“Does the weaker sex really have the upper hand?”
UBC MCF Alumna, Maureen Gitata, was one of four panelists on the Kenyan Television Show, Victoria’s Lounge. The topic was representative of International Women’s Day and asked the question “Does the weaker sex really have the upper hand?” – Check it out here… http://ntv.nation.co.ke/shows/-/2720276/3092996/-/10dc6vi/-/index.html
MCF Graduate Scholar Radio Interview
MasterCard Foundation Graduate Scholar Patrice Meteunou was recently interviewed by Radio Canada. Read more here……
Africa Trip Report
This post is by UBC MasterCard Foundation Graduate Scholar, Isaac Jonas. Read Isaac’s bio and the bios of all the UBC MasterCard Foundation Scholars online. As I disembarked from the airplane at Abidjan Felix Houphouet Boigny airport in Côte d’Ivoire I quickly realized that it was going to be a busy week ahead by the huge […]
UBC Hosts 2014 MasterCard Foundation Scholars Convening
From May 30 to June 1, 2014 UBC will host the 2014 MasterCard Foundation Scholars Convening at its Vancouver campus. The theme of the 2014 convening is “Transformative Leadership” – a kind of leadership that is driven by purpose, social mission and self-awareness. MasterCard Foundation Scholars and program managers from more than twelve institutions will […]
RECEPTION TO WELCOME FIRST COHORT OF MASTERCARD FOUNDATION SCHOLARS TO UBC
On September 26th, UBC’s first cohort of MasterCard Foundation Scholars was welcomed to the university at a reception hosted by Dr. Louise Cowin, UBC’s Vice President, Students, at Cecil Green Park House. The five scholars, hailing from Rwanda, Lesotho, Uganda, Kenya and Botswana expressed delight to be studying in Vancouver at UBC, and are looking […]