Life After Global Development Studies
Where will your degree take you?
A degree is Global Development Studies provides pathways to a wide range of careers focused on improving lives, reducing inequality, and tackling global challenges. Graduates work across sectors that span local communities and international systems, blending policy, research, and hands-on action.
Our students develop skills that employers in Canada and around the world value highly. Our graduates are well-trained with the necessary skills to address pressing global challenges.
Our undergraduate students enter the workforce with effective analytical and communication skills, combined with a knowledge base that is global in scope.
Our students can gain practical development experience through our work study courses and international placement course.
Our graduate students emerge with a signature portfolio of diverse skills including:
- cross-cultural communication
- project design
- fieldwork proficiency
- logistical planning
- network building
- creation and communication of new knowledge
My experience in Queen's Global Development Studies (DEVS) program was truly one of a kind. As I work towards a career in global governance, I am grateful for the strong foundation in critical, intersectional thinking that I acquired through DEVS, which helps me bring forward an informed and development-focused perspective in the world.
Catherine Despatie
Bachelor of Arts Honours (DEVS) 2021, Master of Global Affairs 2023
Global Development Studies Alumni
Our alumni hold positions in a variety of fields including academia and research, international development and humanitarian work, government and public policy, advocacy and law, communications and journalism, and the private-sector.
Our alumni have found success in roles such as:
- Consul and Counsellor, High Commission of Canada in Columbia
- Foreign Service Officer, High Commission of Canada in the UK
- Senior Policy Advisor, Global Affairs Canada
- Director General, Policy and Engagement, Canada Water Agency
Our alumni have found success in roles such as:
- Director of Corporate Affairs, Microsoft
- Development Director, Electronic Arts
Our alumni have found success in roles such as:
- Human Rights Lawyer, United Nations
- Human Rights Officer, UN Human Rights Legal Counsel, Department of Justice
- Assistant Crown Attorney, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General
Our alumni have found success in roles such as:
- Associate Professor, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Associate Professor, Political Studies, University of Windsor
- Senior Lecturer in Global Digital Politics, King's College London
- Assistant Professor, Political Studies, University of Ottawa
- Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, Simon Fraser University
- Assistant Professor, Political Science, Acadia University
Our alumni have found success in roles such as:
- Deputy International Editor, Washington Post
- Investigative Reporter, Toronto Star
- Assistant Editor, The Narwhal
Our alumni have found success in roles such as:
- Director of Communications, Doctors Without Borders/M茅decins Sans Fronti猫res (MSF) Canada
- Head of Disability Inclusion, Mastercard Foundation
- Senior Policy Advisor in Gender Justice, Oxfam America
- Environmental & Social Justice Educator
- Senior Project Manager, Policy and Advocacy, Community Change (The ORG)
- Head of CEO Office, Save the Children International
- Senior Human Rights Advisor, Human Rights & Equity Office, 91制片厂
- Executive Director, KEYS Employment and Newcomer Services