About Indev

International Development Class of 2014

I am currently a 4th year student at the University of Waterloo, studying International Development. It’s a very interdisciplinary program so we study everything from economics to ecology to urban planning and marketing. It’s in the Faculty of Environment so unlike other International Development programs we also get to learn about the interrelationship between poverty and biological environments. This is the area I am most interested in. After I graduate from UW, I am planning on taking a graduate certificate in a college program in ecosystem management or restoration with a particular focus on watershed management.

As part of my program, I will be leaving in September on an 8-month placement with an organization called IDS located in Kathmandu, Nepal. Read more about my upcoming adventure here.
 My program is fortunate because we are affiliated with St. Paul's University College, who provides us a lot of support in our program and fundraising initiatives. We fundraise for our 8-month placement through an organization known as Indevours during our last semester on campus, from May-August, 2013.

Now, if you’re reading this and are a development student or in the field of development, you probably get asked a lot why you would ever study development. Well for me the answer is easy. I will never be bored. Development is so interdisciplinary you can do all kinds of things with it (environment, health, gender issues, urban planning, etc.), you can find a job almost anywhere in the world, and you can actually dedicate your life to make a difference in people’s lives while getting paid for it. What’s not to like?