Ireland Canada University Foundation

The awards to Irish scholars to visit Canadian universities:

Name of Scholar	Name of Sponsor	Project Title	Scholars Home University	University to Visit
Ríona Nic Congáil	Dr Patrick Hillery Award	Immigration and Integration in French-Language Canadian Children’s Literature: Lessons for the Irish Context	DCU	Universite de Sherbrooke
Amy FitzGerald	AGF International	Modelling Constrained Optimization Problems Using Novel Biological Paradigms	NUIM	University of Waterloo
Stefano Dellai	Atlantic Corridor	Connecting with the Irish-Canadian Diaspora for Business and Economic Links	Athlone IT	University of Toronto
Shane McCaul	Atlantic Corridor	Connecting with the Irish-Canadian Diaspora for Business and Economic Links	Athlone IT	University of Toronto
Heather Lally	Canada Life	Evaluating contrasting restoration approaches to cutaway peatlands in Canada & Ireland	NUIG	Laval University
Colm O’Kane	CHC Helicopter Corporation	Improvement of knee prosthesis design through the merging of Irish & Canadian development approaches	DIT	University of British Columbia
Wesley Flannery	CRH plc	Integrated Marine Management: Lessons learnt from The Eastern Scotian Shelf Integrated Management Initiative from an Irish perspective	NUIG	St Francis Xavier University

The awards to Canadian scholars to visit Irish universities:

Name of Scholar	Name of Sponsor	Project Title	Scholars Home University	University to Visit
Joshua Lalor	CHC Helicopter Corporation	Exploring Ireland-Newfoundland Connections: Understanding how, when, and why ethnic identities are claimed and asserted.	Memorial University of Newfoundland	WIT & Newfoundland Partnership
Mark Collins	Elaine Dobbin	Zebrefish as a model for epigenetics research	Memorial University	UCD
Heather Macdougall	Robert & Julia Foster	Bilingual film cultures: Policy and practice in Canadian and Irish cinema	Concordia University	NUIG
Dante Mateo	Professor Waters	Assessment of lysozyme in haemolymph of soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria) from Irish and Canadian sites as a response to infection with bacterial pathogens	University of Prince Edward Island	UCC
Colin McMahon	Sprott Foundation	A Notion of Immigrants: Migration Commemoration at the Strokestown Famine Museum	York University	NUIM

At the 2009 Awards Ceremony in The Canadian Ambassador’s Residence: Professor John Kelly & Professor Seamus Smyth pictured with the Canadian Ambassador, Pat Binns, and Minister Éamon Ó Cuív, Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, along with the 2009 Craig Dobbin Scholars and Irish Language Teaching Assistants.

At the 2009 Awards Ceremony in The Canadian Ambassador’s Residence: Professor John Kelly (Executive Director ICUF), Minister Éamon Ó Cuív, Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs and Professor Seamus Smyth (Joint Chairman ICUF).

At the 2009 Awards Ceremony in The Canadian Ambassador’s Residence: Professor Seamus Smyth presenting Colm O’Kane, one of the Craig Dobbin Scholars, with his scroll.