Lieutenant Governor hosts lunch for Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholars at UPEI
A special luncheon was held recently by the Honourable Dr. Wassim Salamoun, Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island and Her Honour Marie Salamoun-Dunne for nine Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholars (QES) representing three cycles of QES funding received by University of Prince Edward Island in 2014, 2017, and 2024. They were joined by UPEI and Farmers Helping Farmers representatives.
The event was an excellent networking opportunity to build relationships among the QES 2024 Scholars—Glory Karimi, Essau Serem, Ellie Moore, Abby Penney-Wiseman and Lindsey Burns—who are currently working on a project called “Integrating Multidisciplinary, Community-Based, Innovative Research and Training for Improved Sustainable Livelihoods in a Farming Region of Kenya.”
The luncheon also provided a chance for QES 2024 Scholars to interact with the QES 2014 (Sarah Muthee) and QES 2017 (Emma Adams, Kelsey McIsaac, and Katie MacNeill) Scholars. The QES Scholars were thrilled to meet each other and share their veterinary and nutritional activities in rural Kenya and Canada with Their Honours; Dr. Greg Naterer, UPEI Vice-President Academic and Research, and Dr. Dominique Griffon, Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Atlantic Veterinary College. Dr. Nola Etkin, Dean of Science at UPEI sent her regrets as she was unable to attend.
Others at the luncheon included Drs. John VanLeeuwen (QES project lead), Drs. Jennifer Taylor, and Charlene VanLeeuwen from the UPEI QES team, and Drs. Colleen Walton and Teresa Mellish and Ken Mellish from Farmers Helping Farmers, a PEI non-governmental organization partnering on the QES projects in Kenya.
The luncheon was held at Fanningbank, the official residence of the Lieutenant Governor and National Historic Site of Canada that overlooks Charlottetown Harbour.
The Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships aim to mobilize a dynamic community of young global leaders to create lasting impacts both at home and abroad through inter-cultural exchanges encompassing international education, discovery and inquiry, and professional experiences. The QES program supports international collaborative projects at post-secondary education institutions and is led by the Rideau Hall Foundation in collaboration with Universities Canada. It is Canada’s premier academic program for global leadership, collaboration, and multidisciplinary learning.
