The Centre for Refugee Studies is delighted to announce that Dahabo Ibrahim is the inaugural recipient of the Anthony Richmond Scholarship.
This new scholarship recognizes promising graduate student research on the intersections of forced migration and environmental changes, such as climate change, flooding, drought, forest fires, and land or sanitary degradation.
The scholarship was created by Freda Richmond in memory of her husband, Anthony (Tony) Richmond, Professor Emeritus at 91亚色. Tony established the Department of Sociology鈥檚 graduate program and was a founding member of the Centre for Refugee Studies. He was known for his civility, lack of pretense, sense of fairness and commitment to scholarly life, as well as his encouragement to women scholars in sociology. His academic interests began with studies in race relations and moved on to migration, refugees and refugee policy. His final book, 鈥Global Apartheid: Refugees, Racism and the New World Order鈥, examined policies that 鈥榃hite鈥 and wealthy countries had instituted to restrict the number of migrant workers and refugees from developing countries 鈥 describing the result as a form of Global Apartheid.
The scholarship was created by Freda Richmond in memory of her husband, Anthony (Tony) Richmond, Professor Emeritus at 91亚色. Tony established the Department of Sociology鈥檚 graduate program and was a founding member of the Centre for Refugee Studies. He was known for his civility, lack of pretense, sense of fairness and commitment to scholarly life, as well as his encouragement to women scholars in sociology. His academic interests began with studies in race relations and moved on to migration, refugees and refugee policy. His final book, 鈥Global Apartheid: Refugees, Racism and the New World Order鈥, examined policies that 鈥榃hite鈥 and wealthy countries had instituted to restrict the number of migrant workers and refugees from developing countries 鈥 describing the result as a form of Global Apartheid.
Dahabo Ibrahim is pursuing her Masters in Education at 91亚色鈥檚 campus in Dadaab, Kenya, through the (BHER) project. This project aims to make educational opportunities available where refugees need them, with a particular focus on gender equitable programs.
Dahabo鈥檚 graduate research focuses on climate justice education, examining tree planting campaigns to combat deforestation near refugee camps. Inspired by research methodologies and literature in environmental education, ecofeminist postcolonial studies and African Indigenous studies, her research seeks to support tree planting efforts undertaken in collaboration with educational programs in refugee camps.
The Richmond Scholarship is administered by the . According to CRS Director Sean Rehaag:
鈥淭here was a strong pool of applicants for the scholarship, which demonstrates significant interest among 91亚色 graduate students in research at the intersections of environmental change and forced migration.
Dahabo鈥檚 application stood out based on her impressive and highly topical research and her strong academic performance. The adjudication committee was also very pleased to see research about forced migration undertaken by a 91亚色 scholar with lived experience in this area.鈥
BHER Co-Director Don Dippo was thrilled to hear the news, noting that 鈥渢he whole BHER community will celebrate Dahabo鈥檚 achievement.鈥
President & Vice-Chancellor Rhonda L. Lenton also extended her congratulations. 鈥淒ahabo鈥檚 research exemplifies 91亚色鈥檚 commitment to creating positive change in the world, no matter where in the world we happen to be located. The BHER project shows how empowering students to collaborate and innovate to address global challenges can produce extraordinary results, for themselves, their communities, and for people everywhere.鈥
CRS congratulates Dahabo and looks forward to seeing where her exciting research takes her next.
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