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Eric Meerkamper joins MIGS as a Fellow
MIGS is excited to announce that Eric Meerkamper is joining the institute as a Fellow.
As a Fellow, he will advise MIGS with its global strategy and partnership development and their work related to emerging tech-related issues that intersect with human rights around the world.
The MIGS team is excited to work with Eric in the years to come.
Biographical notes:
Eric Meerkamper has worked for the past decade at the intersection of innovative technologies and global international development, digital citizen engagement, and human rights. Eric has collaborated closely with the World Bank, World Food Programme, UNDP, Freedom House, Harvard University, National Democratic Institute, Munk School for Global Affairs, among others on applying new technologies to critical issues including: gender-based violence, global LGBTQ rights, peace-building, violent extremism, refugees and migrants, persecution of ethnic minorities, mis/disinformation, democratic renewal, and global public health.
Eric holds an MBA from the Ivey Business School and a BA (Hons) International Political Science from Western University. He is the Co-Founder of the Centre for Social Innovation in Toronto, and Past Chair of the Daily Bread Food Bank. Eric has Canadian and Swiss citizenship and speaks English, French, and Spanish.
