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Great blog post by Christine Bartz from the University of the Fraser Valley. Read the full story: http://ow.ly/53JC30nPj0W #QEScholars

Maegan McKay from UFV shares what it means for her to be a part of QES. Read her full post: http://ow.ly/8CMn30nuMTD. #QEScholars

Wilfrid Laurier University shared this great article in the fall about how the "Laurier-Ghana exchange program continues to inspire students' career plans". Have a look: http://ow.ly/NXNM30nfJa8 #QEScholars

Happy new year #QEScholars and safe travels to those starting their scholarship in the next few weeks. For those on the ground, how did you spend the holidays? Let us know via Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

Hon. Kirsty Duncan Minister of Science and Sport with Zohra Lakhani, QEScholar from the University of Toronto during Universities Canada Homecoming 2018. #CdnSkillsAndTalent #GlobalEdCan

Meet two #QEScholars from Saint Mary's University.

Check out this story about #Qescholars from the University of Windsor.

Sylwia will be heading to Vietnam in September for an 11 month internship with the Centre for Marine Life Conservation and Community Development. #QEScholars Read her blog:

"I assisted a Masters student, Prince, in the lab today and together we analyzed water samples from several villages to determine what harmful bacteria was present. The water quality and sanitation aspect of the Karonga field work is in collaboration with the GIS mapping of Cholera patients, their water sources (shallow wells, boreholes, Lake Malawi, etc.), and their latrines. Another productive and educational day! #QEScholars" UNB QEScholar in Malawi UNB Queen Elizabeth Scholars in Malawi

In order to understand and reconstruct past climate and environmental changes in the region of Eastern Andean Colombian Cordillera, we are performing different ...analysis on sediment cores collected in Lake Tota, the deepest high altitude lake in Colombia. This is an update on what Jaime Escobar, an Early Career Research from #Uninorte, #Colombia is working on through the QES-AS program! #QEScholars #Climatechange #UniversityofRegina

Last week we had our first experience in family planning in Malawi. We were able to work with many women to find the right birth control methods for them and th...eir families. This week we were able to take part in family planning talks with both women and men. It was very exciting to be able to have both groups involved in these talks and to work with and learn from them! #QES #QEScholars #UNBQES #UNBnursing #Malawi See more

#QEScholars Moiz Abdul, Laura Amelia George and Byensi Jonnathan Ndorelire join the BEACON team at IBERS, Aberystwyth University, this summer as part of the University of Windsor "Canadian Commonwealth Scholarships in Water and Energy" project. Read more:

Meet #QEScholars Tom Wanyama, working on the University of Waterloo-led Water Security as a Foundation for Healthy Communities and Sustainable Livelihoods project, of which McMaster is a key partner. Read more:

Please join us next Wednesday, July 4th, for a CAPI Research Seminar Series featuring our two visiting faculty members from Azim Premji University, India, and ...a guest from Bhutan's Jigme Singye Wangchuck School of Law who is currently studying in Portland. More info: http://bit.ly/CAPI_research-seminar-series_July04-2018 See more

Evidence shows that the Guajira Desert in Northern Colombia had a very different ecosystem with large rivers and more precipitation. At some point during the la...st 2.7 million years this ecosystem changed dramatically to what it is now. For this reason, we are working with climate modellers to understand why we see this change and what the climate forcing mechanism. - This is what Jaime Escobar, an Early Career Research from #Colombia is working on through the QES-AS program! #QEScholars #Climatechange See more

#qescholars, what does your QES mean to you?

The Nursing #UNBQES students have completed three weeks doing antenatal assessments in a rural health centre in Malawi. We were able to see hundreds of women go...ing through these two rooms working with some wonderful midwives and students. We are very excited to be doing school health and the labour ward next week! #QEScholars See more

#QEScholars Tabitha Oni and Ruhee Mardhani, from the University of Toronto discuss their interniship in Kenya with the Faraja Cancer Support Fund.