Andrew Aziz is ICTSD’s Periodicals Coordinator and the editor of Bridges Trade BioRes and Bridges Trade BioRes Review.
Andrew earned a Master of Journalism at Carleton University in Ottawa and a BA in International Development Studies with a minor in East Asian Studies (Summa Cum Laude) at York University in Toronto, and participated for a year as an international exchange student at the University of Hong Kong. Previously, he worked, inter alia, as a journalist and teaching assistant at Carleton University and as Media Monitor for Carver Communications in Ottawa.
Andrew interned at ICTSD from 2005 to 2006, under IISD’s Young Canadian Leaders for a Sustainable Future programme. As a Programme Assistant, he was a regular contributor to Bridges Weekly, Bridges Trade BioRes and, occasionally, Bridges Monthly.
During his graduate degree, Andrew received several academic awards including Carleton University’s Canada-China Friendship Bursary and the Dean of Graduate Studies’ Academic Excellence Scholarship. Also, research for his master’s thesis, which focussed on the emergence of grassroots environmentalism in the People’s Republic of China, was funded by the Canadian International Development Agency’s Bill McWhinney Memorial Scholarship for International Development and Journalism.
Andrew is a citizen of Canada.