About CASID

The Canadian Association for the Study of International Development (CASID) is a national, bilingual, interdisciplinary and pluralistic association devoted to the promotion of new knowledge in the broad field of international development. CASID is a membership-based organization.

CASID’s executive board is drawn from the membership ranks, the CASID annual conference is organized principally for and by members, CASID members contribute to the Canadian Journal for Development Studies, and much of the news, updates, and publication information found on this website is generated and contributed by CASID members. On this site, you can find information on the benefits of membership in CASID as well as the avenues by which you can become a member.

To accomplish its mission to promote and support international development studies in Canada and abroad, CASID maintains a listserv and a blog to enhance communication and the sharing of information among interested and engaged IDS people worldwide.  CASID organizes one annual conference and sponsors five regional events per year.  The ambition of both the annual conference and the regional events is to bring together people working and studying in the broad field of international development to share opinions, experiences and research findings, to enhance networking and communication in the IDS community, and to facilitate the emergence of new development researchers and practitioners through active interaction and cooperation with Development Studies and related programs in Canadian universities and colleges.

CASID also oversees the publication of the Canadian Journal of Development Studies (CJDS). Established in 1980, the CJDS remains the only Canadian scholarly journal devoted exclusively to the study of international development.

Executive Committee

President

Vida Shehada
(2022 – 2025)

Professor, The International Development Postgraduate Program
Centennial College

Vice-President

Jonathan Langdon
(2025 – 2025)

Professor, Development Studies Program and the Adult Education Department 

St. Francis Xavier University

Past President

Rebecca Tiessen
(2025 – 2025)

Professor, School of International Development and Global Studies
University of Ottawa

Treasurer

Firdavs Babaev
(2023 – 2026)

Master's Student, School of International Development and Global Studies
University of Ottawa

Secretary

Véronique Plouffe
(2025 – 2028)

PhD candidate, Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies
University of Ottawa

Members At Large

Lina Aburas Awadalla
(2023 – 2026)

Doctoral Student, School of International Development and Global Studies
University of Ottawa

Denis Côte
(2023 – 2026)

Analyste des politiques
Association québécoise des organismes de coopération internationale (AQOCI)

Steffi Hamann
(2025 – 2025)

Assistant Professor, International Development Studies
York University

Kirsten Van Houten
(2024 – 2027)

Assistant Professor, School of Social Justice and Global Stewardship
University of the Fraser Valley

Mustahid Husain
(2025 – 2028)

Research Associate, The York Centre for Asian Research York University; Teaching and Research Fellow, Department of Anthropology
University of Toronto, Mississauga

Tka Pinnock
(2025 – 2028)

Doctoral candidate, Department of Politics
York University

Brian Waters
(2024 – 2027)

Doctoral Candidate, Geography, Faculty of Environment and Urban Change
York University

CCUPIDS Liason

Steffi Hamann

Assistant Professor, International Development Studies
York University

CJDS Editor

John Cameron

Professor, Dept. of International Development Studies
Dalhousie University

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