Amy Mann, Math Union president and fourth-year student, has been awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship.
The Rhodes Scholarship is the world’s preeminent and oldest graduate fellowship, based at the University of Oxford since 1903. The Rhodes selection process aims to choose young people with proven academic excellence who also show exceptional character, leadership, the energy to use their talents to the full and a commitment to solving humanity’s challenges. The selection process includes a rigorous review process before the finalists interview with a selection committee composed of renowned experts and leaders in diverse fields.
Amy is a fourth-year student at the University of Toronto studying mathematics and statistics. Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, she is passionate about public health and its intersections with climate change. Her research spans diverse fields, including mathematics, public health, physics, and geography. Currently, she is developing environmentally driven host-vector models of malaria transmission in Cameroon. Amy helped start a community garden at Victoria College and volunteers at the Common Table in Toronto, a drop-in program supporting individuals experiencing homelessness and poverty. She is the President of the Mathematics Union, a climate activist, and writer. At Oxford, she will continue her research in mathematical biology.
The first Canadian Rhodes Scholars took up residence in Oxford in 1904. Every year, eleven scholarships are awarded across five regions: British Columbia (1); the Prairies (3 from Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Territories); Ontario (2); Quebec (2); the Maritimes (2 from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia & PEI); and Newfoundland & Labrador (1).
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