Antalya Popatia

Research Analyst

Email: [email protected]  |  Phone: 604.720.4926

Antalya is CSG’s Research Analyst based in our Vancouver office. She has previously worked in the Political Economic Section at the U.S. Consulate in Vancouver and the Marketing and Communications department at the SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue. She has worked with federal and provincial elected representatives and participated in their respective electoral campaigns. Antalya has completed five notable internships—a Parliamentary Internship in Ottawa, at the NATO Association of Canada in Toronto, a Public Affairs Internship at the U.S. Consulate in Vancouver, an internship with a Canadian Senator and at a national public relations firm.

She volunteers as a Research Analyst at the NATO Association of Canada and as an Administrator for the Aga Khan Council for Canada – Aga Khan Garden portfolio and leads the Government Relations B.C. Regional Team. She has previously volunteered with the B.C. India Business Network and as National Coordinator at the Aga Khan Council for Canada – Ismaili CIVIC portfolio. 

Antalya graduated from Queen’s University with a degree in politics and has earned a public relations certificate through Simon Fraser University. She attended the Oxford University Diplomacy and Geopolitics Forum, a master class on the foreign policy and international security challenges of today’s geopolitical environment. She is a recipient of the 2022 NATO Association of Canada Intern Alumni Trailblazer Award.