IDRC Doctoral Research Award
Candidates Recommended for an Award

November 1, 2012 competition

AGBLORTI, Samuel (Mr), Refugees, Environmental Resource Use and Local Integration in Ghana, University of Calgary, PhD in Geography

AKINOLA, Olabanji (Mr), The Politics of Social Protection and Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) in Africa: Understanding the Influence of Patron-Client Relationship in the Implementation of Nigeria's 'in Care of the People’ (COPE) CCT Programme in Oyo State, University of Guelph, PhD in Political Science and International Development Studies

ALI, Noaman (Mr), Non-State Political Actors, Land Reform and Agrarian Policy in Pakistan, University of Toronto, PhD in Political Science

ANDERSON, Émily (Ms), Human-Environment System Outcomes of Small Farmer Participation in Global Markets (Costa Rica and Mexico), University of British Columbia, PhD in Resource Management and Environmental Studies

ASLAN, Ozlem (Ms), From Hydro Bureaucrats to Hydro Entrepreneurs: Exploring the Impact of Changing Hydropower Politics on State-Society Relations in Turkey:  A Case Study of Artvin, University of Toronto, PhD in Political Science

BHOSEKAR, Vijaykumar (Mr), Physiological and Developmental Mechanisms Underlying Tolerance of Finger Millet to Low Soil Nutrient Concentrations (India), University of Guelph, PhD in Nutrient Management, Crop Management and Physiology

BOFFA, Jody (Ms), Evaluating the Effectiveness of TB Prophylaxis amongst People Living with HIV in South Africa, University of Calgary, PhD in Community Health Sciences and Epidemiology

CHAWLA, Akhila (Ms), The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) - Collaborative Accounting mechanisms and Power Dynamics (India), York University, Schulich School of Business, PhD in Business Administration

DATTA, Ranjan (Mr), Meanings of Land, Management, and Sustainability: An Indigenous Perspective in Khyeng Community, Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), Bangladesh, University of Saskatchewan, PhD in Environment and Sustainability

DONNELLY, Blanaid (Ms), Livestock Livelihoods and Climate Change Adaptation for Indigenous Health in Uganda: an Ecohealth Approach, McGill University, PhD in Human Geography

ELDER, Sara (Ms) The Impact of Retail Supply Chains on Rural Agricultural Sustainability and Food Security (Nicaragua), University of British Columbia, PhD in Resource Management and Environmental Studies

GHAI, Ria (Ms), The Relationship between Malaria Prevalence and Proximity to a National Park (Uganda), McGill University, PhD in Ecology and Evolution

ISLAM, Sabrina (Ms), The Development Discourse and Infectious Diseases in Bangladesh:  Effects of Climate Variability, Societal and Ecological Factors on Dengue Vector Abundance and Dengue Incidence, University of Manitoba, PhD in Natural Resources and Environmental Management

JIANG, Qiuyu (Ms), African Migrants: The New Merchants of Canton (China), McGill University, PhD in Anthropology

KUMAR, Ramya (Ms), Toward Global Women’s Health Equity: How do Women in Rural Sri Lanka Negotiate Privatization of Healthcare?, University of Toronto, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, PhD in Social and Behavioural Health Science

MBUAGBAW, Lawrence (Mr), Investigating  Community  Ownership of a Text Message  Program  to Improve Adherence to  Antiretroviral Therapy (Cameroon), McMaster University, PhD in Health Research Methodology and Clinical Epidemiology

MOUBE, Moube (Mr), Du principe de responsabilité sociale et de solidarité pour la justice et l’équité en santé : le cas des  travailleurs pauvres du secteur informel au Cameroun, Université de Montréal, PhD in Sciences humaines appliquées

MUMBA, Daniel (Mr), Empowering women entrepreneurs in Africa: Investigating Information Access and Use of ICTs by Women-Owned Enterprises in Zambia, Western University, PhD in Library and Information Science

MYATT, Karim (Mr), Amazigh Indigenous Perspectives and Concepts of Social Justice and Human Rights (Morocco), Carleton University, PhD in Social Anthropology

NAJAFIZADA, Said Ahmad Maisam (Mr), An Evaluation of Community Health Workers Program to Improve Maternal Health in Afghanistan, University of Ottawa, PhD in Global Health/Maternal and Child Health/Health Systems

PATIÑO, Daniel (Mr), Supporting the Use of Research Evidence in the Colombian Health System, McMaster University, PhD in Health Policy

RIVARD PICHE, Gaelle (Ms), Unsafe Security Sector Reform: the Quest for Public Security (El Salvador and Haiti), Carleton University, PhD in International Development/International Conflict Management and Resolution

ROY, Rana (Mr), Devolution Policies, Rights Recognition and Community Forest Conservation in Orissa, India, University of Toronto, PhD in Forestry

SEWORNU, Rita Esinu (Ms), Assessing the Effectiveness of Land Registration System in Securing Land Rights in Urban and Peri-Urban Accra (Ghana), University of Calgary, PhD in Geomatics Engineering, Property Law and Development Study

UGARTE-URZUA, Magdalena (Ms), From Global Discourses to Local Change: Examining Indigenous Rights and Decision-Making Power in Chile, University of British Columbia, PhD in Community and Regional Planning

UZUN, Begum (Ms), Cultivating a Compliant, Conservative and Entrepreneurial Youth: State and Youth Political Participation in post-1980 Turkey, University of Toronto, PhD in Political Science

YAYLACI, Sule (Ms), The Legacy of Political Violence on Democratic Landscape: Implications for Bystanders (Turkey and Peru), University of British Columbia, PhD in Political Science                            

YERGEAU, Marie-Eve (Ms), L'écotourisme dans les zones protégées profite-t-il aux pauvres ? (Nepal), Université de Sherbrooke, PhD in development economics 

YORDY, Christopher (Mr), Foreign Direct Investment and Food and Nutrition Security in Turbulent Times: The Case of Egypt, Carleton University, PhD in Public Policy

April 1, 2012 competition

ALEXANDER, Steven (Mr), Scaling up Marine Protected Areas in the Caribbean: Institutional Fit & Adaptive Capacity in the Face of Climate Change, University of Waterloo, PhD in Environment and Resource Studies     

ANDRACHUK Mark (Mr), Exploring governance transformations and potential pathways for sustainable social-ecological systems: a case study of the Tam Giang-Cau Hai lagoon, central Vietnam, University of Waterloo, PhD in Geography and Environmental Management

BARBER, Nicholas (Mr), African Indigenous Mediamaking for Development: The Case of Baka Pygmy Participatory Video (Cameroon), McGill University, PhD in Anthropology

BAROLIA  IQBAL, Rubina (Ms), Promoting dietary change and positive food choices for poor people with low income who experience cardiovascular disease in Pakistan, University of Alberta, PhD in Nursing

DODD, Warren (Mr), Seasonal Labour Migration and Intra-Household Health Statuses in the Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu, India, University of Guelph, PhD in Population Medicine

DOGBEY OGEMBO, Brenda (Mrs), Source country perspectives on the migration of health professionals: push, pull, stick and stay factors and policy options in Kenya, University of Ottawa, PhD in Population Health

ENGLE-WARNICK, Jayne (Ms), Stories of Tragedy, Trust, and Transformation? 
Learning from school-centered approaches to transformative community development in post-earthquake Haiti, McGill University, PhD in Urban Planning

HEYKOOP, Cheryl (Ms), Telling Alone, Best for Me?: Exploring Meaningful Child Engagement Methods for Post-Conflict Truth-Telling with Children in Northern Uganda, Royal Roads University, PhD in Social Sciences

KHATIB, Rasha (Ms), Barriers to Hypertension Control, McMaster University, PhD in Health Research Methodology

LAWANI, Ayemi (M), Aide au développement et pratiques d’intermédiation à l’ère du développement participatif : cas de Cotonou au Bénin, Université de Montréal, PhD in Sociology

MBAKOGU, Ifeyinwa (Ms), Understanding Child Trafficking from the Point of View of Trafficked Children: The Case of ‘Rescued’ Children in Nigeria, McGill University, PhD in Social Work

PAUDEL, Bhuwani (Mr), Landslide Danger and Risk Modeling for Mountainous Terrain of Nepal, University of Ottawa, PhD in Civil Engineering

RAO, Meghana (Ms), Administrating Death: Meaning(s) of suicide at the intersection of law, medicine and development discourse in India, University of Toronto, PhD in Sociolegal Studies and South Asian Studies

ROXBURGH, Shelagh (Ms), Violence, Mediation and Traditional Beliefs in Africa: A comparative case-study of Ghana and Cameroon, University of Ottawa, PhD in Political Studies

SMITH, Craig (Mr), Impacts of State / Society Relations in Egypt on Projected Climate Change Displacement in the Nile Delta, University of Toronto, PhD in Political Science

VANSTEENKISTE, Jennifer (Ms), Reducing food insecurity by better development interventions: a study of donor and grass roots activity in Haiti, University of Guelph, PhD in Geography

WAKE, Caitlin (Ms), Forced Migration, Urbanization and Health: Exploring Social Determinants of Health Among Urban Refugees in Malaysia, University of Victoria , PhD in Social Dimensions of Health

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