The Wolf Scholars Program is funded and administered by the Wolf Cooper Foundation
Margot is thrilled to join the Wolf Scholars Program as its founding Executive Director, and to build Canada’s next generation of thoughtful and driven leaders.
Having experienced first-hand how transformative travel can be during university, Margot is passionate about creating opportunities that empower students to dream big and explore the world. With extensive experience developing impactful educational programs both in Canada and abroad, she has led student teams to coach entrepreneurs in emerging regions across seven countries (Northern Canada, Serbia, Bosnia, North Macedonia, Russia, Vietnam, and Nepal), and has coordinated global internships for hundreds of students. Margot is a strong believer in the power of open-mindedness to develop empathy and drive meaningful positive change.
Before joining Wolf Scholars, Margot was a Consultant at Bain & Company, where she led complex strategic projects for clients in the non-profit, utilities, and financial services sectors. She also served as Bain's undergraduate recruiting captain, helping shape the next generation of talent.
A graduate of the Ivey Business School at Western University, Margot was honored to serve as her class Valedictorian. Prior to Ivey, she studied Political Science and Spanish, which underscored her belief in the importance of interdisciplinary learning.
Margot is excited to meet the first generation of Wolf Scholars and support them as they navigate the roller coaster of university life, empowering them to be resilient, healthy, and ready to lead in whatever area they choose.
Nina Srinivasan Rathbun is a Professor, Teaching Stream at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy at The University of Toronto. Professor Srinivasan Rathbun comes from the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Southern California. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley in 2003.
Her articles have appeared in International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, Security Studies, and the Non-proliferation Review among others. She has taught courses on U.S. foreign policy, the European Union, communism and post-communism in Eastern Europe, research design and methods, global governance, globalization and global finance, receiving several USC Excellence in Teaching grants for innovative teaching methods. She also served as the Director of Undergraduate Studies and faculty research and fellowships advisor for IR undergraduates, mentoring hundreds of students on academic and career choices in international relations and political science, over sixty of whom have been awarded Rhodes, Marshall, Fulbright and Boren National Security scholarships. Her field of research is in international security with a focus on multilateral nuclear non-proliferation and counterproliferation policies, as well as in European integration, political economy and democratization in post-Communist Europe, and NATO.
Professor Srinivasan Rathbun served in the U.S. State Department in the Non-proliferation Bureau and in the U.S. Mission to International Organizations at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna.
