Ricelle is a first-generation, Filipina immigrant hailing from the GTA, and a recent graduate from the University of Toronto’s Master of Arts program in Political Science. She was an Editor with the NATO Association of Canada and an Associate with the RBC Career Launch Program, and hopes to work in the non-profit, or legal sectors in the future. Her research interests include gender politics (primarily surrounding domestic and international women of colour), human rights, and security and political issues in Southeast Asia. She is also interested in issues surrounding political corruption and graft, as evidenced by her MRP entitled: “Theory, Theft, and Trapos: The Structural Origins of Philippine Corruption”. In her free time, Ricelle enjoys creating digital art, supporting Real Madrid and the Toronto Raptors, and continuing her pursuit of fluency in the French language.
If you want to contact her, she can be found at ricelle.sanjuan@gmail.com, or on LinkedIn at ca.linkedin.com/in/ricellesj.
-
The mission of NATO Association of Canada is to promote peace, prosperity, and security through knowledge and understanding of the importance of NATO.
We strive to educate and engage Canadians about NATO and NATO’s goal of peace, prosperity and security. NATO Association of Canada ensures that we have an informed citizenry able to contribute to discussions about Canada’s role on the world stage.
As a leading member of the
Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA), NATO Association of Canada has strong and enduring ties with sister organizations in many of the alliance countries, as well as members of NATO’s “Partnership for Peace” and “Mediterranean Dialogue” programmes. The NAOC has had a leading role in the recent transformation and modernization of the ATA, and helped to create and develop the Youth Atlantic Treaty Association (YATA).
The NAOC has strong ties with the Government of Canada including Global Affairs Canada and the Department of National Defence. We are constantly working to create and maintain relationships with international organizations such as the World Bank Group, the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, NATO Headquarters, the International Criminal Court, and other prominent international NGOs and think tanks.
View all posts
