Lauren Hanna

Lauren Hanna is from Aurora, Ontario and recently completed her Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Political Science at Acadia University with a minor in Women and Gender Studies. At Acadia, Lauren focused on a mixture of comparative politics and political theory. The diverse subject matter within the small department provided the opportunity to explore issues ranging from development and global governance, to technology and water. Lauren was a teaching assistant for courses in Law, Politics, Government and Culture and she was one of three Canadian delegates at the annual SCUSA American Foreign Policy Conference at Westpoint in 2010, participating in roundtables on human security in the developing world. Beyond the classroom, Lauren co-founded Acadia's first women and gender society, started and taught free weekly yoga classes, and wrote feature articles for the school's newspaper. In the summers of 2009 and 2010, Lauren returned to Ontario to work at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP where she led the revamp of the Student Programs website and prepared a report on law school grading and admissions. Prior to that, Lauren was involved in fundraising at a social service agency for young mothers in York Region. Lauren looks forward to the internship as a way to experience a broad range of actors and issues in provincial politics. Lauren would like to pursue graduate studies with a new perspective on the political realm and she hopes the internship will help her find ways of doing meaningful work in politics afterwards. During her free time, Lauren enjoys the outdoors (especially hiking and being around water), watching live music (particularly jazz and folk), drinking coffee and cooking with friends, going to farmer's markets, and reading print versions of the paper.

Favourite book: Ordinary Affects by Kathleen Stewart

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