Anna Gaudet

2022 McCall MacBain Scholar

McGill Faculty of Arts, MA, History

Education:
Dalhousie University (BA’22)

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Anna completed a Bachelor of Arts in Sustainability and History at Dalhousie. She served as a board director and Metro Halifax advisor, supervising a team of 20 youth, for the Nova Scotia Secondary Students Association, and volunteered with the Concours d’art oratoire, Canada’s largest annual French public speaking competition. She also represented Arts and Social Science students as a Dalhousie Student Union council member. Having developed a passion for personal and public history, Anna ran a program providing free genealogy reports to seniors and spends her summers working at national historic sites. During the year, she worked part-time as a teaching assistant and tutor. As a McCall MacBain Scholar, Anna began a Master of Arts in History at McGill.

“Just apply! The interview process alone is really rewarding. They make it worth your time. They get to know you and ask you questions that are really important and help you reflect on your work.”

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