{"id":47513,"date":"2024-02-29T14:49:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T14:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/?p=47513"},"modified":"2024-08-09T07:40:54","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T11:40:54","slug":"carleton-announces-the-second-cohort-of-qes-advanced-scholars-west-africa-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/2024\/carleton-announces-the-second-cohort-of-qes-advanced-scholars-west-africa-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton Announces the Second Cohort of QES Advanced Scholars West Africa Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Carleton Announces the Second Cohort of QES Advanced Scholars West Africa Program\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>Carleton University\u2019s Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Advanced Scholars West Africa (QES-AS-WA) program is pleased to announce the selection of nine scholars for its second and final cohort in the current funding cycle. The selection of the nine distinguished West African late doctoral and early career women scholars from an impressive 297 applications followed a detailed evaluation by the esteemed governing committee members and Research Placement Partners. Carleton University is delighted to unveil the nine outstanding scholars who will be joining the program in early spring 2024:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Adwoa-Owusuaa-Bobie<\/strong>: Early Career Researcher, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Celina Onyawoibi Aju-Ameh:&nbsp;<\/strong>Early Career Researcher,&nbsp;Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo (FUHSO), Benue, Nigeria<\/li><li><strong>Chimaobim Ijeoma Enendu<\/strong>: PhD candidate, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Nigeria<\/li><li><strong>Eugenia Ama Breba Anderson<\/strong>: Early Career Researcher, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Gloria Boko Epse Agbo<\/strong>: PhD candidate, Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Abomey-Calavi, Benin<\/li><li><strong>Jane Chinyere Ezirigwe:<\/strong>&nbsp;Early Career Researcher, Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Nigeria<\/li><li><strong>Louka\u00efya Zorobouragui<\/strong>: PhD candidate, Universit\u00e9 de Parakou, Benin<\/li><li><strong>Ruth Aba Tobi Sawyerr<\/strong>: PhD candidate, University of Ghana, Legon<\/li><li><strong>Zainab Musa Shallangwa<\/strong>: PhD in Cultural Studies, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"457\" height=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/Jane-Chinyere-Ezirigwe_Early-Career-Researcher-Nigerian-Institute-of-Advanced-Legal-Studies-Nigeria.jpg\" alt=\"Jane Chinyere Ezirigwe\" class=\"wp-image-47515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/Jane-Chinyere-Ezirigwe_Early-Career-Researcher-Nigerian-Institute-of-Advanced-Legal-Studies-Nigeria.jpg 457w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/Jane-Chinyere-Ezirigwe_Early-Career-Researcher-Nigerian-Institute-of-Advanced-Legal-Studies-Nigeria-200x214.jpg 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/Jane-Chinyere-Ezirigwe_Early-Career-Researcher-Nigerian-Institute-of-Advanced-Legal-Studies-Nigeria-400x429.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><figcaption>Jane Chinyere Ezirigwe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Carlerton\u2019s QES-AS-WA program,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/qes\/qes-as-wa-2021-2024-2\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wurin ta na yin rubutu \u2013 Her own room to write<\/a>, is designed to provide an opportunity to gain experience through travel to Carleton University and\/or across West Africa to one of our research placement partners. The scholarship provides for research supervision, focused seminars, experiential learning through aligning the research proposal with research placement opportunities (see&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/qes\/qes-as-wa-2021-2024-2\/partners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Placement Partners<\/a>), leadership, and network building. There were six scholars in the first cohort of scholars who were in residence in the summer of 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carleton University is one of 11 Canadian universities that receive funding from the new&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.univcan.ca\/programs-and-scholarships\/queen-elizabeth-scholars\/qes-advanced-scholars--west-africa--university-projects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Queen Elizabeth Scholars (QES) Advanced Scholars West Africa program<\/a>&nbsp;to work together to find solutions to the world\u2019s increasingly complex challenges. The project is led by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/people\/nduka-otiono\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nduka Otiono<\/a>, a distinguished scholar and Director of Carleton\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Institute of African Studies<\/a>&nbsp;in collaboration with colleagues at Carleton, various African partners including and Professor Aisha Ibrahim, assistant deputy vice-chancellor of Fourah Bay College at the University of Sierra Leone. Others include Heloise Emdon, Manager, International Projects, and Farhana Moshira, the International Project Coordinator.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The external project partners include&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/impacttransform.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IMPACT-Partnership Africa<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/code.ngo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CODE<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/canadaafrica.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Africa-Canada Chamber of Commerce<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nexteinstein.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ustpaul.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Saint Paul University<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/africatradedesk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Africa Trade Desk<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships (QES) is managed through a unique partnership of Universities Canada, the Rideau Hall Foundation (RHF), and Canadian universities. The QES-AS West Africa program is made possible with financial support from IDRC. The QES program was created in 2014 to improve global talent exchange between Canada and other nations. The program aims to develop the next generation of innovative leaders and community builders by providing enriched academic, professional, and cross-cultural experiences and by facilitating lasting local and global community engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/Gloria-Boko-Epse-Agbo-PhD-candidate-Universite-dAbomey-Calavi-Benin-400x554.jpg\" alt=\"Gloria Boko Epse Agbo\" class=\"wp-image-47517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/Gloria-Boko-Epse-Agbo-PhD-candidate-Universite-dAbomey-Calavi-Benin-400x554.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/Gloria-Boko-Epse-Agbo-PhD-candidate-Universite-dAbomey-Calavi-Benin-200x277.jpg 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/Gloria-Boko-Epse-Agbo-PhD-candidate-Universite-dAbomey-Calavi-Benin-768x1064.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/Gloria-Boko-Epse-Agbo-PhD-candidate-Universite-dAbomey-Calavi-Benin-1024x1418.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/Gloria-Boko-Epse-Agbo-PhD-candidate-Universite-dAbomey-Calavi-Benin-1109x1536.jpg 1109w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/Gloria-Boko-Epse-Agbo-PhD-candidate-Universite-dAbomey-Calavi-Benin.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption>Gloria Boko Epse Agbo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on the selected scholars for the final round of the Carleton QES-AS-WA program Professor Otiono noted that the new set is more competitive and covers a wider geographic spread. He underscored the large number of entries as indicative of the popularity of the Carleton QES-AS-WA program and regretted that only nine spots could be offered. \u201cI wish we could extend more opportunities to the extremely qualified women applicants,\u201d he said, adding: \u201cWe hope to pursue related opportunities in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carleton University\u2019s Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Advanced Scholars West Africa (QES-AS-WA) program is pleased to announce the selection of nine scholars for its second and final cohort in the current funding cycle. The selection of the nine distinguished West African late doctoral and early career women scholars from an impressive 297 applications followed a detailed evaluation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-african-studies"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47513"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47521,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47513\/revisions\/47521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}