CFUW Bourse Georgette LeMoyne Award 2022-2023

2022 – 2023
Value: $5,000

Georgette LeMoyne was one of the first women to receive a university degree in French Canada. She devoted her life to the promotion of education and employment for women. It is for graduate study in any field at a Canadian university. The candidate must be studying in French and write the Statement of Intent (Section I) of the application in French.

2022-2023 Winner:

ÉLISABETH ARSENAULT

B.A. Anthropology and History, 2021, Université Laval
Masters in Anthropology, 2021-2023, Université Laval

Forced migration is constantly increasing in the world. Although in the 20th century refugees were the main victims of this phenomenon, today the majority of exiles are living inside their countries’ borders. Humanitarian aid, developed originally for refugees, must now adapt to this change that raises issues of legal recognition and aid for forced migrants.

Cameroon, whose borders are the scene of three crises that give rise to forced transnational and infranational displacements, is interesting terrain to analyze the effects of legal and practical categorization processes of forced migrants according to whether they are refugees or internally displaced persons.