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Education

09/2010-12/2012

M.A. Political Science, Simon Fraser University (SFU), Canada

Thesis: “Obama’s Foreign Policy toward Russia: Continuity or Change?”

09/2004-09/2008

Honours Philosophy and B.A. Political Science, University of Winnipeg (UofW), Canada

Honours Thesis: “Liberalism and Individualism: The Dissonance Within.”           

Professional Experience

01/2019-03/2022 (Part-time, 50%)

English Teacher and Team Lead, Savvy L&D/Freelance, Kiev, Ukraine

• Taught English, predominately focusing on advanced English and business English for young professionals.
• As a Team Lead for Savvy L&D, managed a team of English native speakers, hired and trained new staff, allocated clients and served as a liaison between own team and the company, solving any issues that arose.

08/2016-07/2017 (Part-time, 20%, remote)

Research Specialist in International Migration, JIS Management, Riga, Latvia

• Researched nationality laws and legal datasets of different countries’ naturalization and residence programmes.
• Analyzed the core requirements and conditions of those programmes, writing up summaries in natural language for publication in a global database that offers services in migration facilitation.

10/2016-03/2017 (Full-time, 100%)

Analyst, Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD), Thomson Reuters, Gdynia, Poland

• Conducted regulatory, compliance, sanctions, AML, and litigation research, specializing in Russian files.
• Analyzed research data and prepared reports based on the findings, evaluating and marking any red flags found.
• At a request of the Regional Head of EDD, utilized my previous experience in due diligence to provide feedback to management on research methods and use of EDD databases, drafting a detailed report to that end.

03/2015-11/2015 (Part-time, 20%)

Campaign Strategist, Green Party of Canada, Vancouver and Burnaby, Canada

• Planned and organized political campaigns for several 2015 Green Party federal election candidates.
• Recruited campaign staff and formed work teams, assigning operational roles, trainings and tasks.
• Edited and provided feedback on candidates’ speeches and media material drafts.

09/2013-07/2015 (Full-time, 100%)

Due Diligence Researcher and Analyst, IPSA International, Vancouver, Canada

• Investigated individuals and business entities for any risk factors, mostly in leading citizenship-by-investment programmes. Due diligence, AML, compliance, fraud and corruption detection were core parts of the work.
• Based on the research and analysis done, wrote reports that were used by our clients—governments and Fortune 500 financial firms—in assessing risk of of-interest individuals and business entities.
• Continually helped the firm refine its research and reporting methodology, particularly in areas of Russian litigation access and extraction, Russian corporate records verification and Russian media analysis.
• Drafted training guides on compliance and sanctions databases for IPSA’s incoming researchers.

02/2013-09/2013 (Full-time, 80%)

Policy Correspondent and Analyst, Green Party of B.C., Vancouver and Victoria, Canada

• Corresponded with party members and constituents, answering questions and making clarifying statements in regards to Green Party policies, communicating directly with the party leadership on any pressing matters.
• Liaising with the Green Party of B.C. campaign offices for quantitative and qualitative data on the 2013 British Columbia election, analytically assessing the data to provide the Green Party a strategic review for future use.

09/2010-04/2013 (Part-time, 30%)

Teaching Assistant in Political Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada

• Taught political science and political philosophy tutorial classes, 12-20 students per class.
• Facilitated class discussions, encouraging student participation and critical thinking, monitoring progress.
• Graded the students’ university exams and essays, providing feedback in commentary form.

08/2012-01/2013 (Part-time, 30%)

Research Assistant in Political Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada

• Assisted Dr. Michael Howlett in managing survey databases on Canadian public policy.
• Sent out surveys, compiled contacts, worded inquiries, and assessed incoming survey data.

01/2010-07/2010 (Full-time, 100%)

Intern, United States Senate (Kent Conrad D-ND), Washington, D.C., United States

• Assisted staff in legislative and budgetary research, focusing on healthcare and defense.
• Analyzed and compiled media feeds for the congressional staff, noting any adverse information found.
• Wrote legislative reports and summaries, focusing on the U.S. Department of Defense acquisition bills.
• Attended U.S. Congressional hearings to take notes for staff, writing up summaries.

Auxiliary Experience

08/2020-Present

Founder, Apatride Network, EU Region

• Connecting vulnerable stateless individuals to organizations and legal counsels that can provide legal aid, including that of immigration and statelessness determination procedures.
• Raising awareness on statelessness, organizing and providing lectures on statelessness for universities as well as international organizations such as UNHCR, IOM, and Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion.

09/2016, 08/2018, 08/2021

Certification Programme in International Migration, International Organization for Migration (IOM), hosted by the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic

• Participant in annually-held summer lectures on ongoing as well as historical international migration realities, presented by respected international migration experts and field operatives, mostly from the UN agencies.
• In 2018 and 2021 programmes, invited to serve as a lecturer on statelessness.

03/2015-04/2016

Interpreter, Canadian Red Cross, British Columbia Lower Mainland, Canada

• Served on call in the First Contact and Disaster Management programmes, particularly, but not solely, for Russian-speaking refugees in situational distress.
• Translated from English to Russian/Ukrainian announcement and general information pamphlets.
• Served as a First Responder in resettling Syrian refugees into the British Columbia Lower Mainland.

02/2014-03/2015

Coordinator, NATO Youth Summit (MoNYS), International

• Managed research, published material and academic content of MoNYS 2014/2015, including rules of procedure, crises management scenarios, and drafting of the summit’s guidelines and debate topics.
• Researched, selected and published current events media articles on the organization’s official website.
• Coordinated the organization’s programmes in public relations and outreach.
• Managed organizational restructuring, assisting MoNYS transition and rebranding into a project under an affiliated umbrella NGO, Euro Atlantic Diplomacy Society, drafting planning for MoNYS in 2015 and beyond.

01/2012-09/2012

Chair for Political Science Graduate Student Caucus, Simon Fraser University, Canada

• Organized social events and professional workshops, involving respected lecturers on academic topics.
• Served as an intermediary between the graduate students and the tenured faculty.
• Together with the Treasurer, managed and allocated the caucus budget, assets and grants.

Memberships and Awards

10/2021-Present

Internal Core Group, Global Movement on Statelessness, Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI)

10/2020-Present

Associate Member and Member of Advisory Committee, European Network on Statelessness (ENS)

Awards of Appreciation, Canadian Red Cross (CRC), Vancouver, Canada

• Awarded a number of certificates of appreciation for active engagement in CRC assignments, namely resettlement of Syrian refugees in British Columbia, serving as an organizer of CRC conferences, and staffing call-support in Alberta 2016 and Saskatchewan 2015 forest wildfires.

Publications

Aleksejs Ivashuk. “Tackling statelessness: the fundamental importance of stateless people’s voices.” Oxford’s Forced Migration Review, Issue 70, September 2022, pp. 13-15.

Cabal, Patrícia, Ivashuk, Aleksejs, and Jyothi Kanics . “Identifying and Protecting Stateless Persons Fleeing Ukraine.” Swiss Refugee Council, Issue 4, 2022. ASYL, www.asyl.recht.ch/de/identifying