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An exceptional new graduates join a network of leaders and changemakers from Queen’s and beyond as a recipient of the Pathy Fellowship, a prestigious community-development fellowship program.
Queen’s students have once again been recognized for their leadership potential, community engagement, and innovative thinking, as one earns a Pathy Foundation Fellowship for 2024-2025.
The Pathy Fellowship is a self-directed opportunity for young leaders to test and develop their skills in their respective fields while benefiting from a rich support network of driven peers, skilled facilitators, and experienced practitioners. Fellows can propose a self-directed project in any field, sector, and community, providing them with the opportunity to gain a competitive advantage for their future careers. Each Fellow receives a generous stipend, enabling them to dedicate a year of their early career to a cause and community they are passionate about through hands-on and practical learning.
We are pleased to introduce the 2024-2025 Queen’s University Pathy Foundation Fellow.
Damai Siallagan; B.A., Honours Global Development and History
Community: The Batak Toba of the village of Tuktuk Siadong, Indonesia
Initiative title: Proyek Pangabahan Digital (Propangdi): Digital Cultural Development
Damai’s initiative aims to develop skills in navigating digital landscapes to better prepare local Indigenous communities to adapt their services to grow in the tourism sector of Lake Toba, Indonesia. He plans to work with local entrepreneurs in the tourism sector to help them develop better digital skills and offer training on market research and implementing online feedback.
“When planning my life after graduation, I saw the Pathy Fellowship as an opportunity to apply my education in global development to effect change in a community dear to me,” says Damai. “I hope the Pathy Fellowship's community-centred approach to change-making will help ground my future studies in law.”
Damai will begin his Fellowship year in July with four weeks of training covering topics such as participatory community engagement and leadership principles, project planning and management, power and positionality, fund development, and more.
After this training period, Fellows will develop and implement their initiatives over the course of a ten-month Community Phase while benefiting from dedicated program support.