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The Department of Law and Legal Studies is proud to announce two undergraduate students, Hijaab Yahya and Ashli Au, have won the Provost Scholar Award.

Read more about these award-winning students from their Provost Scholar Award profiles, below. For more information about the Awards, see the entire announcement.

Ashli Au

Ashli Au is a law and human rights student who connects her research skills with a commitment to community service. Under the supervision of Prof. Michael Christensen, Ashli participated in a research project to track political misinformation through ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´â€™s I-CUREUS program, the preliminary findings of which she presented at the Inquiry@Queen’s Undergraduate Research Conference. Through ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´â€™s Students as Partners Program (SaPP), Ashli collaborated with Prof. Eric Van Rythoven to develop pedagogy on teaching race in international relations. Ashli has also worked as a team lead for Capital Pride in 2019 and was subsequently elected as co-chair of the Capital Pride Youth Committee. Last year, she was awarded the January Marie Lapuz Emerging Youth Leader Award by SherVancouver for her leadership in the 2SLGBTQ+ community. She has also served as a member of ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´â€™s Equity and Inclusive Communities Advisory Group and facilitated a workshop at this year’s SOAR Student Leadership Conference at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´.

Hijaab Yahya

Hijaab Yahya is a law student concentrating in transnational law and human rights, who has a deep interest in advocacy, research and community engagement. They are the co-president of ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University Students for Scholars at Risk and . Hijaab worked with the  on an international development project, which advanced technological access for youth and women at the organization. They have provided translation services from Hindi to English for ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ student groups and professors researching in Nepal. Hijaab conducted research on gender-based violence through the ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University Research Opportunity Program and shared discussions on gender equality with internationally recognized human rights activist Mukhtar Mai. Through I-CUREUS, Hijaab has undertaken research under the supervision of Prof. Fiona Robinson in a SSHRC-funded project that explores how narratives of gender entangle within Canada’s foreign policy.  They have also presented their research at the ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ FPA CUROP Showcase and .

Congratulations Ashli and Hijaab!