Congratulations to our recipients of the UBC Affiliated Fellowships! The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies offers approximately 50 Affiliated Fellowships each year to meritorious students for full-time study and/or research leading to a graduate degree. Awards are made on the basis of academic excellence, and are open to current and prospective full-time UBC graduate students.
We are pleased to announce that MSc students Keyara Brody and Victoria Cirone were each awarded a Cordula and Gunter Paetzold Fellowship. Both Victoria & Keyara are 2023 CGS-M recipients and they receive top-up amounts equal to the full Paetzold Fellowship.
We are also pleased to announce that PhD Candidate Anne-Cecile Delaisse was awarded the Li Tze Fong Memorial Fellowship. Anne received 2023 external funding and receives a top-up amount equal to the full Li Tze Fong Fellowship. Congratulations, Keyara, Anne, and Victoria!
Keyara Brody
Keyara is an MSc student supervised by Dr. Skye Barbic. Keyara’s research looks at sex and gender differences in social support for chronic disease self-management, in particular cardiovascular disease self-management, and is working towards a career focusing on Indigenous health and wellness.
The Paetzold Fellowship, in addition to the CGS-M, will fund Keyara’s full studies, allowing her to truly focus on her research and learning.
Keyara is a hard working and dedicated researcher and student! Keyara enjoys being engaged in conversation and knowledge sharing with other scholars. She is grateful for this award as it will allow her the time and space to pursue interests outside of academia.
Anne-Cecile Delaisse
Anne works under Dr Suzanne Huot’s supervision. Dr. Huot’s lab focuses broadly on occupations of marginalized populations, such as immigrants and indigenous people. Anne’s dissertation is a comparative multi-sited ethnography with Vietnamese people migrating to, or returning from Vancouver and Paris. Anne is interested in how the Canadian and French approaches to immigration, as well as the Vietnamese diaspora policies, impact Vietnamese immigrants’ engagement in local and transnational occupations.
In the 3rd year of her PhD, Anne recently completed data collection for her dissertation project: 86 interviews with 63 participants, including international students and recent migrants in Vancouver and Paris, as well as returning migrants in Vietnam. Thanks to the Li Tze Fong Memorial Fellowship, Anne will have the financial resources to analyze this rich data thoroughly and disseminate her findings. First, Anne will engage with the community and key stakeholders to share and discuss the results. Secondly, Anne plans to write manuscripts to be submitted to academic journals and included in her dissertation.
Outside of academia, Anne enjoys learning and practicing different languages, as it provides a window into diverse cultures and ways of life, almost like traveling without leaving home. Anne has also recently taken up painting as a hobby, and as I’m not particularly skilled at drawing, I’ve been using paint-by-number kits. I find this to be a relaxing activity. I especially enjoy doing it outside on my balcony on sunny days.
Victoria Cirone
Victoria is part of the Aging, Mobility, and Cognitive Health Lab supervised by Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose. The lab researches the role of exercise on brain health, cognitive function, and physical function in older adults to promote healthy aging. Victoria is researching how high-intensity interval training may promote brain health and memory in perimenopause.
The Paetzold award, in addition to the CGS-M, will give Victoria the opportunity to fully devote her time and focus to her research.
Outside of academia, you can find Victoria running along the beach or in the trails! Plus, she loves watching the newest reality TV shows.