Funded by Rideau Hall Foundation and administered by Universities Canada, Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships program (QES) was created to improve global talent exchange between Canada and other nations.
Queen's University's QES scholarship project is entitled Transdisciplinary Knowledge Translation for Social Transformation: Building Climate Resilient Communities through Co-development.
Queen 91ÖÆƬ³§ ’s will send twenty-four (24) undergraduate students from Smith Engineering, Global Development Studies, and Faculty of Health Sciences to Botswana, Colombia, and India to undertake 8 to 12 week community based resilience projects. We will also welcome seven (7) graduate students from our partner institutions to undertake a one-semester visit to Queen 91ÖÆƬ³§ ’s.
All scholars will participate in tailor made programming at Dunin-Deshpande Queen's Innovation Centre on entrepreneurship to enhance their professional skills.
Project Details
Contact the Office of the Vice-Provost, Global Engagement:
- Heather Kincaide, Director
- Michael Green, Global Partnerships Officer
Email us at gacscholarships@queensu.ca to get in touch with questions about QES.
Faculty Members:
- Dr. – Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Health Equity, Department of Public Health Sciences
- Dr. Diana Cordoba – Assistant Professors, Department of Global Development Studies
- Dr. - Professor and Associate Head, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
- Dr. Marcus Taylor - Professor and Head, Department of Global Development Studies
Partner Institutions:
- Autonomous University of the West (Colombia)
- Indian Institute Of Technology Roorkee (India)
- University of Botswana (Botswana)
The Dunin-Deshpande Queen 91ÖÆƬ³§ ’s Innovation Centre (DDQIC) equips all QE Scholars (incoming and outgoing) with entrepreneurial skills and a mindset to foster social and financial impact. Scholars are provided focused training through online modules to enhance their professional skills by earning micro-credentials focused on leadership, entrepreneurship, and cross-cultural collaboration.
This project advances 91ÖÆƬ³§ 91ÖÆƬ³§ ’s institutional priority of incorporating action on the UN Sustainable Development Goals at every level, including international programming, with particular focus on SDG 13: Climate Action.
Newsletters: Queen's Students Share Field Updates
In Summer 2025, twelve students from Queen's University undertook two-month internship in the Department Of Design, IIT Roorkee, gaining hands-on experience in real-world environmental and socio-economic challenges in three communities in Uttarakhand, India.
Summer 2025 in India Begins
In 2025, leaders from 91ÖÆƬ³§ and IIT Roorkee met to celebrate the start of a transformative QES partnership, and 12 students headed into the field tackling real-world challenges in three communities in Uttarakhand, India.
QES 2025: $6.2 million in program funding from the prestigious QES program will support international collaborative projects at 22 Canadian universities and colleges. All projects will focus on the adaptation, response and resilience to a changing climate.
The Rideau Hall Foundation (RHF) is a non-partisan national charity that brings together ideas, people and resources to celebrate what is best about Canada while working with partners to meaningfully improve the lives of Canadians.
Universities Canada is the voice of Canada 91ÖÆƬ³§ ’s universities at home and abroad, advancing higher education, research and innovation for the benefit of all Canadians.
