Nadia Guidotto, a student working towards a PhD in political science at York University, has been awarded CAUT’s J.H. Stewart Reid fellowship.

Nadia studies gender identity and sexual orientation. She has an honours bachelor of arts degree from Queen’s University, a master of laws from Osgoode Hall Law School and a master of arts from York University. Her current research analyzes intersex and how authoritative discourses like medicine and law support one another in maintaining a hierarchy of bodies to the exclusion of some bodies and to the benefit of others. Her goal is to shed light on how gender has been — and continues to be — constructed and regulated, and help explain why bodies that exist outside the binary gender system create anxiety and elicit violence as a result.

In 2008, she won an internship working on gender equality issues at the U.N., and while in New York took on an additional internship at the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission. In 2009, she was simultaneously accepted for the Summer Course on Human Rights held jointly in The Hague and Leuven (Belgium), the inaugural Canadian Institutes of Health Research summer institute on gender and health at the University of British Columbia, and the international summer school program, Interfacing the Sciences and Humanities, at the University of Bologna’s branch centre in Rimini, Italy. Also in 2009, she won a visiting research fellowship at the Centre of Gender Excellence at the University of Linköping, Sweden. This summer she enrolled in the one-week intensive CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women) for Change session held within the Women’s Human Rights Institute at the University of Toronto.

She has presented at numerous conferences and published articles on a variety of topics throughout her graduate career. Among her academic honours are a Chancellor’s Scholarship from Queen’s University, the high-profile Abella Scholarship for Studies in Equity from York University, and Canada Graduate Scholarships from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council for both her masters and doctoral work.

Nadia was selected for CAUT’s fellowship by a three-member application review committee, which this year included Queen’s University biology professor Ken Ko, Chris Ferns, a professor of English at Mount Saint Vincent University, and retired Bishop’s University sociology professor and former president of CAUT Loretta Czerniz.

Kevin Walby, a doctoral student in sociology at Carleton University, has been awarded CAUT’s Stewart Reid fellowship.

Walby graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a bachelor of arts (Hons), earned a post-graduate sociology degree from the University of Victoria, and in 2006 went to the European Consortium for Political Research summer school, otherwise known as the “research methods summer camp.”

Contributing to the sociology of sexuality, his doctoral dissertation research explores the working lives of 30 male-for-male internet es­corts in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto (Ca­na­da), Houston and New York (USA), as well as London (England). His ambition is to have his research papers published as a book with a Canadian university press.

His current research interests include surveillance and urban governance and he has published 30 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters and review essays, as well as authored numerous other papers, reports and book reviews.

In addition to his contributions to Canadian sociology, Walby serves as the prisoners? struggles editor as well as the outreach/advocacy coordinator for the Ottawa-based Journal of Prisoners on Prisons, a peer-reviewed, nonprofit publication about prison issues that is mostly written by prisoners. He is also a member of Books2Prisoners Ottawa.

He has received a number of scholarships, awards and honours over his student years, including the Queen?s Fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and hopes to take up a career at a Canadian university.

Walby was selected for the fellowship by a three-member application review committee, which this year included Françoise Naudillon, a professor with the French department at Concordia University, Queen?s University biology professor Ken Ko and Chris Ferns, a professor of English at Mount Saint Vincent University.

Paul Smith, a PhD candidate at Carleton University in the National Wildlife Research Centre, is the recipient of the 2006–2007 J.H. Stewart Reid Memorial Fellowship.
     
The fellowship is given annually by CAUT to a student with high academic standing registered in a doctoral program at a Canadian university.
     
Smith, an arctic ecologist, has spent the past seven years working on projects throughout the north, from the Central Barrens of Canada to the Siberian High Arctic. His current research focuses on the breeding ecology of arctic shorebirds.
     
“Up to 80 per cent of shorebird populations are declining, but the cause for these widespread declines is unknown,” Smith said of his research. “By studying the factors that influence shorebird breeding success, I hope to contribute to the conservation of these important and declining populations.”
     
Smith received a bachelor’s degree in biology and environmental science from Trent University
and a master’s degree in zoology from the University of British Columbia. His research is funded by the Canadian Wildlife Service, Canada’s bird conservation authority, and it is through this affiliation that he arrived at the CWS National Wildlife Research Centre at Carleton University in Ottawa.
     
Smith, a recipient of more than 25 scholarships for his research, including an NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship for 2004–2006, says he’s “passionate” about the conservation of arctic wildlife and plays an active role in a number of national and international technical committees.
     
Smith said he wants to instill learning and spark interest in conservation and change the way the public perceives the arctic environment. He is a firm believer in the value of science outreach and regularly delivers public lectures on arctic ecology and conservation.

The fellowship, a $5,000 grant awarded over one year, is given by CAUT to honour the life and work of the association’s first executive secretary. A three-member panel of trustees selected this year’s winner from a competitive field of applicants from across the country.

Doctoral student David Nielsen has been named as this year’s recipient of the J.H. Stewart Reid Memorial Fellowship from CAUT.

Nielsen, a Queen’s University student, will receive $5,000 over the next year to pursue his PhD in chemical engineering. He received a BSc from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and started as a Master’s student at Queen’s in 2001.

In 2003 he was promoted to the PhD program “in recognition of his superior research and academic performance,” commented Queen’s professor Andrew Daugulis, co-supervisor of his graduate studies.

Nielsen’s research focuses on the development and optimization of a new type of technology for the treatment and control of potentially harmful gas emissions.

“Despite the fact that other technologies are presently available for such treatment needs, my work has shown that using bioreactor technology is a viable option to treat harmful gases, and offers the opportunity to decrease the environmental impact of many currently employed industrial processes,” Nielsen said.

He said his work, in the larger sense, “strives to further push research in the fields of bioremediation and biotechnology to provide solutions to critical environmental issues.”

Nielsen, whose work has been published in several leading scientific journals, including Biotechnology and Bioengineering, and Environmental Science and Technology, has presented key findings at major national and international conferences in the areas of chemical engineering, environmental biotechnology and microbiology. He has been the recipient of several awards, including four postgraduate scholarships from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

Chris Cutler, a PhD student at the University of Guelph, has been awarded CAUT’s 2004 J.H. Stewart Reid Memorial Fellowship. CAUT presented the $5,000 scholarship to Cutler for his work on the development of environmentally sound and sustainable agriculture through integrated pest management and the conservation of beneficial insects.

His current research focuses on the toxicology, non-target impacts and management potential of a novel insect growth regulator proposed for use in management of the Colorado potato beetle. Following a Bachelor of Science at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Cutler completed a Master of Pest Management in nematology at Simon Fraser University. He has received a number of academic awards, including financial support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the Ontario Graduate Scholarship Program and the Entomological Society of Canada.

In addition to several scholarly contributions, he has presented his academic research to numerous national and international conferences. Cutler is currently en­rolled in the environmental biology/ toxicology collaborative doctoral program at Guelph.

The selection committee for the J.H. Stewart Reid Memorial Fellowship is pleased to announce that this year’s fellowship has been awarded to Melanie Badali for her research work in the area of clinical and health psychology.

Ms. Badali graduated with a first class honours degree in psychology from McGill University and a M.A. (clinical psychology) from UBC. The doctoral candidate is now conducting research under Dr. Kenneth Craig’s supervision in the department of clinical psychology.

She is studying the role of environmental, psychosocial and sociocultural factors in pain experience, assessment and management. “Pain is a pervasive and universal form of human distress,” she says. “Its under management is a serious problem for individuals, those who care for them and the public at large.”

She has published articles and conference papers on the topic of pain in numerous journals, including Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Clinical Journal of Pain, Canadian Psychology, Pain Research and Management, Pain Forum and The Journal of Pain. She is actively involved in professional organizations and recently served as guest editor to the Clinical Journal of Pain for a special issue on the detection of pain deception and malingering. She has also been distinguished by a number of scholarly awards, including fellowships from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

The selection committee for the J.H. Stewart Reid Memorial Fellowship is pleased to announce that Blue Lake has been awarded the Fellowship for 2002-2003.

Mr. Lake received a BSc in Biochemistry/Behavioral Neuroscience from Memorial University. Mr. Lake is currently enrolled in the PhD program in Cancer Research at Memorial.

Mr. Lake's research focuses on how the nervous system develops in the frog, Xenopus laevis. By studying the role of specific genes in the developmental process, Mr. Lake expects to learn more about the cause of birth defects and cancer, which may lead the way to new treatments.

The J.H. Stewart Reid Memorial Fellowship selection committee has awarded Jean Marcus, a PhD student in Biology, with the Fellowship for 2001-2002.

Ms. Marcus received a BA in German from Queen's University, and a BSc in Marine Biology from Dalhousie University. She is currently enrolled in the PhD program in Biology at the University of Victoria.

Ms. Marcus research focuses on the community ecology of deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Through her work, Ms. Marcus is improving statistical techniques for survey data analyses, discovering new species, and enabling more accurate predictions of future volcanic eruptions and their effect on established vent communities.

Ms. Villemure obtained her Master of Applied Science in Civil Engineering at the University of British Columbia and is currently enrolled in the PhD program at the University of Montreal. Her area of study is biomedical engineering.

Ms. Villemure hopes to pursue her interest in biomechanics as a university teacher and researcher. She has published numerous articles and conference papers. Ms. Villemure has also been distinguished by a number of scholarly awards and received the outstanding NSERC-1967 award to initiate her doctoral studies.

The selection committee for the J.H. Stewart Reid Memorial Fellowship is pleased to announce that Colleen Anne Dell has been awarded the Fellowship for 1999-00. Ms. Dell obtained her MA degree at the University of Manitoba and is currently enrolled in the PhD program at Carleton University. Her area of study is on women and the Canadian criminal justice system. An aim of her PhD research is to produce progressive policy direction regarding female offenders.

Ms. Dell hopes to gain a career as a senior policy advisor within the criminal justice system.

She has published numerous articles and conference papers. Ms. Dell has also been distinguished by a number of scholarly awards and a SSHRC fellowship.