Alumni Profiles
Kwame Neba
Kwame Neba is currently the Vice President of Nunavut Operations at the Workers’ Safety & Compensation Commission of the NWT & Nunavut, the government body administering safety and...
Adel Panahi
Adel Panahi is currently the Director of Health at Métis Nation-Saskatchewan, the governing body representing the approximately 80,000 Métis people living in the province, where he...
Jeff Bassendowksi
Jeff Bassendowski is currently the Director of the Planning, Reporting and Accountability Branch in the Ministry of Immigration and Career Training with the Government of Saskatche...
Joe Muldoon
When Joe Muldoon stepped onto the stage to accept a Doctor of Philosophy in Public Policy from the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School in June 2015, it was the culmination of a long jo...
Neal Kewistep
Neal Kewistep (MPA’11) got a master’s degree because he wanted a seat at the table—the BIG table, the one where social and economic issues are discussed, where decisions are made a...
Oleksandra Orr
Like so many alumni of Johnson Shoyama Graduate School, Oleksandra Orr’s career is the result of both purposeful planning and serendipitous choices. One of those choices was signin...
Che-Wei Chung
As manager of Waste Stewardship and Recycling at the Ministry of Environment, Che-Wei Chung, MPA'13, is using skills honed in the Johnson Shoyama Master of Public Administration pr...
Sara McPhee-Knowles
Sara McPhee-Knowles, PhD'15, didn’t set out to become Johnson Shoyama’s first Doctor of Philosophy in Public Policy (PhD) from the University of Saskatchewan campus. It was a combi...
Ralph Leibel
Johnson Shoyama alumnus Ralph Leibel, MPA’09, used an undergraduate degree in regional planning as a springboard to a career in government service.
Nicole Callihoo
After a decade of using her knowledge and skills to build capacity in First Nations organizations, Nicole Callihoo faced a turning point. If she wanted to achieve more as an admini...
Kristopher Schmaltz
Even as a University of Saskatchewan undergrad, Kristopher Schmaltz, MPP’14, knew he wanted to work in public policy. He wanted to ‘be part of the change’—words many in his generat...
Andrea Geisbauer
When it comes to JSGS alumni, Andrea Geisbauer is something of an insider—she’s manager of the school’s Outreach and Training unit. It is a position she’s held since 2002, when the...
Craig Atkinson
Craig Atkinson’s undergraduate degrees in business and economics took him across Canada—his Master of International Trade (MIT) from the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public P...
Jennifer Gabrysh
Jennifer Gabrysh, MPA’13, grew up in Melfort, Saskatchewan an outdoorsy, sports-loving teen. She went on to play varsity soccer at the University of Lethbridge and to teach yoga an...
Laura Willcocks
Laura Willcocks has a distinct advantage in life—she’s not afraid of change. “We moved around a lot when I was growing up, so change isn’t scary for me. I’m not afraid to try somet...
Phillip Lashley
How does an industrial engineer with extensive experience in information technology end up leading an NGO focused on community-based agricultural projects in the Caribbean? “It’s a...
Ata-Ul Munim
Ata-Ul Munim is fascinated by innovation—not so much the act of innovating, but the development of the innovation policies that play such a crucial role in economic and social grow...
Jeremy Harrison
In 2008, Jeremy Harrison was in the first cohort of students at the newly minted Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy—just what you would expect from someone who had, b...
Alyssa Daku
For JSGS alumnus Alyssa Daku, MPA, CIPP, the investment in grad school is paying dividends in an exciting new career path.
Kristin Ward Diaz
Kristin Ward Diaz describes her pre-JSGS work history as a “career jungle gym”—she explored a variety of career paths. Today, the 2012 MPA graduate is thriving as a Community Devel...