudeau Centre for Peace, Conflict and Justice

Trudeau Centre Fellows, 2022

Sanjida Amin

Sanjida Amin is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. She is a recipient of Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships in 2020. Sanjida's research explores interstate rivalry in civil conflicts, rebel organizations and conflict delegation. Her dissertation project examines the effect of external support on the fragmentation of rebel groups. She was also the recipient of Ontario Graduate Scholarship in 2019. Prior to her doctoral studies, Sanjida completed her MA in Political Science at the University of Toronto and worked for the provincial government as a Policy Analyst.  

Emma Gill-Alderson

Emma Gill-Alderson is a PhD Candidate in Political Science at the University of Toronto specializing in Canadian Politics and Public Policy. She is interested in policy implementation in the courts and, in particular, how court actors use their discretion to choose whether or not to implement policies. Her dissertation focuses on judicial and Crown implementation of Gladue principles in Canadian courts and how this influences Indigenous community justice programming. She is currently in the process of conducting interviews and gathering data for her dissertation, as well as participating in collaborative research projects with her peers. In addition to her research, she has taken an interest in teaching opportunities, including co-teaching POL353: Protest Counter-movements in Europe and North America in the spring of 2022. Emma is a strong advocate of demystifying academia at all levels and enjoys working with undergraduate students to develop strategies for success in their university experience.

 Emma has an M.A. in Political Science from the University of Toronto (2017) and a B.A. in Political Science from Dalhousie University (2015).

Semuhi Sinanoglu

Semuhi Sinanoglu is a PhD candidate in Political Science at the University of Toronto. His dissertation research is on the authoritarian political control of the elite through repression, cooptation, and polarization.  He employs quantitative, computational, and experimental methods for his academic research. His co-authored papers were published in high-impact academic journals such as Comparative Politics and Sociological Methods & Research. He is also the co‑founder of a Toronto‑based political risk consultancy company that leverages big data to predict protest‑related risks for businesses. Before his doctoral studies, he co‑founded two social impact initiatives for youth empowerment. One based in Montreal advocated for youth inclusion in the design of smart cities. The other, based in Istanbul, mobilized more than 30 stakeholder organizations in six countries across the MENA region to foster youth employment in the region. He is a Massey College alum.