Susan Elliott Receives Funding for Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships

Susan Elliott, Water Institute member and Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management, was one of two University of Waterloo researchers to receive funding for prestigious Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships. This funding allows Canadian students to participate in internships or academic study in another Commonwealth country and they are also available to students from Commonwealth countries to attend a Canadian university for graduate studies. The Scholarships form part of university-designed projects that address pressing local, national and global issues. Susan hopes to bring at least four fully funded graduate students to the University of Waterloo to develop a global wellbeing index similar to the Canadian Index of Wellbeing, a project developed at Waterloo. The index will focus first on countries in east Africa to develop appropriate indicators that can realistically measure wellbeing in low to middle income countries. One PhD student has already been selected and will be arriving at the University of Waterloo in September to begin work on the index.