After presenting her address as a keynote speaker at the Second Annual NPSIA Conference “The Politics of Change,” Margaret Biggs talked to Katarina Koleva about Canada’s engagement in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the next steps that need to be taken. Margaret Biggs is the Skelton-Clark Fellow in the School of Policy Studies at Queen’s University. From 2008-2013 she was a President of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) responsible for overseeing Canada’s international development and humanitarian assistance efforts world-wide. Margaret Biggs is a graduate of the University of British Columbia and the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA).
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