Q & A: Exploring opportunities for partnership between Canada and India
CIGI president Rohinton Medhora on how Canada and India can work together on reforming the global trading system, data governance, India’s upcoming G20 summit and more.
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Former Senior Editor, Open Canada.
Catherine Tsalikis is the former Senior Editor for Open Canada. Previously, she worked as a producer for the CBC’s fifth estate and CTV News Channel. She also worked as a politics producer for London’s Sky News, and as an editorial assistant for The World Today magazine, published by Chatham House. Catherine holds a Master’s degree in international relations from the London School of Economics, as well as a Bachelor’s degree in international relations and political science from the University of Toronto (Trinity College). In 2019, as the recipient of an Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada media fellowship, she reported on gender equality in Japan from Tokyo, Kyoto and the Tohoku region.
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