It’s one of the most important graduate scholarships awarded: $50,000 a year for three years of PhD work.
And for the third time in as many years, a PhD in Communication has won the Vanier Graduate Scholarship.
Lowell Gasoi
Doctoral student Lowell Gasoi joins fellow Communication students Joanne Farrall and Kathy Dobson in winning the prestigious award. His research deals with the communicative relationship between artists and government.
“I have been a theatre artist and administrator for almost 30 years and, in that time, I’ve had a lot of dealings with various government agencies, arts councils, etc.,” said Gasoi. “Those relationships fascinate me because they reflect the ways that we, as a society, place value on artistic creation and the ways it reflects our social reality and often, our national identity.”
Gasoi says he was so surprised by the award, he read the letter three times.
“I believe the sound that escaped my body was something between a scream and a small animal being stepped on… kind of a breathy squeak. There might have been uncontrollable dancing involved, it’s a bit of a blur really,” said Gasoi.
Gasoi was one of four Carleton students who won a Vanier Scholarship this year.
You can read more about the scholarships here.
Wednesday, June 21, 2017 in Communication and Media Studies, News
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