2019 Winston Churchill Fellowships
Hon Peeni Henare
Minister for the Community and
Voluntary Sector
29 October 2018
MEDIA RELEASE
Minister for the Community
and Voluntary Sector Peeni Henare has announced the 2019
Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowships. The Winston
Churchill Memorial Trust (WCMT) was established in 1965 with
funds from both the government and the public.
The Fellowships help New Zealanders from all walks of life to travel overseas, research topics of significance and return with inspiration and experience that benefits their careers, communities and stakeholders.
“The 12 Fellowships cover a diverse range of topics including programmes for people living with dementia, accelerating Māori economic development through procurement practice, engaging children in science programmes, animal welfare best practice, and heritage building archaeology practice,” WCMT Chair Dr Bronwyn Smits said.
“I would like to congratulate all the recipients. They will be bringing back to New Zealand a wealth of valuable experiences and knowledge. I look forward to hearing more about their experiences,” Peeni Henare said.
More information on the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust can be found:
http://www.communitymatters.govt.nz/winston-churchill-memorial-trust-fellowships/
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2019 Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship Recipients
• Andrea Gaskin
(Auckland) will explore developments in arts access for
people living with dementia through research with
practitioners at five organisations in the United Kingdom
which will enhance the impact of Make Moments in
Aotearoa.
• Benjamin Brooks (Auckland) will
travel to the United States of America to investigate what
New Zealand can learn from Texas where the imprisonment rate
has dropped by over 25% in recent years.
• Carl
Pickens (Kaiwaka) will study world leading practice in urban
agriculture projects and policies in Europe and the United
Kingdom to illustrate how the incorporation of urban
agriculture in New Zealand’s urban design and planning can
contribute to a more sustainable future.
•
Chris Duggan (Tauranga) will travel to Europe to observe
innovative practices to engage 5-12 year-old children in
science learning, to inform the development of what would be
appropriate for New Zealand children’s needs.
•
Denise Powell (Dunedin) will travel to the United States of
America, Hong Kong and Australia to visit leading
organisations with co-enrolment programmes for deaf and hard
of hearing students. Insights and perspectives gained will
inform the discussion on the appropriateness of the
co-enrolment model to drive better outcomes in New
Zealand.
• Eva Forster-Garbutt (Wellington)
will be meeting academics, professionals, and building
archaeologists in the United Kingdom to guide improvements
in the investigation and recording of heritage buildings in
New Zealand.
• Kate Evans (Raglan) will travel
to Brazil, Colombia and France to research her first book, a
‘biography' of the feijoa, unravelling the history and
culture of the fruit and its journey from South America to
New Zealand.
• Kelly Drake (Dargaville) will
travel to Australia to study animal welfare programmes to
support the implementation of species welfare measures for
New Zealand farm assurance programmes.
• Martin
Enright (Auckland) will study targeted procurement policies
in organisations in Canada and the United States of America
to inform and support Māori economic empowerment in Tāmaki
Makaurau and Aotearoa.
• Monica Peters
(Hamilton) will visit Europe and the United Kingdom to study
citizen science projects and programmes to advance citizen
science strategy, methods and best practice in New
Zealand.
• Sara Farrant (Wellington) will study
the use of Patient Reported Outcomes (PRO) as standard of
care for cancer services at leading international centres in
the United Kingdom and the Unites States of America to
inform the implementation of a PRO model in New Zealand.
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