Congratulations to Chandra (Nat) Limiarja for winning Canada’s national Map the System competition this year!
Map the System is a global competition led by the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford University.
Nat’s project, "Breaking the Cycle of Hate: A Systems Analysis of Anti-LGBT Sentiment in Indonesia," was awarded first place on May 27 at the Canadian national Map the System finals in Calgary. Nat competed against 183 student teams from post-secondary institutions across Canada.
Nat advanced to the national finals after winning Humber's local Map the System competition. Now in its fifth year, Humber's local competition included 117 student teams from across Humber this year, including four international teams made up of Humber students and students from our Global Polytechnic Alliance partners, VIA University College in Denmark and Otago Polytechnic in New Zealand.
A celebration and presentations from Humber's student participants took place at Humber’s International Graduate School (IGS) on May 8, 2024.
Nat, a student in the Research Analyst Program, in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences (FLAS), studies at Humber’s IGS campus in downtown Toronto. His systems research focused on the escalation of anti-LGBT sentiment in Indonesia. He examined the interconnections between populism, political opportunism, conservative religious groups, and profit-driven media, revealing how inflaming anti-LGBT sentiment has become a tool to advance the agendas of multiple stakeholders. Nat delved into the moral panic surrounding LGBT individuals in Indonesian society and the perception that LGBT issues represent Western influence and moral decay, threatening Indonesian sovereignty and social values. He connected this, and the recent legal repression of the LGBT community, to broader threats against women's rights, the rights of other minorities, and the state of Indonesian democracy overall.
You can watch Nat’s presentation on Map the System Canada’s Youtube channel.
Nat’s presentation begins at 2:05
Congratulations, Nat, on this incredible accomplishment.