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Honoring the life and work of Canada’s former Minister for Finance, James M. Flaherty, the objectives of this program are to build on the network of academic links between Canada and Ireland, resulting in increased academic co-operation, greater inter-cultural understanding and the potential for increased trade between both countries.

ICUF are delighted to announce our 2018/19 James M Flaherty awardees are as follows:

VISITING PROFESSORS
Professor Robert Osburn is from University College Dublin and is visiting McMaster University for his work in the field of Maths and Statistics.  Further information here.

Dr Helen Roe is from Queen’s University Belfast and is visiting Carleton University and other institutions for her work in the field of the Environment. Further information here.

Professor Vakhtang Putkaradze is from the University of Alberta and is visiting the Dublin Institute of Technology for his work in the field of Physical Sciences. Further information here.

Professor Mark Towler is from Ryerson University and is visiting Dublin City University and other institutions in Dublin for his work in the field of Health. Further information here.

RESEARCH SCHOLARS

Aoife Blowick is from NUI Galway and is visiting Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, to conduct research in the field of Physical Sciences.  Further information here.

Thomas Earls Fitzgerald is from Trinity College Dublin and is visiting Concordia University to conduct research in the field of Humanities (excluding Languages).  Further information here.

Eve Kearney is from University College Dublin and is visiting Concordia University to conduct research in the field of Humanities (excluding Languages).  Further information here.

Stuart Lang is from Maynooth University and is visiting the University of Toronto to conduct research in the field of Social & Behavioural Sciences.  Further information here.

Andrew Moynihan is from University College Dublin and is visiting York University to conduct research in the field of Social & Behavioural Sciences.  Further information here.

P.J. White is from the Institute of Technology Carlow and is visiting McMaster University to conduct research in the field of Education. Further information here.

Brandon Chalazan is from the University of British Columbia and is visiting University College Dublin and St Vincent’s Hospital to conduct research in the field of Health.  Further information here.

Sondra Eger is from the University of Waterloo and is visiting Queen’s University Belfast to conduct research in the field of the Environment.  Further information here.

Marc Fortin is from the Université de Sherbrooke and is visiting Maynooth University to conduct research in the field of Humanities (excluding Languages).  Further information here.

Till-Arne Hahn is from Queen’s University in Kingston and is visiting NUI Galway to conduct research in the field of Business & Administration.  Further information here.

Colin McGuire is from York University in Toronto and is visiting University College Cork to conduct research in the field of Arts.  Further information here.

Alexander Szojika is from the University of Alberta and is visiting Trinity College Dublin to conduct research in the field of Health.  Further information here.

 

These awards are provided with the assistance of the Government of Canada, via the International Education Division of Global Affairs Canada, and with the assistance of the Irish Government, via the Emigrant Support Programme, administered by the Department of Foreign Affairs.