Welcome to our Canadian Chevening Scholars' testimonials. In these first-hand accounts some recent Chevening scholars talk about their time in the UK. This information is part of our alumni work but may also be interesting to those students considering the Chevening scholarship and should answer some of the questions you might have about the Chevening experience.

Kurtis Kitagawa
MPhil in Politics from the University of Oxford in 1986

Mitra Sharafi
Canada Memorial Scholarship, Cambridge University in 1996-97

Lan Yip
BCL from the University of Oxford in 1998

Sarah Blackstock
International Politics at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth in 1999-00

Alexandra Hughes and Linda Ehrichs
MPhils in Development Studies from the University of Sussex in 1999-00

Lynda Beach
MSc in Clean Technology from Newcastle University in 2000-01

Christian Cocos
PhD in Philosophy from the University of St. Andrews in 2000-01

Liara Covert
Oxford University Summer Program in Forced Migration & International Law, Wadham College in 2001

Geneviève Giroux
Master of Law from King's College in 2000-01

Victor Madeira
MPhil in Historical Studies from Cambridge University in 2000-01

Justin Robertson
MPhil in Politics and International Studies from the University of Warwick in 2000-01

Jennifer Ross
MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics in 2000-01

Heather Beaton
MA in Transnational Communications from Goldsmith's College in 2001-02

Alix Bunyan
MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia in 2001-02

James Keirstead
MSc in Environmental Change and Management from the University of Oxford in 2001-02

Ian Foucher
MA in Human Rights from the University of Manchester in 2002-03

Michael Petrou
DPhil in Modern History, University of Oxford 2002-03

Joshua Walker
MSc in Anthropology and Development at the London School of Economics 2003-04

Huma Haider
LLM in International Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science 2005-06

Alex Ciappara
MA in International Political Economy at London School of Economics and Political Science 2006-07