My interests lie where policy meets people: international relations, inequality, public affairs, economics and the institutions that shape everyday life.
About Me
Politics is ultimately about people. Behind every policy is a person. Behind every statistic is a life. And behind every institution is a choice about how society should work.
That is what drew me to Political Science.
I’m Suha Khan, a Political Science graduate from the University of British Columbia, with a Minor in Economics.
At UBC, I studied Political Science alongside Economics because I wanted to understand both sides of that equation: the political forces that shape societies and the economic realities that constrain them.
Outside the classroom, I went looking for places where those ideas became real.
At AIESEC UBC, I became Vice President of Global Volunteer and led a team of 13 working across international exchange programmes on six continents. During my term, our chapter achieved the highest number of completed exchanges in Canada.
I represented AIESEC International at two United Nations conferences in New York and Riyadh, engaging with policymakers, government representatives and young leaders from around the world.
With Amnesty International Canada, I have supported advocacy and outreach.
As Chair of the Security Council at UBC Model United Nations, I learned something else: global problems rarely come with simple answers.
That may be why I enjoy them.
I’m particularly interested in international relations, public policy, inequality, migration and the relationship between governments, institutions and the people they serve.
I want to spend my career understanding those systems.
And, eventually, helping improve them.
I’ve led international teams, represented AIESEC at United Nations conferences, worked on human-rights advocacy, chaired debates on international security and helped young people navigate opportunities across six continents.
I’m at the beginning of my career.
But not at the beginning of my curiosity.
Experiences
from Ideas to Impact
AIESEC UBC - Vice President, Global Volunteer
Led a diverse team of 13 delivering international volunteer exchanges across all six inhabited continents.
During my term, AIESEC UBC recorded the highest number of completed exchanges in Canada.
Beyond the numbers, the experience taught me how to lead people, work across cultures, manage stakeholders and turn ambitious ideas into outcomes.
UNITED NATIONS - Attendee
Two conferences. One much bigger world.
Representing AIESEC International at two United Nations conferences put me in rooms with policymakers, government representatives and young leaders tackling issues much larger than any one organisation or country.
It changed my understanding of international relations.
You can study institutions from a textbook.
It is rather different watching people negotiate what those institutions should actually do.
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CANADA - National Organiser
Supporting outreach and advocacy around human rights issues strengthened my interest in the relationship between citizens, institutions and social change.
Human rights can sound abstract.
Until you meet the people for whom they aren't.
UBC MODEL UNITED NATIONS - Security Council Chair
International security rarely offers perfect choices.
Chairing the Security Council meant taking complicated geopolitical issues, understanding competing interests and helping turn them into structured debate and policy discussion.
It taught me to listen to arguments I disagreed with.
That may be one of the most useful things Political Science has taught me.
MULLENLOWE LINTAS - Public Relations Intern
Worked across audience research, market intelligence, trend monitoring and digital communications.
It gave me an early view of something I continue to find fascinating: how institutions communicate, how narratives form and how public opinion moves.
Leadership
Leadership, I discovered, isn't about having followers.
It's about creating momentum.
At AIESEC UBC, I was responsible for a 13-person team working across cultures, countries and time zones.
We used Salesforce and EXPA to track consultations, participant outcomes and programme performance, while I regularly presented our progress to the Board of Advisors.
But dashboards only tell half the story.
The other half is people.
Keeping a team motivated. Solving problems when plans fail. Having difficult conversations. Helping someone become better at what they do.
The numbers mattered.
The people made the numbers happen.
Interests
The questions I keep coming back to.
Canada is one of the world's most established democracies. Yet only half of Canadians say they trust their government. Why do institutions earn trust, and how do they lose it?
India is a nearly $4 trillion economy. Yet the top 10% receive almost 58% of national income, while the bottom half receive just 15%. When an economy grows, who actually gets richer?
Migration can bring talent, growth and cultural energy. It can also put pressure on housing, wages and public services. How do countries remain open without leaving existing communities feeling left behind?
Only 40% of people across 48 news markets say they generally trust the news. In Canada, 62% say it is becoming harder to distinguish respected news sources from dubious ones. What happens to democracy when we can no longer agree on what is true?
Economic equality and economic opportunity are often presented as competing ideas. Do they have to be? What would policy look like if it were designed to expand both?
Women make up roughly half the world's population, but hold only 27.5% of seats in national parliaments. When decisions affect everyone, who actually gets a seat at the table?
I don't pretend to have the answers.
That's precisely why I want to work on the questions.
Academics
Bachelor of Arts - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Political Science
Minor in Economics
My academic interests include international relations, public policy, political economy, inequality and the institutions through which societies organise power and opportunity. But university gave me something more valuable than a collection of answers. It taught me how to question the question.
My Trip To United Nations
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