Aly Tkachenko is a PhD student in International Relations and Canadian Politics at the University of Victoria. Her research focuses on critical security studies, climate change, oceanic security, and civil disobedience. Aly is a research fellow with the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN), as well as a 2024 fellowship recipient with the Climate Security Association of Canada (CSAC). Her work at UVic is supervised by Dr. Will Greaves.  

Aly holds an MA in political science from the University of Victoria (2022) and a BA from McMaster University (2021). She has worked as a researcher and writer for the Firelight Group, and is looking forward to the publication of a co-authored article titled Degrees of Optimism: A Study of Youth Climate Activists in British Columbia in the journal BC Studies.