Doctorate and Masters Students Scholarships
The Institutional Canopy of Conservation (I-CAN) project holds an International Partnerships for Sustainable Societies (IPaSS) award. This program is a joint initiative of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), aimed at building safer, more prosperous societies. I-CAN represents a research partnership involving universities, research institutions and civil society organizations from Canada and East Africa in Canada and East Africa. It is implemented by McGill University, Canada, and the African Conservation Centre, Kenya, under the leadership of the Co-directors, Prof. John Galaty and Dr David Western.
The project addresses the challenge of combining protection of biodiversity with strengthened livelihoods, whether through recognizing local rights over resources, livelihood diversification, or tourism. The major goal in public policy is to identify the most effective designs for future Community-Based Conservation (CBC) programs by examining the impacts of ongoing conservancy experiments on community livelihoods and members' attitudes and practices towards natural resources. The project will focus on the rangelands, wetlands and forests of the East African savannah, especially in the borderlands between Kenya and Tanzania, where the world's most significant repository of wildlife lies. We ask how indigenous communities should engage as partners with protected areas and in conservation enterprises.
Interested candidates should send their Curriculum Vitae and a Letter expressing their interest in pursuing graduate studies with the I-CAN project to Professor John Galaty, the I-CAN Project Co-Director, at McGill University, at john.galaty@mcgill.ca. In some cases, candidates may have already established contact with a professor involved in the I-CAN project. If not, Professor Galaty can facilitate the identification of a potential supervisor and institution. Interested candidates should make first contact by November 15, 2015, or earlier, to facilitate formal graduate applications as early as December 15, 2015.
An I-CAN selection committee involving members of participating universities will evaluate applications. Selected candidates will then be invited to formally apply to the university/research institution. Candidates are invited to consult website information on universities of interest regarding specific requirements and timelines associated with their applications.
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