Conference Papers and Participation

Conference Papers and Participation

Conference Papers

Aung, I. (2025). Social Media: A Battlefield for Gendered Political Struggle, presented at the International Conference on Women and Democratic Change, Melbourne, 2025.

Aung, I. (2023). Social Media: A Battlefield for Authoritarian Repression, presented at the Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA) Annual Conference, Toronto, 2023.

Aung, I. (2021). Women’s Participation and Visibility in Anti-Authoritarian Social Media Movements, presented at the 35th biennial conference of the Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies (CCSEAS), Vancouver, 2021.

Aung, I. (2019). Underrepresented Visible Minorities in Vancouver Municipal Offices, presented at the British Columbia Political Science Association (BCPSA) Annual Conference, Vancouver, 2019.

Nowacki, D., & Aung, I. (2016). Regime Change and the Opening of Political Space for Women in Asia, presented at the Western Political Science Association (WPSA) Annual Conference, San Diego, 2016.

Conference Participation

Guest Speaker, Model United Nations Conference 2026, Model United Nations, Institut Catholique de Paris in Reims (MUN’ICP Reims). January 2026.

Panelist, Women, Peace, and Security Conference 2025, Department of National Defence (DND) and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), Ottawa, ON, October 2025.

Panelist, 16th International Burma Studies Conference, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, United States, October 2025.

Young Leader, 22nd International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue Young Leaders’ Programme, Singapore, May 29-June 1, 2025.

Fellow, 2025 Myanmar Emerging Scholars and Young Leaders Workshop, York University and the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, May 2025.

Panelist, The International Conference on Women and Democratic Change, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, April 2025.

Participant, Research Workshop for Emerging Researchers, Le Réseau d’analyse stratégique (RAS) / The Network for Strategic Analysis (NSA), Université Laval, February 2025.

Fellow, 2024 Myanmar Emerging Scholars and Young Leaders Workshop, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, May 2024.

Coordinator, The 26th Annual Graduate Student Conference, Conference of Defence Associations (CDA) Institute, Ottawa, ON, May 2024.

Fellow, 2023 Myanmar Emerging Scholars and Young Leaders Workshop, Université Laval, Québec, QC, October 2023.

Chair, Organizing Committee, Queen’s University Political Studies Graduate Student Association (PSGSA) Graduate Student Conference, Kingston, ON, June 2023.

Panelist, The Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA) Annual Conference, Toronto, ON, June 2023.

Panelist, The Burma Studies Conference – Envisioning Myanmar: Crisis, Change, Continuity, Zurich, Switzerland, June 2023.

Team Lead, Creating a Declaration on Demilitarizing Women, Peace, and Security, Research Network -Women, Peace, and Security (RN-WPS) Symposium, St. Mary’s University, Halifax, NS, March 2023.

Organizing Committee, Grassroots Women’s Activism in Women, Peace, and Security Roundtable Discussion, Research Network -Women, Peace, and Security (RN-WPS) Symposium, St. Mary’s University, Halifax, NS, March 2023.

Panelist, the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Southeast Conference of the Association for Asian Studies (SEC-AAS), Richmond, VA, January 2023.

Panelist, Queen’s University Political Studies Graduate Student Association (PSGSA) Graduate Student Conference, Kingston, ON, March 2022.

Panelist, 35th biennial conference of the Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies (CCSEAS), Vancouver, BC, October 2021.

Organizer, Women in Politics: The Road to Equal Representation Speaker Series, Vancouver, BC, October 2019.

Participant, Congress 2019 of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Vancouver, BC, June 2019.

Panelist, British Columbia Political Science Association (BCPSA) Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC, May 2019.

Delegate, representing Burnaby North – Seymour Federal Riding at Daughters of the Vote (Héritières du Suffrage), Ottawa, ON, March 31-April 5, 2019.

Participant, International Student Festival in Trondheim (ISFiT) 2019 – Migration, Trondheim, Norway, February 2019.

Panelist, Western Political Science Association (WPSA) Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, April 2016.