Alumni Reflections

Reflections on the Department of International Development Studies

Read what our graduates have written about their experiences in International Development Studies at Trent, and find out where they are now.

• Michael Boylan
• Charmaine Brett
• Gloria Carrión
• Bruce Currie-Alder
• Anne Delorme
• Liane Erickson
• Laura Fulton
• Katrina Marsh
• Matthew Palmer
• Clayton Welwood
• Bonnie Wong

A Reflection on IDST 422: Evaluation of Development Projects

Read what two former students made of their assignment in this class, including their trip to Sri Lanka.

Reflections on the Year Abroad Programs

Read what former participants have written about their experiences abroad.

On Ghana:

• Emily Antze

• Ernest Asigri
• Ali Burke
• Geoffrey Cameron
• Jeff Carolin
• Andra Forney
• Bromley Frey
• Heather Fussell
• Nathan Higgins
• John Hupfield
• Rachel Logel
• Chris Mahood
• Christopher Mariano
• Leah McMillan
• Andrea Nouvet
• Hannah Poole
• Olloriak Sawade
• Suzanne Skinner
• Myroslava Tataryn
• Benjamin vanVeen
• Bonnie Wong

On Ecuador:

• Nadja Drost
• Christy Wagner
• Jake Wilson

News Stories about IDS Alumni

· Read the Trent Alumni Association's profile of Denise Taschereau, Mountain Equipment Co-operative's Social and Environmental Responsibility Manager.

· Read the Ottawa Business Journal's interview with Karin Gadin, who opened a unique, highly regarded, explicitly feminist legal practice in Ottawa. A member of Trent's Class of 2000 (major in CDS) and alum of the Trent-in-Ghana Program, this year Karin is the deserving recipient of the Trent Alumni Association's Young Leader Award.

· Read about how IDS graduate and Trent-in-Ecuador alumnus Jan Campbell-Luxton is building a local community around food in the Hamilton area.