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Biographical SketchesRemy N. Bargout is an undergraduate candidate at the University of Guelph in his fifth year ofinternational development studies, specializing in rural agricultural development.Acknowledgements: First and foremost, the author would like to acknowledge his fellow internsMitalie Makhani, Dawn Cordeiro, and Gonee Saini. The author must acknowledge and thankShastri Indo-Canadian Institute and the Canadian International Development Agency forrespectively organizing and funding the internship program. Lastly, the author would like toacknowledge the NGO in Tamil Nadu that hosted the internship, however has chosen not tomention the organization by name due to the sensitive and personal nature of the article.Tecla Van Bussel is finishing the fourth year of her BSc degree in Environmental Biology with aminor in International Development at the University of Guelph, graduating in April 2014. Teclahas contributed to the Guelph and global community through her work with the WorldUniversity Service of Canada and their Student Refugee Program as the 2013-2014 co-chair ofthe Guelph Local Committee, supporting young people living in refugee camps to achievehigher education in Canada. In the future she hopes to apply her passion for environmentalscience, international development, feminism, and human rights to bring about sustainablesolutions to the problem of global food security.#Grace Sheehy is a recent graduate of the University of Ottawa's Honours Bachelor inInternational Development and Globalization, with a minor in Women's Studies (as of October2013). She is currently pursuing a Master's in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, also at theUniversity of Ottawa, where she is researching reproductive health in Myanmar.Ali Tejpar will be graduating from Queen's University in spring 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts(Honours) in Global Development and Political Studies. As a Queen's University Chancellor'sScholarship recipient, he has balanced a strong interest in global development research andpolicy with extensive extracurricular and community involvements - currently serving as Chairof the Alma Mater Society (AMS) Judicial Committee, the only peer-administered, nonacademicdiscipline system in North America. Ali hopes to combine his passions in pursuing acareer in law and international development. Accordingly, he will be#enrolled in a Juris Doctorprogram in fall 2014.Acknowledgements: I would like to thank Sarah Peltier for her exceptional advice, patience,and constant encouragement throughout the revision process.#Sarah Silverberg is a 4th year student at McMaster University in the Arts & Science Program.Her academic interests are diverse, including immunology, virology, philosophy and ethics,health policy, and global health governance. She will hopefully be graduating in the Spring of2014.Lauren Milne: I am currently in my fifth year at the University of Winnipeg, Manitoba. I willgraduate April 2014 with a honors degree in International Development Studies. Aftergraduation, I will be applying to law school and pursue a career in human rights law.#Acknowledgements: I would like to acknowledge a number of individuals whose valuable inputassisted in the completion of this thesis. Special thanks to professors Jon Sears and RuthRempel for their guidance and direction with the development of the thesis topic and itscontent. I would also like to thank my peer reader for reviewing my work on the thesis. Finally, Iwould like to extend my thanks to family and friends for their support and encouragement.#74