Announcing YDC’s 2022 Youth Delegation to the International Monetary Fund Annual Meetings
With great excitement, we share this year’s Canadian youth delegation to the 2022 World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund (WBG-IMF) annual meeting in Washington, DC. The meeting will focus on the cost of living and inflation, COVID-19 pandemic response, climate change, and food insecurity worldwide.
The WBG aims to reduce poverty by providing financing, policy advice, and other assistance to developing countries. The IMF has a similar goal of helping stabilize the international monetary system, hence the WBG and IMF work together to help countries in need.
The delegates come from a wide range of backgrounds and hope to advocate for the views of Canadian youth from all across the country.
Meet the 2022 IMF/WBG delegates:
Dael Vasquez-Hernandez, Head Delegate
Dael is a two-term young Diplomat and former city youth councillor of Toronto. Passionate about decentralized finance and anti-corruption, Dael completed his master’s research on blockchain applications at the University of Toronto and is currently working at Transparency International Canada.
Shayaan Ali Kaleem, Communications Coordinator
Shayaan is a student at the University of Toronto studying Life Sciences. He is a strong advocate for global health and eradicating poverty. Currently, Shayaan is working with researchers at Yale to understand disparities in health that exist among different racial groups.
Nyiri DuCharme, Delegate
Nyiri is a strategic policy leader passionate about issues affecting youth. She is a Policy Advisor with the Government of Canada and volunteers actively in her community. Nyiri completed her M.A. at the University of Ottawa, and her B.A.(hons) at the University of Toronto.
Faith Edem, Delegate
Faith Edem is an Economic Advisor at Environment and Climate Change Canada supporting bilateral climate finance in developing countries. Faith has an array of expertise in climate finance, energy policy, net-zero emission, environmental justice and sustainability.
Alexandre Lloyd, Delegate
Alexandre Lloyd is pursuing a Master’s in International Economic Policy at the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) at Sciences Po. He is currently doing an internship at the OECD focusing on family and gender policy in the Directorate for Employment, Labour, and Social Affairs.
Thomas Hewitt, Delegate
Thomas Hewitt is a JD candidate at Western University. He holds the CPA designation as well as a Master of Accountancy and Bachelor of Accounting. He was previously a Senior Associate at Deloitte with rotations in areas including M&A Advisory, Economic & Policy Advisory and Forensic Investigation.