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Jessica Bradford is the recipient of the Douglas M. Johnston Maritime Awards Society of Canada (MASC) Scholarship in Marine Affairs. The scholarship was established in memory of Douglas M. Johnston, founding Director of Dalhousie’s Marine and Environment Law Program (MELP), co-founder of Dalhousie’s Oceans Studies Program and a co-founder of the Southast Asian Program in Ocean Law, Policy and Management (SEAPOL). The $5,000 scholarship is awarded annually to a Canadian student with superior academic record.

The recipients Faculty of Graduate Studies scholarships for 2016-2017 are (l to r): Christina Callegari, Joana Costa and Rebecca Aucoin. The MAP Admissions Committee selects students to receive the scholarship based on academic record and overall quality of their application to the MMM.

Elizabeth Edmondson, MMM alumna, was awarded the Canadian Healthy Oceans Network Scholarship (CHONe) to conduct her Interdisciplinary PhD research with Lucia Fanning, MAP Professor.  

The Sobey Fund for Ocean Scholarship (based on a generous donation from the Donald R. Sobey Foundation) is awarded annually to students that meet the Sobey Fund for Oceans objectives by contributing to the integration of governance and management solutions for healthy oceans, recognizing that conservation efforts will likely fail unless there is sufficient investment to drive change in communities, industry and government. 

Four students were selected this year (left to right): Kelly Fretwell, MMM, Laura Steeves, MMM (also recipient of an NSERC scholarship), and Interdisciplinary PhD students Laurenne Schiller and Leah Beveridge (also recipient of a SSHRC scholarship). Laurenne will study with Megan Bailey, Canada Research Chair in Integrated Ocean and Coastal Governance and MAP Assistant Professor. Leah, MMM alumna, will conduct her research with Claudio Aporta, MAP Associate Professor.

Their scholarship will be officially awarded at the Sustainable Oceans 2016 conference on September 30 by Mr. Rob Sobey.