{"id":37921,"date":"2024-05-08T13:56:52","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T17:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/?p=37921"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:35:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:35:55","slug":"ba-student-keisha-cuffie-wins-a-2024-carleton-university-summer-student-edi-research-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/2024\/ba-student-keisha-cuffie-wins-a-2024-carleton-university-summer-student-edi-research-award\/","title":{"rendered":"BA student Keisha Cuffie wins a 2024 Carleton University Summer Student  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                        BA student Keisha Cuffie wins a 2024 Carleton University Summer Student  EDI Research Award\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Keisha.Cuffie_IMG_0312_EDIaward2024_news.jpg\" alt=\"photo of Keisha Cuffie\" class=\"wp-image-37922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Keisha.Cuffie_IMG_0312_EDIaward2024_news.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Keisha.Cuffie_IMG_0312_EDIaward2024_news-160x123.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Keisha.Cuffie_IMG_0312_EDIaward2024_news-240x184.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Keisha is a BA student with a major in Political Science and a minor in Critical Race Studies. Her research project is entitled \u201cIt\u2019s Time, Reclaiming Our History: Including Black Canadians in University Curricula\u201d.<\/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>For me, the Student EDI Research opportunity is a way to make a tangible impact on the inclusivity of our curricula by incorporating the rich cultural histories and perspectives of Black Canadians. This research aims to ensure that Black students feel valued and seen, fostering a learning environment that honours their heritage while also educating their peers about long-excluded aspects of Canadian history.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/awards-funding\/student-edi-research-awards\/2024-award-recipients\/\">More about this award<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keisha is a BA student with a major in Political Science and a minor in Critical Race Studies. Her research project is entitled \u201cIt\u2019s Time, Reclaiming Our History: Including Black Canadians in University Curricula\u201d. For me, the Student EDI Research opportunity is a way to make a tangible impact on the inclusivity of our curricula [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37922,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37921"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37924,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37921\/revisions\/37924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}