John H. Moss Scholarship / en Ikran Jama receives John H. Moss Scholarship /celebrates/ikran-jama-receives-john-h-moss-scholarship <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Ikran Jama receives John H. Moss Scholarship</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/community" hreflang="en">Community</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2021-04-16T11:59:34-04:00" title="Friday, April 16, 2021 - 11:59" class="datetime">Fri, 04/16/2021 - 11:59</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/students" hreflang="en">Students</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/awards-excellence" hreflang="en">Awards of Excellence</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/john-h-moss-scholarship" hreflang="en">John H. Moss Scholarship</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/rhodes-scholar" hreflang="en">Rhodes Scholar</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/undergraduate-students" hreflang="en">Undergraduate Students</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/Ikran%20Jama.%20Headshot-crop.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="Ikran Jama"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(photo by Ilhaan Jama)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>For her academic excellence, inspiring leadership and compassionate service on behalf of marginalized community members, <b>Ikran Jama</b> has received the John H. Moss Scholarship.</p> <p>The honour is one of&nbsp;<a href="https://alumni.utoronto.ca/news-and-stories/news-and-articles/celebrating-winners-2021-utaa-awards-excellence">the Awards of Excellence presented by the University of Toronto Alumni Association</a>&nbsp;in collaboration with the university. The prestigious program dates back to 1921 and recognizes outstanding faculty, staff and students.</p> <p>While completing a double major in international relations and criminology and sociolegal studies, with a minor in African studies, Jama had a remarkable record of effective leadership within many different communities. Now serving a second term as president of the Arts and Science Students’ Union, she represents 26,000 undergraduates and manages a $500,000 budget. She also established the annual Student Success Day Conference, which brings students from racialized communities to campus to encourage them to consider post-secondary studies.</p> <p>As <a href="/celebrates/ikran-jama-named-one-canada-s-rhodes-scholars-2021">a Rhodes Scholar heading to the University of Oxford</a>, Jama plans to pursue a Master of Criminology and Criminal Justice and a Master of Forced Migration and Refugee Studies to further her commitment to bringing agency to marginalized communities.</p> <p>In honouring Jama, <a href="https://alumni.utoronto.ca/awards-excellence-recipients-2021#moss">the alumni association notes</a> that Jama's&nbsp;professors praised her&nbsp;for her extraordinary intellectual rigour and work ethic, as well as her maturity, compassion and empathy.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Alumni Association</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Fri, 16 Apr 2021 15:59:34 +0000 lanthierj 169115 at