McMaster’s new Trudeau Scholar studies how nationalism and politics affect migration
Carlo Handy Charles is studying how race, ethnicity, and nationalism shape the perception and integration of Haitian refugees in Canada and France. Photo by Stacey Gabitious, McMaster University
McMaster sociology PhD candidate Carlo Handy Charles has been named a 2019 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Scholar.
Charles is studying how cross-cultural understandings of race, ethnicity, and nationalism shape the perception, acceptance and integration of Haitian refugees in Canada and France. He is pursuing a joint doctoral degree in sociology at McMaster and geography at the Universite’ des Antilles, in Martinique, France.
“Being selected among such an amazing group of Trudeau Scholars represents more than a funding package to complete my doctoral research on time,” Charles says.
“It allows me to belong to and learn from a unique community of engaged scholars, dedicated mentors and inspiring fellows who are pursuing cutting-edge research in the social sciences and humanities in Canada.”
On my way to Montréal for an exciting week of training in #Power & #Knowledge and #EngagedLedearship at @F_Trudeau_F . My PhD student life cannot be any more excited than that. 🙂 🙂 🙂 pic.twitter.com/ebmSKkFEQJ
— Carlo Handy Charles (@carlo_handy) May 26, 2019
Even more importantly, Charles says, it gives him a platform to produce and disseminate knowledge about migration and the politics of incorporation and integration in French, English and Spanish, both in Canada and abroad.
“The Trudeau Scholarship also provides me an incredible opportunity to publicly engage with diverse global communities through artistic projects, such as theatre, photography, painting or film, for instance,” he says.
“I am very excited about what’s coming ahead!”
What an incredible honour and a bold responsibility to be among these amazing scholars!!! Global migration and climate change are among the most pressing issues of our time and I am glad that the @F_Trudeau_F has chosen to support my PhD research on the Haitian migration in CA/FR
— Carlo Handy Charles (@carlo_handy) May 23, 2019
About the Trudeau Scholarship
Offered by the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, the doctoral scholarship recognizes outstanding, innovative doctoral research in one of four key fields: human rights and dignity; responsible citizenship; Canada and the world; and people and their natural environment.
The three-year program provides up to $180,000 in funding, as well as leadership training and the opportunity to connect and work with leading scholars.
