Climate Adaptation & Resilient Communities: Policy, Research and Practice
Submission deadline: Friday, November 15, 2024
Background:
The McGill School of Population and Global Health is moving into year two of a three-year research and student-training initiative in partnership with the University of the West Indies (UWI) titled Climate Adaptation & Resilient Communities: Policy, Research and Practice.
The McGill-UWI Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarship Program 2021-2025 builds on over 30 years of close inter-university collaborations between Ï㽶ÊÓƵ and UWI to implement a scholarship program focused on a critical current challenge to Canada, the Caribbean region and globally. This training and research exchange program builds on the important role that youth have been playing in climate action globally by linking cross-disciplinary research with practice between Canada and the Caribbean region around the theme of climate change adaptation and resilient communities. This will be done through active partnerships with a diverse group of faculty at McGill and UWI and key local partner organizations.
Call for Submissions:
Each year, 6-7 graduate-level students enrolled at UWI will travel to McGill between the months of June to September to work on research projects supervised by McGill faculty members from any department. Research internships are 90 days in length and UWI students will be registered at McGill as Graduate Research Trainees. Students will receive an award to cover travel and living expenses and receive credit from UWI for their internship. A cohort of 6-7 McGill students per year will undertake 90-day research and practice-based internships between May 1Ìýand August 30, with academic and community partners in Barbados and Trinidad. All students will participate in leadership-focused training and community engagement activities.
The current call for project submissions is open to McGill faculty members who are interested in supervising a graduate student intern from UWI for a three-month period between June and September to work on a research initiative related to climate change adaptation and resilient communities. Student projects can be integrated within ongoing research or represent a new initiative. A faculty supervisor (or co-supervisors) will provide mentorship and support to the student throughout the three-month internship. The supervisor(s), or a proxy if the supervisor is traveling, must be available while students are in Montreal. UWI student applicants will apply to participate in internships tied to specific projects. Qualified applicants will be evaluated by faculty supervisors and assigned to a project based on the alignment of demonstrated skills, experience and interests. Supervisors can also participate in and contribute to learning exchange activities and scientific outputs with faculty colleagues and QES scholars at McGill and UWI.
Project Eligibility:
- The project must address a critical climate change adaptation and resilient communities challenge or priority.
- The project must be led by a McGill faculty member.
- The project must accommodate student intern participation between June 1, 2025Ìýto September 30, 2025, with exact dates to be determined in Spring 2025.
Submission Information:
- All applications must be submitted through the QES Scholarship project submission portal below.
- Please direct all inquiries to the QES Student Affairs Team: spgh.qesprogram [at] mcgill.caÌý
- Applicants will be notified of the results of their project submission by Friday, November 22, 2024.
Learn more about the QES Scholars Program and program requirements.