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ICUF Scholarships Awarded 1995 - 2008

Please choose a year below:

At the 2004 Awards Ceremony in the Canadian Embassy, l to r: Dr. Patrick Hillery, Canadian Ambassador Mark Moher, Premier of Newfoundland & Labrador Danny Williams.


YEAR AWARDEES PROJECT TITLE
1995

Liz Doherty

Fiddle Music of Cape Breton Island
Helen Carroll 19th Century Emigration from Tralee to Quebec
1996 Deirdre Nuttall
Comparative Study of Migratory Legends of the Supernatural - the South East of Ireland and Newfoundland
Johanne Trew Ethnicity and Identity: Music and Dance in the Ottowa Valley
1997 Vera Regan
Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition
Patrick Waldron The Costellos and Nolans in Kerry and Canada
1998 Deirdre O'Leary The Socio-Economic Role of the Fishing Co-Operative in Nova Scotia and the South West of Ireland
Stuart Murray An Investigation of the Inter-Relationship between the Enlightenment, the Expansion of Europe, and the Post-Coloniality of Settler Colonies
1999 Emma Cunnigham
John J. Heanne, High Commissioner to Canada 1935-1950
Alison Fitzgerald Irish Georgian Silver in Canada
2000 Sean McCrum Research and assessment of long-term strategy and practice for artistic exchange between Ireland, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Mary Haslam Investigating Ireland's links with French-Canada & the complexity and richness of images of Ireland in Canada in the first half of the 19th Century.
Corporate support for scholarships commenced this year as indicated below, where previously all scholarships were funded by the Canadian Helicopter Corporation of St John's Newfoundland.
YEAR AWARDEES PROJECT TITLE
2001

Barclays Bank Scholar:
Keith Jeffrey

A study of the Royal Canadian Navy and the Londonderry Naval Base in the Second World War
Canada Life Scholar:
Frank Barry
An Economic Analysis of Expansionary Fiscal Contractions.
CHC Helicopter Corporation Scholar:
Margaret Brown
The Atlantic Telegraph's First Transatlantic Telegraph Cables from Valentia Island in Kerry To Trinity Bay in Newfoundland in 1856
2002 Canada Life Scholar:
Caoilfhionn Gallagher
"The right to be alone" A comparative analysis of Privacy Law.
Barclays Bank Scholar:
Noel Hyndman
Comparative study of the Canadian and Irish Credit Union Sectors
Green Scholar:
Aisling Molloy
The Canadian Family Archives of Irish Ceramic Designer Frederick Vodrey (1845-97)
CHC Helicopter Corporation Scholar:
James Kelly
"Buncloddy Street" - to research for film Documentary into emigration patterns between Ireland and Newfoundland
2003

AGF International : Andy Bielenberg

The Irish Industrial Diaspora in Canada 1815-1920
Canada Life :
Jason King
Natives and Newcomers: Irish, Indian and French-Canadian Cultural Relations in 19th Century Canada
CHC Helicopter Corporation:
June O'Sullivan
Alice Munro and Edna O'Brien: A Comparative Study
CHC Helicopter Corporation:
Simon Potter
Images of Empire in the Canadian and Irish Media in the Interwar Years
Glen Dimplex:
Thomas Glynn
A study of the differences in R&D practice between photonics industries in Ireland and in Canada

Riverdance:
Mary McAuliffe

Canadian/Irish Choral Suite
YEAR AWARDEES PROJECT TITLE
2004

AGF International : Ms Anne O'Connor (University College Dublin)

A Comparative Study of 3rd level opportunities for Students with an Intellectual Disability, in Ireland and Canada.
Canada Life :
Fr Ciaran O'Carroll (Rathmines Presbytery)
The contribution of Irish Catholic clergy and religious to the growth of Canada from 1850 to 1950
CHC Helicopter Corporation:
Ms Therese Shryane (University College Galway)
To discuss the context of new fluid inclusion data collected from the offshore Newfoundland Basin.
Glen Dimplex:
Mr Thomas Mohr (University College Dublin)
Exploring the Constitutional Links between Ireland and Canada 1922-1937.
Riverdance:
Ms Michelle Finnerty (University College Cork)

Music Education in Universities
2005

AGF International Scholarship: Mr Pádraic MacAodha from the National University of Ireland Galway will visit the University of Victoria. 

A Comparative study of methane hydrate deposits between offshore West Ireland and offshore West Canada.
Canada Life Scholarship: A joint scholarship -
Ms Mary Catherine Lucey from UCD will visit York University in Toronto.
Competition among Professionals: a comparison of Canadian & Irish law
Canada Life Scholarship: A joint scholarship - Mr John Kelly from UCD will visit the Quebec section of OSA and Laval University. Physical & Electromagnetic modelling of hologram formation in photopolymers
Green Scholarship: Mr Seán Burke from UCD will visit Memorial University in Newfoundland. Comparison of ancient deep-marine ecosystems in Ireland & Newfoundland
Glen Dimplex Scholarship: Mr Brian O’Neill from the Dublin Institute of Technology will visit Ryerson University in Toronto. Technological Landscapes of Radio : a comparative study of digital radio
Irish Life & Permanent plc: Mr Declan Webb from the National University of Ireland Galway will visit the University of Ottawa. Bilingualism : oral & written – comparative study of minority language visibility
Riverdance: Dr Victor Lazzarini from The National University of Ireland in Maynooth will visit the University of Montreal. Integrating the Csound 5 API, Tcl and Cecilia
Scotia Capital Scholarship: Aasthaa Bansal from the University of Waterloo will visit Royal College of Surgeons. Design & implementation of an analytical Expressed Sequence Tag database
Sprott Scholarship: Siobhan Byrne from Queen's University, Kingston will visit UCD. Beyond the Ethno-National Divide: Identity politics and the conflicts in NI and Israel/Palestine
GMP Corp Scholarship: Patrice Chalin from Concordia University will visit UCD. Contributing to information & communication technology: helping engineers write more dependable software
Ogilvy Renault Scholarship: Catherine Frost from McMaster University will visit UCD. Reconciling liberal and national attachments: lessons from contemporary Ireland
CHC Scholarship: Stephanie McKenzie from Memorial University will visit the Waterford Institute of Technology. The Echoing Years: An Anthology of Poetry from Canada & Ireland
2006

Name of Scholar

Name of Sponsor

Project Title

Scholars Home Universities

Motherway, Susan

 

Riverdance Scholarship

Mediating the Divide: acculturation of Irish traditional song in Newfoundland

University of Limerick/ University College Cork

Kraan, Stefan

 

Canada Life Scholarship

Integrated aquaculture approach and seaweed product development in Canada, lessons to be learned for Ireland

National University of Ireland Galway/Groningen University in The Netherlands

Mulligan, Frank

 

 

Glen Dimplex Scholarship

Potential of airflow measurements in the middle and upper atmosphere as a diagnostic for the occurrence of earthquakes

National University of Ireland Maynooth/University of Michigan/Dublin City University

Ryan, Anna

Irish Life & Permanent Scholarship

North Atlantic Rim project - research collaboration between four schools of architecture in Ireland, Canada, Norway & Iceland

University College Cork/University College Dublin

Collins, Gavin

 

AGF International Scholarship

Cultivating the unculturable - viruses in Irish & Canadian wastewater treatment sludge & seawater

National University of Ireland Galway


Name of Scholar

Name of Sponsor

Project Title

Scholars Home Universities

Aherne, Julian

Scotia Capital Bank Scholarship

Hydro geochemistry of Irish & Canadian forests

Trent University/ University College Dublin/Trinity College Dublin

Dwyer, Allan

CHC Helicopter Corporation Scholarship

Tilting Harbour, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland: Birth of an Irish-Atlantic New World Community 1750-1800

Memorial University of Newfoundland/York University Toronto/McGill University Montreal

Harris Walsh, Kristin

CHC Helicopter Corporation Scholarship

Step Dancing Traditions of Newfoundland & Ireland

Grenfell College/Memorial University of Newfoundland/ York University

Kent, Brad

Ogilvy Renault Scholarship

Censorship in de Valera - s Ireland and Duplessis - Quebec

Concordia University in Montreal/University of Ottawa/University of Waterloo

Hansen, Nancy

Sprott Asset Management Scholarship

(Dis)Ability and its Discontents: an action research project proposal

University of Manitoba/ University of Glasgow Scotland/Carleton University Ottawa

2007

Name of Scholar

Name of Sponsor

Project Title

Scholars Home Universities

University to Visit

Mary Gillan

AGF International Scholarship

Contrasting cinematic representations of Ireland and Quebec’s Catholic heritage

Dublin City University

McGill University

Rebecca Devlin

Atlantic Corridor Ireland

It’s all in a days’ work……or is it?

Athlone Institute of Technology

Ryerson University

Sinead Mahady

Atlantic Corridor Ireland

Personality and the Residential Child Care worker – The Prairie Experience

Athlone Institute of Technology

McEwan College

Richard McMahon

Canada Life Scholarship

The law, violent crime & the Irish migrant experience in late 19th Century Ontario

Open University/UCD

University of Toronto

Niall English

CRH Scholarship

Computational modeling of hydrogen storage in clathrate hydrates

UCD

University of Saskatchewan

Christine McSherry

Glen Dimplex Scholarship

Evaluating the use of arts based methodologies in researching the lives of young people in Interface situations in NI & Canada

Queens University Belfast

University British Columbia & University of Alberta

 

Name of Scholar

Name of Sponsor

Project Title

Scholars Home Universities

University to Visit

Christine Bussey

CHC Helicopter Corporation Scholarship

Mapping Submerged Shorelines in Clew Bay, Ireland

Memorial University

University of Ulster

Joseph Dunlop

Robert & Julia Foster

Catholic contribution to the Liberal State in Canada and Ireland - A comparative approach

University of Toronto

National University of Ireland Maynooth

Evelyn Osborne

Sprott Asset Management Scholarship

Fiddling with Style & Identity: Negotiating “Celticism” in the traditional music of Newfoundland and Labrador

Carleton University and Memorial University

University College Cork

 2008

The awards to Irish scholars to visit Canadian universities are as follows:

Name of Scholar

Name of Scholarship

Project Title

Scholars Home University

University to Visit

Sarah McMonagle

Dr Patrick Hillery Scholarship

“Gaeltacht Bhaile na hEireann, Ontario: Post-territorial Irishness or Canadian multiculturalism?”

University of Ulster

Queen’s University, Ontario

Heather Horan

AGF International Scholarship

Development of glycoconjugate vaccine candidates against Moraxella catarrhalis

UCD

National Research Council Canada

Shaun Maher

Atlantic Corridor Ireland Scholarship

Study of Potential business to business and research links between SMEs in the Midlands of Ireland and Ontario, Canada

Athlone Institute of Technology

Ryerson University

Debbie Ruddy

Atlantic Corridor Ireland Scholarship

Study of higher education system in Canada and links between AIT and Higher Education institutes in Ontario

Athlone Institute of Technology

Ryerson University

Eileen O’Rourke

Canada Life Scholarship

Socio-natural interaction and landscape evolution in Ireland and Quebec

UCC

University of Montreal

Anthony McDonnell

CRH Scholarship

Transferring employment practices across Borders or adopting local custom: evidence from the Irish & Canadian Multinational sector

University of Limerick

Inter-University Research Centre on Globalisation & Work

The awards to Canadian scholars to visit Irish universities are as follows:

Name of Scholar

Name of Sponsor

Project Title

Scholars Home University

University to Visit

Simon Jolivet

Dr Craig Dobbin Scholarship

Story of the Self Determination League for Ireland in Canada & Newfoundland

Concordia University

UCD

Isabelle Matte

Elaine Dobbin Foundation

Rebuilding the Community in two postcatholic contexts: Quebecs Revolution Tranquille and Ireland’s Celtic Tiger

Laval University

NUIG

Chris Neufeld

Robert & Julia Foster

Evolution of barnacle feeding structures and behaviour in response to changes in sustained flow

University of Alberta

UCC

Sarah Clark

Professor Waters Scholarship

Species identification and phylogeography of invasive Didemnum sp. Populations

UPEI

QUB

Peter Sykes

Sprott Foundation Scholarship

Applied health and productivity monitoring of emerging marine aquaculture species of interest to Canada and Ireland

UPEI

NUIG

 

ICUF Scholars 2008
At the 2009 Awards Ceremony in The Canadian Ambassador’s Residence (L to R):  Professor John Kelly (Executive Director ICUF), Minister Éamon Ó Cuív, Minister for Community,  Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Professor Seamus Smyth (Joint Chairman ICUF) and Canadian Ambassador, Pat Binns.

ICUF Scholars 2008
Back Row L-R: S Maher, A McDonnell, Professor J Kelly, S McMonagle, D Ruddy, H Horan
Front Row L-R: Ambassador Binns, Mrs E Dobbin, Dr M Hillery, Professor Seamus Smyth at the 
2008 Ireland Canada Travel Scholarships Ceremony.

Peter Sykes and John Kelly
Peter Sykes from University of Prince Edward Island visiting the UCG
Shellfish Laboratory in Carna, Connemara, where by happy coincidence, he was
there to help our Executive Director, Professor John Kelly, put his Gleotoig (small hooker) away for the Winter, October 2008.

Image of Award Ceremony
Dr. Iognaid O'Muircheartaigh, President of the National University of Ireland, Galway, with the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern and Prime Minister of Canada Paul Martin at the 2005 Awards Ceremony

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