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Shastri News - January 2010

Meet our latest Student Excellence Award winners

This year the Shastri Institute has presented five outstanding students with Student Excellence Awards, for their work on India-related topics. These students have demonstrated great initiative in pursuing studies or carriers related to India and they will be using their awards to help achieve those goals. Thank you to all of the excellent students who applied. Here are our 2009-2010 winners:

Nastassia Williams, Sherbrooke, QC
Nastassia Williams knew the preparation would not be easy, when she decided to become a student of the School of International Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University for one semester. As a student in Applied Politics at l’Université de Sherbrooke, Nastassia was searching for a challenging way to access specific knowledge on India and International Development.

It was in Mali, while Nastassia was participating in an internship on capacity building in rural communities, that she realized India would be an ideal place to reinforce her expertise on democracy- building progress and South-South cooperation. She had always been fascinated by India; its impressive economic and social development, its significant participation in the 20th century stakes, and the vigorous aspects of its civil society. It was a perfect fit for an International Relations student.

Receiving a Student Excellence Award from the Shastri Institute is an incredible support to the success of Nastassia’s semester in Delhi, which will afford her the opportunity to build bridges between India and Quebec, and will bring awareness to Sherbrooke’s Applied Politics students regarding India.

Gabriel Jones, Ottawa, ON
Gabriel Jones was first introduced to the artistic and religious vitality of India while preparing artifacts for an exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada, where he is currently employed as an exhibitions coordinator. His background in museology has also served him well as a research associate with the University of Ottawa’s InterCulture Center, where he is engaged in developing museological training curricula for Asian indigenous and ethnic minority communities.

It was this interdisciplinary background, coupled with personal interests in ecology and animal welfare, which led to Gabriel’s current thesis project.

Gabriel is an MA candidate in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies at the University of Ottawa, with a specialization in South Asian religions. His primary research field, falling within the field of the Anthropology of Religion, focuses on the religious and cultural traditions of Jainism and Buddhism within India, with particular attention to how these have been informed by indigenous environmental and cultural imperatives as demonstrated in art, narrative and ritual performance. Gabriel looks at the use of animals in religious thought and practice. His thesis, under the supervision of Professor Anne Vallely, examines Jain devotional representation of the sacred snake.

In addition to pursuing religious studies academically, Gabriel is engaged in studio arts, both as an artist and teacher in the local community.

The Shastri Student Excellence Award enables Gabriel to travel to India for an extended directed study under renowned professors at Banares Hindu University and the University of Mumbai, who have agreed to assist in refining Gabriel’s thesis through directed readings, coordinated site visits, and interviews with devotees.

Bradley Boileau, Ottawa, ON
As a 23-year old graduate student in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Ottawa, Bradley Boileau has a wide range of academic interests, which span several topics and themes. His primary focus is exploration of the relationship between religious ideology, ascetic discipline, and martial culture in India. Bradley hopes to investigate the intersections between asceticism and the warrior ethos of the Jain tradition as evident in Rajasthani folklore.

In 2007, Bradley participated in a five-week program, organized in conjunction with the International Summer School for Jain Studies (ISSJS). The program focused on the intensive study of Jainism.

Having been generously granted the Shastri Institute’s Student Excellence Award, Bradley will be returning to India this summer for two months to pursue part of his thesis research, study Sanskrit and Prakrit, gather resources, d to further build relationships with members of the Jain community.

Other winners:

Stephen Gucciardi, Toronto, ON
Chad Walasek, Toronto, ON

Some feedback from last year’s winners:

Having committed most of my undergraduate career to the study of India’s cultures, politics, economy, environment, and social realities, the Shastri Student Excellence Award gave me the opportunity to maintain my focus on the improvement of livelihoods for those who are marginalized in a rapidly changing society, and the preservation of beautiful and endangered indigenous cultures. I have been able to use the Shastri award in such a way that the focal point of both my academic and professional careers is now the study issues relating to India’s place in a global society. ~ Adam Malloy

This has been an incredible year of personal and academic growth. At the time of receiving this award I had returned from Kerala, where I conducted field research, and was working to complete my MA thesis in Anthropology and International Development from the University of Guelph. This award, without a doubt contributed greatly to the completion of this project, and allowed me the time to construct what I feel is a very fine study. My final defence took place at the end of April, marking an extremely important milestone in my life. My thesis, entitled “Caste, Class and Gulf Migration from Kerala, India”, was well received by my committee and my department, and earned a nomination for the O.P. Dwivedi Thesis Award at the University of Guelph. ~ Ashley McClelland

My three months in India were among the most challenging and enriching of my life, enhanced by the opportunity to visit different states to conduct expert interviews. This experience has contributed to my ability to adapt to new circumstances and meet personal challenges. The complexity of the task and the independence with which I executed it has provided me with an important achievement on which I can draw while pursuing further Indian and international research opportunities. ~ Kieran Findlater

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