A metallurgical engineer by training, Dr. Samarasekera spent a decade as President and Vice Chancellor of the University of Alberta

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Enhancing student development through strategic, collaborative, evidence-based practices

Marika is a research, evaluation and training consultant who works with equity-seeking and Indigenous organizations (particularly Inuit), government departments and agencies, and businesses to meet their information needs, particularly in the areas of workplace equity, good mental health, collaborative leadership and violence prevention. She is also an Adjunct Research Professor in the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies at Carleton University.

Defence, security, nuclear weapons, disarmament, Asia, China, Korea and Japan, division between North and South Korea, NATO, nuclear weapon states, disarmament communities, gatekeeping with women in disarmament communities, defence communities, arms control, politics of Russia and Ukraine, relationship between Russia and Ukraine