Friday, October 5, 2012

SJD candidates Y.Y. Chen and Jacob Shelley are recipients of the notable and competitive 2012 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships, worth $50,000 annually for up to three years.

Chen and Shelley are among a select group of 156 Vanier scholars from 29 universities, including graduate students from the United States, Europe, Asia and Africa who are studying in Canada.

Chen is researching international migrants’ right to health in the era of neoliberalism. Shelley is researching the promise of law for public health.

In a news release, the Vanier Scholars are described as an elite group, and “each is selected based on his or her demonstrated leadership skills, research potential and high standard of scholarly achievement in the social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, engineering or health sciences.”                                                                                                                                                                              Y.Y. Chen

The graduate funding was established by the federal government in 2008 “to attract and retain world-class scholars and establish Canada as a global centre of excellence in research and higher learning.”

Selection committees include evaluators picked by Canada’s three research granting agencies: the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research     (CIHR).

Jacob Shelley   

Read more about the Vanier Scholarships.