Our students hail from all around the globe, bringing unique perspectives and diverse skillsets to the Max Bell School. Here, we highlight the stories of past and present members of our Master of Public Policy program by exploring the experiences that shaped them, the paths that led them to McGill, and the impacts they are having on the world.

You can learn more about all our students here.

Max Bell School MPP Program Nabs Two Mastercard Foundation Scholars

31 May 2021

This year, Max Bell School at McGill University has attracted not one, but two Mastercard Foundation Scholars, Fanuel Sbhatu Gebremeske and Juma Omala. Hailing respectively from Ethiopia and Kenya,...

Our MPP students: François Provencher

16 Mar 2021

Born and raised in Ottawa, François Provencher understood the importance of public policy from a young age—an understanding that has shaped his perspective of the world as well as his career path. ...

Our MPP students: Camilla Shuang Liu

5 Mar 2021

How Camilla’s passion for communicating complex policy to the Canadian public led her to the Max Bell MPP program.

Our MPP students: Yvette Yakibonge

17 Feb 2021

Yvette Yakibonge is one of six sisters raised by a single mom, who immigrated to Montreal, Canada from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in search of a better life for her family. When Yvette...

Our MPP students: Charlotte Reboul

4 Feb 2021

“In undergrad, you’re often taught about all the problems that exist in the world. But the Max Bell School's MPP program is so different—it gives you the tools to actually address these problems,”...

Our MPP students: Riad Katkhoda

14 Jan 2021

We reached Riad at his new home base in Dominica, an island country of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea, where he was stationed at the time with the World Food Programme (WFP), the food...

Our MPP students: Kayli Avveduti

4 Jan 2021

Kayli Avveduti is Nēhiyaw from the Treaty 6 Territory, born and raised in the Alexander First Nation in Alberta, where she continues to live today. She shares a strong connection to her family and...

Our MPP students: Nirushaa Senthilnathan

25 Feb 2020

Working for the past two years as a project coordinator at the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights — an organization run by former Canadian Minister of Justice and Attorney General Irwin...

Our MPP students: Eunice Mercado-Lara

5 Feb 2020

As a young professional developing Mexico’s national policy on open science — the first of its kind in the world — Eunice Mercado-Lara isn't a stranger to innovation in government.  “Most of my...

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