New Brunswick Social Policy Research Network Student Grant

In an effort to acknowledge the research potential of students in New Brunswick and to advance evidence-based policy in the province, NBSPRN has developed a student grant program focused on recognizing, promoting and developing the work of graduate and undergraduate students.

Three students will receive the NBSPRN Student Grant this year. They are:

Martin Leblanc Rioux, a Master’s of law student in the Faculty of Law at the Université de Moncton, is a recipient of the student grant. His thesis explores how the language regime of a state affects the degree of protection of linguistic minorities. He will be looking at whether the intervention of the State in matters of language is a real lifeline for minorities, or a simple non-determinant, and even a decoy in some cases.

Donna G. Curtis, PhD candidate, Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of New Brunswick is also a recipient of the award. Her research examines the use of traditional and local information and knowledge sets in comparison to scientific and technical, and government or publically collected information and how all of these information and knowledge sets are identified, disseminated and applied to public policy decision‐making.

Jasmine Alam PhD candidate, Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of New Brunswick is the final beneficiary of the scholarship. Her research focuses on poverty reduction and women’s empowerment and analyzes their relation to social and economic policy in Canadian communities.

NBSPRN’s student grant program is designed to help students with their financial needs whilst continuing their education at a university level.

Please note that the research projects of the recipients of the NBSPRN 2014 Student Grant will be featured in the blog of the Network in the coming weeks.

Congratulations to Martin, Donna and Jasmine!