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The 10Th Anniversary of the Killam Fellowships Summer 2012 Foundation for Educational Exchange Between Canada and the United States of America A message from The 10th Anniversary of the CEO Michael Hawes Killam Fellowships Program Fulbright Canada is proud to boast an active and engaged alumni who are leaders in their In 2002, Fulbright Canada partnered with at Vanderbilt fields, champions of social action, the American Killam Trust to create an University, Barsky and proponents of diversity. They undergraduate exchange program that teaches literature remain committed to the core supported some of the best and brightest and works in Fulbright mission; promoting young minds in Canada and the United immigration mutual understanding at home States. This year, on the 10th anniversary, 250 studies, linguistics, and abroad. students will have participated in the Killam and radicalism Fellowships Program! in American In this newsletter we invite all of Jewish life. While you to read about the community To celebrate, Fulbright Canada is inviting many best known for and volunteer initiatives that of its key stakeholders (alumni, government his work as the our alumni have undertaken. We partners, and universities) to our 10th biographer of are proud of this opportunity to anniversary celebration. We are hosting famed linguist relay their stories of engagement, Guest lecturer the 10th Annual Elizabeth Killam Rodgers & and activist Noam collaboration and understanding. Dr. Robert Barsky Constance Killam Distinguished Public Lecture, Chomsky, Barsky is We also invite you to read about and a gala dinner at the Chateau Laurier in an important public intellectual in his own our various community leadership th Ottawa on September 13 . Invitations for the right. He is author of “The Chomsky Effect: programs, and our Killam and gala dinner are currently being sent, we hope A Radical Works Beyond the Ivory Tower”, Fulbright community campaigns, that you will be able to attend! and Chomsky’s biography “Noam Chomsky: “The Killam Day of Action” and A Life of Dissent.” He is also founder and the “2012 Hours against Hate.” We would invite all friends of Fulbright and editor of AmeriQuests, a peer-reviewed members of the community to join us for the e-journal devoted to writing and research I would also ask you to mark public lecture which will take place in the about real and metaphorical quests toward your calendar for the Killam Salon room at the National Arts Centre at “America.” Fellowships Program 10th 5:00pm on September 13th. This lecture will anniversary gala here in Ottawa feature Dr. Robert Barsky, who will discuss the We hope that you will join us for the 10th on September 13th. role and relevance of public intellectuals. Anniversary Distinguished Killam public lecture to celebrate the success of the Finally I would also like to A distinguished member of the humanities Killam program. welcome Michael O’Shea to the division of the College of Arts and Science Foundation as our new Education USA officer. Page 2 The Right to Learn: A Killam Day of Action “Education is a right. It should not only appreciation of different cultures, be provided for an elite few, nor should and even taught a lesson about the it be administered poorly,” says Josh importance of maintaining friendly Halpren, a Killam student who recently relations between Canada and the USA. dedicated a day to the Killam Day of At the year-end Ambassador Project Action. Expo, each student presented their country to parents and students with This summer, Josh was hired as a fifth confidence and pride. grade social studies intern at the KIPP Ujima Village Academy, a charter middle Ninety-seven percent of students at school in his hometown of Baltimore KIPP Ujima identify as being African- that enacted an educational model American, and many qualify for Free Killam Fellow Josh Halpren (2012-13) with called KIPP, the Knowledge is Power and Reduced Meals, a clear indicator KIPP students Program. Josh was responsible for of poverty. Teaching students from of dedicated teachers in empowering helping students with their Ambassador low socioeconomic backgrounds with students and increasing self-esteem.” Projects - each student researched a a diversity of skill levels was “very KIPP Ujima holds true to it’s mantra country to understand its geography, different from the neighboring schools Excellence without Exception, and Josh culture, history and government. Josh I attended in Baltimore” says Halpren. happily recalls that “the support they helped students build research skills, “This experience was and eye-opener, extended is something for which I will write papers, and give presentations not only for the drastic need for quality always be grateful.” on a topic that would create an public education, but the crucial role Fulbrighters fight for Human Rights while under the supervision of attorneys. Uganda for a three day comparative Duhaime, who created the first legal workshop on Human Rights Clinical clinic in Quebec, argues that they “are Legal Education where they discussed instrumental in preparing students the progress and methodology of the for human rights lawsuits.” Students clinic with the Ugandan students in assess the credibility of evidence, learn order to determine areas of success, techniques to interview victims and and avenues for improvement. “It was present evidence, and build arguments interesting,” Duhaime recalls, “how against human rights violations. African students are not used to being Fulbright Scholar Dr. Bernard Duhaime (2011-12) upfront with their professors. They were at the workshop on legal education at Makerere University, Uganda In 2010 Duhaime was contacted by very appreciative to have their opinions Fulbright scholar, Ismene Zarifis, who was matter, and to improve the project.” The educational model is difficult to on her exchange at Makerere University Duhaime was pleased to note that his alter. Author A. J. Rotherham argues in Uganda. Zarifis created a public friend and colleague’s legal clinic has that “education history is littered interest law clinic with similar objectives been permanently inserted into the with big promises […] and surprisingly to Duhaime’s, only she took domestic curriculum at Makerere University, and little change.” Despite this challenge, law actions to local tribunals. One that Ismene renewed her Fulbright grant Fulbright scholars and human right focus was the aggressive anti-gay laws for another year. lawyers, Dr. Bernard Duhaime and which essentially outlaw homosexuality. Dr. Ismene Zarifis, have managed to Lawmakers are currently debating a bill A huge amount of work goes into implement legal human rights clinics that imposes lengthy sentences on people creating, operating and supervising into their curriculum. for being gay, a year earlier they had these clinics, yet attorneys, human proposed a bill that called for the death rights lawyers and professors still Legal clinics originated from Germany penalty. choose to volunteer much of their time. in the 19th century, and have since When asked why, Duhaime’s sense of grown exponentially. The clinic is After the clinic had been running for a community shone through, “it’s fun, we integrated into the curriculum to expose year, Zarifis invited Duhaime to Uganda. are a group of friends and intellectuals students to real-world experiences In April, Duhaime joined Zarifis in that want to motivate the next generation of lawyers.” Page 3 Volunteer Edition Food for Thought program. The project was designed to of pride and ownership in the school educate and nourish students at Rogers community.” Middle School - where 81% of students receive free or reduced meals. Through a sustainable garden project that reflects urban students’ basic Increasing evidence has revealed that need for better food, and a greener underachievement and high dropout and more liveable environment, Li’s rates among urban students from team was able to engage students lower socioeconomic neighbourhoods and teachers in a more personalized are correlated with ineffective literacy context. Li argues that the community instruction, and a lack of awareness project strengthened the mutual Fulbright Scholar Dr. Jia Li (2011-12) with Rogers among youth that eating nutritious foods understanding of the complexity of the Middle School students, planting an apple tree can enhance their concentration. challenges that diverse urban students Fulbright scholar Jia Li went on her Students, teachers and school encounter in both Canada and US, Fulbright exchange to the Harvard administrator were enthusiastically about thus enabling them to explore a joint Graduate School of Education, where the project, actively working with Li’s tactic that will reverse the trend of she focused on narrowing the literacy team in planting fruit trees, perennial academic underachievement among gap at economically disadvantaged herbs, and flower bushes. “Students such students. “Ultimately this project urban schools. Concerned about and teachers were excited to see the has provided my team with a great building rapport with students and transformation.” reports Li. “Afterwards, opportunity to interact with students teachers, Jia chose to engage Boston they were so motivated that they cleaned and teachers not just as education Public Schools in a community garden the flowerbeds against the school researchers, but even more importantly project that was sponsored by the building, which had long been ignored. as individuals who care deeply about Fulbright Canada-RBC Eco-Leadership This is one of the most valuable things the holistic wellbeing of their local that the project nurtured – a strong sense communities” says Li. Creeks and Canadians Russell M. Lawson was a Fulbright of American Indian medicinal wildflowers work. He has Visiting Research Chair in Transnational from the Northern, Eastern, Southern just finished Studies during the fall 2010, at Brock and Western tribes. This garden will be editing the University. He researched Anglican used as an educational tool, and hopes Greenwood Missionaries to Canada’s First Nations to revive interest in aboriginal healing Encyclopedia Communities in the late 18th century.
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