FAS students earn national scholarships | Queen's University Faculty of Arts and Science

^{Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship recipients (clockwise from top left): Ryan Kirkpatrick, Emmanuelle LeBlanc, Isabelle Grenier-Pleau, Shannon Clarke, Stephanie Woolridge, Saskia de Wildt, Maram Assi, and Hannah Hunter.}

Eight Queen’s University students, including five from the Faculty of Arts and Science, have earned Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships, one of Canada’s most prestigious awards for doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows.

Jointly funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERG), and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), these scholarships recognize individuals who have demonstrated exceptional scholarly achievement and leadership skills in a variety of fields. Scholars receive $50,000 per year for three years of study and research.

“I extend my congratulations to this year’s recipients” says Barbara Crow, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science. “The Vanier award recognizes outstanding academic achievements, extraordinary leadership skills, and an unwavering commitment to fostering excellence and innovation in research."

This year’s recipients from FAS include:

CIHR-Funded Projects

Stephanie Woolridge (Psychology) - Improving diagnostic accuracy in early psychosis: Differentiating the neuropsychological profiles of cannabis-induced and primary psychotic disorders in a 12-month follow-up study

NSERC-Funded Projects

Maram Assi (Computing) - Developing an intelligent bug fix recommender system

SSHRC-Funded Projects

Saskia de Wildt (Environmental Studies) - Tracing processes space-making: Knowledge Relations in polar bear monitoring as a tool for decolonization and as a practice of empowerment

Shannon Clarke (Geography and Planning) - New Spaces, New Subjectivities: Caribbean women in Canada and Black diasporic productions of space

Hannah Hunter (Geography and Planning) - Listening to birds at the end of the world: A historical geography of bird sound recording and a sound art project for human-avian futures

The three other recipients from the Faculty of Health Sciences are:

Emmanuelle LeBlanc (Biomedical and Molecular Sciences) - Developing glycan-based antiviral prophylactics to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other respiratory infections

Ryan Kirkpatrick (Neuroscience) - Detecting eating disorder biomarkers in youth via video-based eye tracking

Isabelle Grenier-Pleau (Biomedical and Molecular Sciences) - Investigating the role of extracellular vesicles in hematopoietic stem cell maintenance

For more information about the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship Program, visit the website.