Understanding the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Canadian Humanitarian and Development Sector
Held on Wednesday October 7, 2020
Webinar Summary
By: Jenine Otto and Dr. Andrea Paras
The COVID-19 pandemic has created an uncertain future for the Canadian humanitarian and development sector. A University of Guelph research team recently studied the pandemic's impacts on the Canadian humanitarian and development sector. Dr. Andrea Paras, Associate Professor in Political Science, led the research team, which also included Dr. Craig Johnson, (Director of the Guelph Institute of Development Studies), Dr. Spencer Henson (Professor of Food, Agriculture, and Resource Economics), and Research Assistants Asa Coleman and Jenine Otto. Recently, Dr. Paras showcased several of the team's findings in a webinar along with expert panelists Dr. Rebecca Tiessen (Professor, University of Ottawa), CAIDP President Jean Lowry, and moderator Dr. Steffi Hamman (Assistant Professor, University of Guelph). [...]
The recording of the webinar and the full report can be found here:
