{"id":26508,"date":"2021-05-19T09:15:16","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T13:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/its-cuthemedev1.carleton.ca\/law\/?p=26508"},"modified":"2025-06-23T11:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T15:43:08","slug":"samira-amid-wins-edi-research-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/2021\/samira-amid-wins-edi-research-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Samira Amid Wins Summer 2021 EDI Research Award"},"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                        Samira Amid Wins Summer 2021 EDI Research Award\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>The Department of Law and Legal Studies is pleased to announce that undergraduate student Samira Amid is a recipient of a 2021 Carleton University <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/awards-funding\/student-edi-research-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Student Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Award<\/a> valued at $10,000. Congratulations!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large wp-image-26509\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/Samira-Amid-1200w-400x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/Samira-Amid-1200w-400x210.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/Samira-Amid-1200w-160x84.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/Samira-Amid-1200w-240x126.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/Samira-Amid-1200w-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/Samira-Amid-1200w-360x189.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/Samira-Amid-1200w.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Samira Amid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Samira\u2019s winning research project is entitled <em>A Qualitative Study of the Relationship Between Police and Racialized Male Youth Living in Canadian Social Housing Communities<\/em>. She designed the research proposal as part of an assignment for her LAWS 3908 \u2013 Approaches in Legal Studies II. <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/people\/william-hebert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Professor William H\u00e9bert<\/a>, the course instructor, is thrilled to be her EDI research supervisor this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;The issue of systemic racism in law enforcement is one of the most pressing subjects of research to explore, and Samira\u2019s project promises to provide nuanced insights into underprivileged youth of color\u2019s encounters with police. It also acts as evidence of her dedication to improving the lives of persons who come into conflict with the law. I am honored to supervise this deserving and resilient student as she undertakes her important social justice-informed undergraduate research. Congratulations, Samira!&#8221; \u2013 Professor H\u00e9bert<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This project is designed as the preliminary portion of a larger ethnographic study that would explore how policing shapes gang involvement among racialized youth in social housing communities, which Samira plans to continue researching as a Master\u2019s student. This project emerges from professional and personal experiences that have influenced her awareness of how the policing methods used in social housing communities negatively impact racialized youth, a group already facing significant structural barriers and institutionalized oppression across social institutions. Samira explains \u201cMy intention with my research is not to further stigmatize these youth but instead, to redress their biased portrayal and underrepresentation in academic literature and broader society.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations Samira!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/story\/edi-student-research-awards\/?utm_source=Homepage&amp;utm_medium=Spotlight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more about this award and all six winners.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Law and Legal Studies is pleased to announce that undergraduate student Samira Amid is a recipient of a 2021 Carleton University Student Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Award valued at $10,000. Congratulations! 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