Ten undergraduate Carleton students were presented with Provost Scholar Awards on Tuesday, April 9. Congratulations to our very own Simon Harris, and Karenna Chen! We are so proud of their impressive accomplishments and dedication!
Simon Harris is a fourth-year Public Affairs and Policy Management student who strives to blend research and teaching with their activism for transformative justice. As a research assistant with Professor Amanda Clarke, Simon assisted in conducting research related to the role and influence of external actors within the policy development process. Simon was instrumental in leading CUSA’s recent democratic reform investigation and report before jumpstarting its new Board of Directors. Simon was also a 2022-2023 Killam Fellow with Fulbright Canada at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Karenna Chen is an exceptional Global and International Studies student who is focused on the sociocultural significance of public murals in Ottawa’s Chinatown. She has devoted her time to researching a variety of fields and has been contributing to the Ethnography Lab’s project to document and analyze Carleton’s tunnel murals. Karenna has also been the Outreach Lead for Climate Action Carleton, coordinating with allied groups at Carleton and nationally. In addition, she was the Community Chair and Vice-President of Rotaract Club of Ottawa South.
