Amanda Achtman
Amanda Achtman was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, with mountains, cowboys, and entrepreneurs for inspiration. She studied political theory in her hometown with a focus on the life and thought of Hannah Arendt and Hans Jonas. After making a viral political parody video, she moved to Toronto to do a mix of journalism, crowdfunding, and advocacy in defense of Canadians' fundamental freedoms.
Living the alternation between action and contemplation, she then went to Poland to study saints, heroes, and martyrs in a master's program in John Paul II Philosophical Studies at the Catholic University of Lublin. Upon returning to Canada, she served as the senior advisor to a member of parliament working to prevent the expansion of euthanasia to persons living with a disability or mental illness.
Amanda recently spent two years in Rome studying the resurrection of the dead throughout Jewish tradition in a program of Judaic Studies and Jewish-Christian Relations offered by the Pontifical Gregorian University.
Determined to protect human life, Amanda's current priority is preventing euthanasia and encouraging hope through her cultural project, Dying to Meet You.
Amanda also works with Canadian Physicians for Life on ethics education and cultural engagement. She is a 2023-2024 NextGEN Fellow at Cardus and a 2023-2024 Krauthammer Fellow at the Tikvah Fund.
