Bridget Esler, 2022

Bridget Esler — originally from Vancouver — is completing her postgraduate studies in Music at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, with a specialism in Vocal Performance. Bridget is an accomplished classically-trained soprano with a particular interest in...

Edward Ross, 2022

Edward Ross is pursuing a PhD in Classics at the University of Reading, where he specialises in the religious life of the ancient culture of Hellenistic Bactria (c. 323 BCE – 10 CE), which was situated along the Amu Darya (Oxus River) at the intersection of...

Emily Bosenius, 2022

Emily Bosenius is a recipient of a Victor Dahdaleh Foundation CCSF Scholarship. She is currently completing the final year of a MA in Violin at the Royal Academy of Music, where she is focusing on technique and the score as well as the audience’s perspective on...

Faith Decontie, 2022

Faith Decontie is a First Nations, Algonquin and Nakoda-Sioux PhD Social Anthropology student from Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg, Canada. She is pursuing her doctorate at Aberdeen University in Scotland. Faith grew up on a First Nation Algonquin reserve where she had a...

Kaitlin Simpson, 2022

Kait Simpson is a doctoral researcher at the University of Edinburgh Institute of Sport, Physical Education, and Health Sciences.  She is an ambassador of systemic mental health care reform cross-culturally and for taking a public health approach to protect...