Lawrence Santiago

Mark Lawrence Santiago is a Filipino-born Canadian human geographer. He is currently an employee at the British Columbia Ministry of Health and a doctoral student at the University of British Columbia. Santiago is the initiator and organizer of Pacific Worlds In Motion, a global interdisciplinary graduate conference on Asian Migrations.

Education and career
Santiago obtained a Bachelor in Philosophy from Ateneo de Manila University as Magna Cum Laude, Departmental Awardee and Class Valedictorian and a Master in Philosophy from the National University of Singapore. In 2007, he enrolled in the doctoral programme at the University of British Columbia, Department of Geography, and was awarded the Trudeau Scholarship in 2009 for his research in comparative migration and health policies between developed and developing countries. The Trudeau Scholarship is Canada's most competitive scholarship for the social sciences and humanities.

Research
Santiago's doctoral research, titled, Made for Canada, Product of the Philippines: Global Nurse Migrations and the Geopolitics of Global Justice, studies state and international policies influencing the ethical and sustainable recruitment of healthcare workers from the developing world. In particular, he has conducted a global ethnography of Philippine-educated and trained nurses actively recruited by various Saskatchewan health regions in comparison to those who migrated to British Columbia’s health regions on their own.

Awards

 * 2007: Cordula and Gunter Paetzold Fellowship
 * 2009: Trudeau Scholarship