Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships worth $150,000 each
by DAMI ADENIYI
The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships, which award students $50,000 a year for three years, are some of the most prestigious in Canada. This year, 13 people of African descent received the scholarship.
The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships are awarded yearly through the federal granting agencies Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). The Scholarship is based on leadership skills, research potential, and a high standard of scholarly achievement in research that spans all disciplines.
This year’s recipients are:
Udechukwu, Chinonye
Institution: University of Ottawa
Area of Research: Mental Health
Title of Research Proposal: Impact of dietary interventions on the developing microbiota-gut-brain axis: implications for susceptibility to later life depression and anxiety.
Onabola, Christiana
Institution: University of Northern British Columbia
Area of Research: Population Health
Title of Research Proposal: On the Cusp of Planetary Health Equity: Adopting Watersheds as a Conceptual Framework for the study of SDGs Interactions and Health Outcomes.
Skerritt, Lashanda
Institution: McGill University
Area of Research: Health Services Research
Title of Research Proposal: Assessing the Reproductive Healthcare Needs and Priorities of Women Living with HIV in Canada.
Osin, Oluwatomiwa
Institution: University of Calgary
Area of Research: Chemistry – Inorganic Chemistry
Title of Research Proposal: Functionalized Nano-Porous Solids for Sustainable Treatment of Pollutants in Wastewater.
Thomas, Carieta
Institution: University of Calgary
Area of Research: Migration, Mobility
Title of Research Proposal: Technologies of Surveillance: An Intersectional Analysis of Illegalized Caribbean Women Careworkers in the Labour Markets in Canada and the U.S.
Osman, Balikisu
Institution: York University
Area of Research: Environment
Title of Research Proposal: Analyzing climate risks and management responses for food security in northern Ghana.
Ofosu, Eugene
Institution: McGill University
Area of Research: Social Psychology
Title of Research Proposal: Causes and consequences of the biases of millions in a similar geographic area.
Noreiga, Alicia
Institution: University of New Brunswick
Area of Research: Education And Welfare
Title of Research Proposal: Unheard Voices: Exploring Perceptions toward the Function of Secondary Schools in the Economic Development of Rural Coastal Communities in Trinidad and Tobago.
Majekolagbe, Adebayo
Institution: Dalhousie University
Area of Research: Environmental Law
Title of Research Proposal: Impact Assessment, Climate Change, and the Sustainability Transition of Fossil Fuel Dependent Economies: Towards a Just Transition Impact Assessment Framework.
Charles, Carlo
Institution: Migration, Mobility
Area of Research: Migration, Mobility
Title of Research Proposal: Black Refuge: The Interplay between ‘Race’, Class, Nationality, and the Sociopolitical Integration of Haitian Asylum Seekers in Canada and France.
Anfaara, Florence Wullo
Institution: The University of Western Ontario
Area of Research: Women’s Studies
Title of Research Proposal: Promoting Community Health and Wellbeing in Liberia: The role of Peace Huts.
Ambtman-Smith, Vanessa
Institution: The University of Western Ontario
Area of Research: Geography & History Education
Title of Research Proposal: Engaging Indigenous community to improve healthcare environments: Is reconciliation within hospital spaces possible?.
Boulebsol, Carole
Institution:Université de Montréal
Area of Research:Women’s Studies
Title of Research Proposal:
Life trajectory, victimization, and support related to reproductive coercion: the experience of immigrant women in Quebec.