There is an award available to an Integrated Sciences student. Please see the description below. If you feel you meet the requirements and demonstrate strong leadership and community involvement please send an application to intsci@science.ubc.ca. In the application please describe in detail why you should receive this award.
Students wishing to be considered for this award must submit an application to intsci@science.ubc.ca by Friday, May 24th 2024.
Award Details:
Nafeesa Alibhai Award in Integrated Sciences
Awards totalling $2,000 have been made available annually through a gift from a UBC alumna in honour of Nafeesa Alibhai for outstanding undergraduate students in the Integrated Science program who identify as 2SLGBTQIA0+ and who demonstrate leadership and community involvement. Nafeesa is a queer and trans disabled Muslim and second-generation Khoja immigrant.
In 2022, Nafeesa earned their B.Sc. in Integrated Sciences at UBC - the first in their family to be granted a university degree - and then went on to study a M.Ed. in Social Justice Education at the University of Toronto. Nafeesa strives to create alternatives to white-supremacist education systems in the life sciences as part of ongoing transformative justice and abolitionist movements.
The awards are made on the recommendation of the Integrated Sciences Program.