John Kotsopoulos

Contributed to @SenateCA study on Canada’s interests and engagement with Africa yesterday. I advocated for:

1) Canada’s diplomatic presence
2) Need for holistic partnerships
3) enhance science and education ecosystems
4) reform our visa system
5) grow @GAC_Corporate expertise

A fitting first Bluesky post, as it is about something I love: straddling the practitioner/academic divide! 3rd successive year delivering a guest lecture w wunderkind Tanvir Deol on Canada-Africa relations @npsia.bsky.social for Prof Teddy Samy’s class. Core msg: CDN-Africa rels really are changing