Recipients of the HQP Scholarship were recently announced and this year's cohort includes 5 outstanding members of the Department of Animal Biosciences:

• Brenda Christensen (PhD program)
• Matheus Santos (M.Sc program)
• Violet Hipkin (M.Sc program)
• Clara Zeizold (M.Sc program)
• ​​Clayton McWilliams (M.Sc program)

Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP) scholarship recipients are forward-thinking future leaders in the agri-food and rural sectors. The HQP program is funded by Food from Thought and the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance and supports the development of highly skilled graduates to become future researchers, policy-makers, business leaders and innovators who can meet the changing demands of the agri-food industry.

Click here [1] to meet this year's recipients learn more about their projects.