The Rabin Scholarship Fund For the Advancement of Peace and Tolerance

Applications being accepted for 2008-2009

Value of award:
US$13,000
Application deadline:
March 14, 2008
Requirements:
Applicants must be enrolled in an accredited doctoral or post doctoral program focusing on areas relating to the pursuit of peace and/or to the enhancement of peaceful forms of social life.
Must be a Canadian citizen, but not necessarily enrolled at a Canadian university.
The study opportunity offers:
An opportunity to spend one academic year in Jerusalem, Israel at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Dialogue and interaction with Israeli students - Jewish 4auspices of the Gilo Center for Citizenship, Democracy and Civic Education**
Expectations:
A research essay or project must be completed
The recipient will be asked to speak in Canada upon his/her return

For further information and to receive an application package please call:

  • 1-888-HEBREWU or 416-485-8000
  • Fax: 416-485-8565
  • mgoldman@cfhu.org 
  • **Situated in the Faculty of Social Sciences, the Gilo Center for Citizenship, Democracy and Civic Education is a research and study centre dedicated to the promotion in Israel of a democratic civic identity based on common democratic values. The Center runs an MA program in Democracy and Citizenship Studies, a Gilo Fellows Colloquium for graduate students of the Center, special seminars for students in Arabic & in Jewish Halacha, International conferences & seminars, and wide-spread educational activity in all sectors of the Israeli educational system-secular, religious and Arab. http://gilocenter.mscc.huji.ac.il

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