Robert H. Catherwood Scholarship

The Robert H. Catherwood Scholarship

As Editorial Page Editor of the Financial Post for more than two decades, Bob Catherwood was the voice of Canada's national business newspaper. He wrote thousands of editorials and maintained the high standards elaborated in FP's first issue of January 12, 1907: "to present to the public in a popular manner, accurate information relating to the financial interests and legitimate investments of Canada." Indeed, he exceeded those standards in the fairness, integrity, and insight of his writing.

Bob's hand remained remarkably steady as he helped steer the paper through its evolution from venerable weekly to fast-paced daily. He kept the paper true to its principles, promoting national unity, free trade, prudent fiscal policies, and, most important, a civil society.

Throughout his life Bob held the conviction that Canada's success required an understanding of the impact of events in the world as a whole, and that Canadians, of all backgrounds, must be engaged in shaping the global community.

It was a measure of Bob's breadth of vision, community spirit, and genuine interest in educating young people that he, in the midst of the Post's busy transition to a daily, was prepared to accredit members of the G8 Research Group a Financial Post journalists for the 1988 Toronto Summit — and for every summit thereafter. He staked his own and the Post's reputation on the conviction that these undergraduate and graduate students could hold their own with some of the best journalists in the world. He made it possible for young students to witness world politics unfold at the highest level.

In order to continue his legacy, G8 Research Group alumni, family, friends, and the Financial Post joined together to establish a scholarship in Bob's name, based at Trinity College in the University of Toronto, a tradition that has continued under the National Post.

The year 2008 is the scholarship's 10th anniversary — and the 20th anniversary of the G8 Research Group.

We are building an endowment fund to award scholarships, based on academic excellence and need, to worthy students so they too might have the opportunity to experience G8 summitry and gain expertise in its issues and institutions.

Contributions may be made on Trinity's secure website (please indicate "Catherwood" or by sending a cheque to:

Trinity College, Catherwood Scholarship
Office of Development
6 Hoskin Avenue
Toronto, ON M5S 1H8

Charitable tax receipts will be issued.

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The Catherwood Scholars

The 2010 winner is
Sarah Ellis

Previous years’ winners are
Noel Anderson
Héloïse Apestéguy-Reux
Nicole Cargill
Maria Banda
Christopher Collins
Vanessa Corlazzoli
Hana Dhanji
Oana Dolea
Salimah Ebrahim
Erin Fitzgerald
Gunwant Gill
Colum Grove-White
Sabina Han
Diana Juricevic
Kartick Kumar
Wynne Lawrence
Melanie Martin-Griem
Julia Muravska
Tina Jiwon Park
Lida Preyma
Sadia Rafiquddin
Nikolai Roudev
Ivan Savic
Yukari Takahashi
Oksana Werbowy
Julie Wilson

1998	Ivan Savic Ivan Savic will complete his PhD in political science from Columbia University in the spring of 2011. He received a BCom. from the University of Toronto, specializing in commerce and finance and international relations. Since 2008, he has been a Research Fellow at the Centre for International Studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs at Trinity College in the University fo Toronto. He has also taught at the University of Toronto, Brown University and Columbia University. A member of the G8 and G20 Research Groups, he has written widely and produced several compliance reports on the global financial crisis. His most recent work focuses on the G20's efforts to reform financial regulation. He is currently working on a book examining the evolution of international financial crisis governance since the late 19th century. [top] [scholars]
1999	Sabina Han Sabina graduated from the University of Toronto with an Honours BA in international eelations and economics and a minor in French, and went on to study law at Osgoode Hall Law School. [top] [scholars]
2000	Diana Juricevic In the fall of 2010, Diana took up a new position at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia as a Legal Officer in the Defence Support Section, to work on a war crimes in Phnom Penh. Diana had previously been the acting director of the International Human Rights Program at the Faculty of Law of the University of Toronto, having returned to the University of Toronto after spending three years working on a war crimes trial in The Hague, Netherlands. Diana, who has earned a JD and an master's in economics, has a background in civil litigation and development economics, and has experience in field work and human rights advocacy in Africa. She has developed legal aid clinics in Zambia, advised Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr on a corporate social responsibility case against Shell Oil in Nigeria, and planned a legal strategy with James Orbinski at Médécins Sans Frontières on a project involving the transfer of pharmaceutical technology to twelve manufacturing sites in Africa. Diana is also teaching an undergraduate course on international criminal law and is a senior resident at Massey College. In 2007 she was named one of the "Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada" by the Women's Executive Network and profiled in Chatelaine in 2008 as one of "80 Canadian Women to Watch." [top] [scholars]
2001	Melanie Martin-Griem In 2002, Melanie graduated with high distinction from the University of Toronto, obtaining her Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations. She went on to earn a Master’s degree at York University, where she studied the role of the media in democratic society. An analyst with the G8 Research Group, Melanie participated in the group’s activities at the 2001 Genoa Summit and the 2001 G20 ministerial meeting in Ottawa. She also participated in Global Vision's Junior Team Canada programme, travelling as a Young Ambassador to the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Germany and Austria. Upon completing her Master's degree, Melanie pursued a career in the civil service. She currently works as an Elections Co-ordinator for the City of Toronto. [top] [scholars]
2001	Lida Preyma Lida completed an honours BA in international relations at the University of Toronto. Before going to university, she worked at Guardian Capital Inc. and BMO Nesbitt Burns. Since graduating, Lida has worked at Magna International Inc., the Canadian National Stock Exchange and Pure Trading, before becoming head of Global DMA at JitneyTrade Inc. Lida was a finalist in the 2001 As Prime Minister Award, a member of the Board of Trade and Junior Chamber, and is fluent in English and Ukrainian. In February 2004 she was declared the candidate for the Conservative Party for the riding of Etobicoke Centre. [top] [scholars]
2002	Salimah Ebrahim A journalist and global humanitarian, born in Nairobi and raised in Vancouver, Salimah Ebrahim, has dedicated herself to the protection of Canada's white Spirit Bear and its remarkable habitat in the Great Bear Rainforest. Salimah is also an accomplished journalist, having covered some of the most engaging and important stories of her generation. Her work, for major international news outlets, including CBC Television, The Globe and Mail, the Cairo Times and A&E's Biography Channel, has documented global youth movements, Middle Eastern politics, environmental security challenges in Africa, international G8 and G20 summitry in Italy, Canada and France, and the war in Iraq. She has been awarded and recognized for her work as both journalist and environmentalist, having been chosen and profiled by CBC Television as one of 25 young Canadians who are changing the world. Salimah is a graduate of Trinity College, University of Toronto and is a past student Chair of the G8 Research Group. [top] [scholars]
2002	Oksana Werbowy Oksana completed a joint specialist in international relations and peace and conflict Studies, with a major in philosophy. While at the University of Toronto, Oksana participated in a summer program at the Sorbonne in Paris, volunteered with an NGO in Costa Rica, was an analyst for the University of Toronto G8 Research Group, and worked as a sailing instructor. Oksana worked at the Donner Canadian Foundation and is fluent in Ukrainian, Polish, French and Spanish. [top] [scholars]
2003	Nikolai Roudev Nick received his honors BA in International Relations, Economics and Political Science in 2004. A Soros Fellow educated at universities in three countries on both sides of the Atlantic, in addition to his ongoing research for the G8 Research Group, Nick interned at United Nations Headquarters in New York City, served on UNDP economic development projects in Bulgaria, and worked in business outsourcing to markets in Eastern Europe. He is also a passionate track runner, and has a part-time software development business. In 2004, Nick began graduate studies in international relations and comparative politics at Stanford University on a five-year Presidential Fellowship. After return to the University of Toronto to work toward a JD and work at Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt, before returning to Europe, this time at Handelshögskolan vid Göteborgs Universitet in Sweden. [top] [scholars]
2003	Maria Banda Maria graduated from Trinity College at the University of Toronto in June 2004 with an honours BA with a specialist in international relations and a minor in economics and history. The 2004 University of Toronto John H. Moss Scholar, national winner of Magna International's “As Prime Minister” Award and an Ontario Rhodes Scholar, Maria studied international relations at Oxford and law at Harvard. She joined the G8 Research Group in her first year as an undergraduate, attended the 2001 Genoa Summit as a member of the field team, and led a project on the G8 and climate change. [top] [scholars]
2003	Oana Dolea Oana completed a double major in International Relations and Economics at the University of Toronto. After graduating from McGill University's law school, Oana was called to the bar in Quebec and Ontario, where she works as a lawyer. She has continued to work with the G8 Research Group since 2000 and has participated in the group’s activities at the 2000 G20 ministerial meeting in Montreal, the Genoa G8 Summit in 2001, and the 2010 Muskoka and Toronto Summits. Oana is an amateur fashion designer and an avid traveller. [top] [scholars]
2003	Elizabeth Earon Beth graduated in the spring of 2004 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in international relations and European studies, with a minor in political science. Following her graduation, Beth worked for two years in the corporate world, working in the supply chain and special projects groups for a major Canadian retailer. She has also worked abroad for a British financial institution. She graduated in 2009 from Osgoode Hall Law School and, having completed her articles, is working for a law firm in Toronto. [top] [scholars]
2004	Christopher Collins Christopher Collins graduated from the University of Toronto with an Honours BA in International Relations and Peace and Conflict Studies in 2005, and an MA in History in 2006. He was involved with the G8 Research Group from 2003 to 2006. After working at McKinsey and Company in Boston and then Ontario's Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Chris took a job with the Clinton Health Access Initiative in Barbados. [top] [scholars]
2004	Kartick Kumar Kartick received his Honours BA in International Relations, Political Science and French in 2005 and an MA in International Relations from Columbia University, followed by a law degree. He was a member of the G8 Research Group Executive and worked on diverse issues including the Africa Action Plan and nuclear disarmament. He is the founder and director of the Cambodian Genocide Group, an international NGO based in Toronto. Kartick was an active member of the International Refugee Health Project and volunteered with the Humanitarian Affairs Division of Médecins Sans Frontières. Kartick led a human rights working group at the Faculty of Law, and worked with the International Red Cross and the Catholic Relief Service on earthquake relief in India. He also campaigned for Canada's Minister of Defence (and co-founder of the G8 Research Group), Bill Graham. Additionally, he enjoys playing water polo, having competed at the Varsity level for UofT. [top] [scholars]
2004	Yukari Takahashi Yukari grew up in Yokohama, Japan, and finished high school there. She graduated from the University of Toronto in 2005 with an Honours BA with a double major in International Relations and Economics. She was an analyst for the G8 Research Group for the 2004 and 2005 summits and served as president of the Asia Pacific Club. Upon graduation, Yukari returned to Japan to work for the Deutsche Bank Group. In 2007, she began teaching academic English courses at the University of Tokyo and Tohoku University, as well as at Japan's Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She now plans to pursue graduate studies in bilingual education and psychology. [top] [scholars]
2005	Vanessa Corlazzoli Vanessa graduated in 2007 with an Honours B.A. in Peace and Conflict Studies and International Relations. Her academic interests include international health, the role of international organisations and conflict in Latin America. Vanessa contributed to several campus groups including Hart House Camera Club and the Peace and Conflict Society. She joined the G8 Research Group in 2004, and attended the 2004 Sea Island and the 2005 Gleneagles summits, and was chair for the 2006 St. Petersburg Summit. As co-director of the G8RG's Civil Society and Expanded Dialogue Unit, Vanessa co-edited several reports that brought increased attention to the relationship between the G8 and Africa, the role of civil society, and the potential to expanding G8 membership to emerging market economies. She was Professor Thomas Homer-Dixon's research assistant, and worked on a CIDA-sponsored International Development Program dealing with gender-violence in Costa Rica. In August 2007, Vanessa went to Peru as part of the CIDA's Internship Program to work with women's cooperatives on microfinance and women's rights. In September 2010, Vanessa began working on a Master in Law and Democracy at Tufts University in Boston. [top] [scholars]
2005	Wynne Lawrence Wynne majored in international relations with minors in English and history. During her third year at the University of Toronto she studied at Sciences Po Paris and worked as an intern with the Control Arms Campaign at the French National Secretariat of Amnesty International. She has also interned with the Congressional Relations and Legal Affairs Section of the Canadian embassy in Washington DC and with Puente a la Salud Comunitaria, a grassroots development initiative in Oaxaca, Mexico. In 2007 she completed an MSc in human rights at the London School of Economics. She is currently completing her law qualifications in London at BPP University College and is co-president of BPP's International Law Mooting Society. [top] [scholars]
2006	Héloïse Apestéguy-Reux Héloïse completed an Honours BA in International Relations and Political Science in 2007. She served on the G8 Research Group executive in her third and fourth years at the University of Toronto, also working as part of the Civil Society and Expanded Dialogue Unit and as the main analyst for France for the 2006 St. Petersburg Summit. Starting in her second year at the University of Toronto, she was involved in Model European Parliament (SPECQUE), as head of a delegation and club president, and was on the International Relations Society Executive for two years, serving as co-president in her last year. In her final year, she lived on campus as residence don of the Vic One house at Victoria College, and worked as a research and marking assistant. In September 2007, Héloïse began McGill University's joint BCL/LLB program, and received a Chief Justice R.A.E. Greenshields entrance scholarship. [top] [scholars]
2006	Janet Chow Janet graduated in 2007 with an Honours BA in international relations and peace and conflict studies. She was the chair of the G8 Research Group in 2006/07 and led the field team at the 2007 Heiligendamm Summit in Germany, after serving as co-chair of the group's Civil Society and Expanded Dialogue Unit in 2005/06. In 2008, Janet moved to Ottawa to begin a JD/MA program at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law and the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University. She is currently pursuing research on access to justice and development, and critical approaches to international law. She recently worked as a program associate on law and governance programs with the Asia Foundation in Bangladesh, and as a researcher on women's rights, citizenship and post-conflict development at the International Development Research Centre in Ottawa. [top] [scholars]
2006	Gunwant Gill Gunwant completed an Honours BA in International Relations with minors in political science and history in 2007. Her academic interests include U.S. foreign policy, international law, transborder governance and nuclear non-proliferation. Having completed her master's in international affairs at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, she has returned to the University of Toronto to pursue a JD. She also has an interest in journalism, particularly print journalism and documentary film making. She co-founded and served as editor-in-chief of The Toronto Globalist, an undergraduate international affairs magazine a part of the Global 21 foundation (www.global21online.org). Gunwant served as an analyst with the G8 Research Group from 2004 to 2007. [top] [scholars]
2007	Julia Muravska Julia graduated in 2008 with an Honours BA in International Relations and German Studies. She had been involved with the G8 Research Group since her second year, serving as the co-director of fundraising, research team leader for the Compliance Unit and analyst for the Civil Society and Expanded Dialogue Unit. Julia was a member of the G8 Research Group field team for the 2006 St. Petersburg Summit and the 2007 Heiligendamm Summit. She has also held positions of co-president and administrative director of Learning to Integrate New Cultures Canada (LINCC)-an organization that aids refugee youth in their pursuit of higher education. Julia worked as a research assistant at the Munk Centre for International Studies, working on the 19th-century Prussian land ownership scheme and was an international relations peer counsellor for Trinity College. After earning a master's in international relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science and interning at Jane's, she began working for Transparency International as Research Officer for its Defence against Corruption Programme based in London. [top] [scholars]
2007	Sadia Rafiquddin Sadia completed an Honours BA in international relations and peace and conflict studies at the University of Toronto in 2008. She became a member of the G8 Research Group in her first year and attended the 2006 St. Petersburg Summit, the 2007 Heiligendamm Summit and the 2008 Toyako-Hokkaido Summit as a member of the field team. Her core research interests focus on human rights and global health, particularly maternal and child health. Sadia spent a summer working in Botswana as a participant in the World University Service of Canada's International Seminar and another summer in Namibia conducting ethnographic research on the impact of HIV/AIDS on grandmothers in the township Katutura. In 2008, the Women's Executive Network selected her as one of the "Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada." A 2010 Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar, Sadia is pursuing a master's in human rights at the University of Sydney and looks forward to travelling throughout the Asia-Pacific region. [top] [scholars]
2007	Julie Wilson Julie finished her undergraduate studies with a joint specialist program in International Relations and Peace and Conflict Studies and a major in economics. During her second and third years, Julie contributed to the Peace and Conflict Society, working on its first two international conferences and serving as Co-President in 2006-07. Julie is an analyst for the G8 Research Group and also an economics peer mentor in the university's first-year Learning Communities Program. After graduation, Julie spent some time travelling before returning to the University of Toronto to pursue graduate studies in economics. [top] [scholars]
2008	Noel Anderson Noel completed the joint specialist program in international relations and peace and conflict studies, with a major in political science, in 2008. His academic interests include the role of intelligence in insurgency and counterinsurgency operations, identity politics, social constructivism, and the conflict in Northern Ireland. During his second year at the University of Toronto, Noel participated as a member of the Academics Committee of the Peace and Conflict Society, and was elected president in 2007 and re-elected in 2008. As a member of the G8 Research Group in his undergraduate years, Noel was an analyst in the Civil Society Unit and participated in the field team at the 2009 L'Aquila Summit. Noel is currently at MIT working on his PhD in political science, focusing on security studies and comparative politics. [top] [scholars]
2008	Colum Grove-White Colum earned a joint specialist degree in international relations and peace and conflict studies, as well as a major in Asia-Pacific studies. Colum joined the G8 Research Group in his second year at the University of Toronto, serving as communications chair for 2007-08. He was a member of the field team at both the 2007 Heiligendamm Summit in Germany and the 2008 Hokkaido Summit in Japan. In his fourth year at the University of Toronto, Colum is president of the Arts and Science Student Union, representing more than 23,000 students in the faculty. He also co-hosted "Beyond the Classroom" on the University of Toronto's radio station CIUT 89.5. Colum has also served as co-president of the International Relations Society, and is a member of the executive of the Peace and Conflict Society. Among other places, Colum has travelled extensively, and worked for some time in Finland at Aalto University before returning to Canada to pursue graduate studies at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University. [top] [scholars]
2008	Tina Jiwon Park Tina Jiwon Park graduated from the International Relations programme at Trinity College in 2009 and was actively involved with the International Relations Society and the G8 Research Group throughout her undergraduate years. She is now pursuing a doctorate degree in the History Department at the University of Toronto, specializing in Canadian-Korean relations from the 1880s to the 1980s. Tina is also a resident junior fellow at Massey College and is currently working on a new think tank on the Responsibility to Protect doctrine. In her free time, she enjoys learning new languages and travelling. [top] [scholars]
2009	Nicole Cargill Nikki Cargill graduated in 2010 with an honours BA in international relations. Her interest in international relations was sparked first by her involvement in the G8 Research Group and then confirmed by attending the 2008 Hokkaido-Toyako G8 Summit. She has been a member of the G8 Research Group's student executive, serving as chair of communications and chair of fundraising. She continues to have two passions; politics and sports -- the latter a vestige of her career as an Olympic athlete. Nikki look forward to the challenge of a professional degree in law or business. [top] [scholars]
2009	Hana Dhanji Hana Dhanji earned a triple major honours BA in international relations, health studies and psychology. Her academic focus has been on the intersection between international relations and global health policy. Hana worked as Professor John Kirton's research assistant from 2006 to 2008, focusing on global health compliance measures. She was a member of the G8 research group in 2006, specializing in compliance with financial commitments to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. In 2007 she worked as research fellow in chronic disease epidemiology at the Centre for Global Health Research in St. Michael’s Hospital. From 2007 to 2008, Hana was research assistant to Professor Peter Coyte on a CIHR research grant related to the legal issues and healthcare costs of HIV-positive immigrants to Canada. She completed a senior thesis with Professor Joseph Wong on the political determinants of infectious disease control, with assistance from the Yale School of Public Health. Hana is pursuing an MA in international affairs at the Graduate Institute in Geneva, where she is an intern at the World Health Organization. She intends to pursue a law degree and work in the field of global health governance and diplomacy. [top] [scholars]
2009	Erin Fitzgerald Erin Fitzgerald completed an Honours BA in international relations. Her research interests are rooted in security studies, focusing on the strategic, organizational and legal dimensions of irregular warfare. She spent a summer working at the World Health Organization in Geneva and another summer at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC, where she co-authored reports on Afghanistan, Iraq and U.S. strategic planning with Anthony Cordesman. Erin was the 2009/10 chair of the G8 Research Group, having previously held the executive positions of vice-chair and director of fundraising. She attended the 2008 Toyako Hokkaido Summit as a research analyst and helped lead a team of 20 analysts to the 2009 L’Aquila Summit. In 2010, she will led the G8 and G20 delegations to the Muskoka and Toronto Summits. Erin also served as president of the Hart House Debating Club, editor-in-chief of The Attaché Journal of International Affairs, and as an undergraduate representative on the University Affairs Board of the University of Toronto's Governing Council. A recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship, Erin began graduate studies at Oxford in the fall of 2010. She is also a dedicated practitioner of karate, in which she holds a black belt. [top] [scholars]
2010	Sarah Ellis

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