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Selene Coiffard-D'Amico

Selene is currently pursuing a degree in Economics and Philosophy and comes from a multicultural and multilingual background. In addition to her fields of study, she is passionate about History and Biology because of the roles they play in understanding ourselves and others.

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Why is China Persecuting the Uyghur People?

Selene Coiffard-D'Amico Jan 20, 2019

The Uyghur people, a predominantly Muslim, ethnic minority who are native to China’s northwestern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, are suffering under an oppressive regime in which cultural and religious identity is punished. There have …
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Life, Privacy, and the Pursuit of Happiness: America’s Great Failure

Selene Coiffard-D'Amico Nov 25, 2018

Privacy is a complicated term. It has many definitions and people have differing viewpoints on where its reach should be limited. As author Richard Glenn (2003) explains, privacy can reference issues of distancing oneself from the…
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Is Italy Harbouring the Next European Economic Crisis?

Selene Coiffard-D'Amico Oct 31, 2018

On the evening of September 27th, Italy’s The League and Five Star Movement coalition government announced a new economic plan for 2019, which advocates for lower taxes and higher government spending by increasing their budget deficit from…
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