{"id":45334,"date":"2017-06-14T12:00:54","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T16:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=45334"},"modified":"2018-12-20T11:51:29","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T16:51:29","slug":"scholarship-to-support-brock-students-swedish-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2017\/06\/scholarship-to-support-brock-students-swedish-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholarship to support Brock student\u2019s Swedish studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Brock student Emma Chamberland heads off to Sweden on exchange this fall, she will do so with an extra boost of support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chamberland was chosen for a 2017-18 Swedish Women\u2019s Educational Association (SWEA) Toronto Scholarship that will assist with her studies abroad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SWEA is an international organization that aims to promote Swedish history, culture and tradition outside of Sweden.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more than 25 years, the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/toronto.swea.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto chapter of SWEA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has offered scholarships to full-time students at Ontario universities that have established exchange agreements with Swedish universities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brock has four official exchange agreements with universities in Sweden: Linnaeus University, Karlstad University, Stockholm Business School and University of Gothenburg.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through the SWEA scholarship, Chamberland will receive $1,500 for her term at Linnaeus University.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDuring my exchange I am looking forward to immersing myself in a new culture very different than my own that has such a strong social welfare system, environmental sustainability and embraced equality,\u201d said the third-year Sport Management student.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019m also super excited to be exploring a new country and making friends from across the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While in Sweden, Chamberland will be working on her language skills and plans to gain an intercultural perspective to her sport management degree.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After completing her fall term at Linnaeus, Chamberland will travel to Australia to complete a second term overseas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to the SWEA scholarship, Chamberland will also receive Brock\u2019s International Student Mobility award that will provide $1,000 in support toward her two terms abroad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year\u2019s call for applications for the SWEA Toronto Scholarship received a record 72 applications from 12 Ontario universities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information on Brock\u2019s Student Exchange Program, visit\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/exchanges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.brocku.ca\/exchanges<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or e-mail <\/span><a href=\"mailto:exchanges@brocku.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">exchanges@brocku.ca<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Brock student Emma Chamberland heads off to Sweden on exchange this fall, she will do so with an extra boost of 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