Good morning.
I am Kimberley Brownlee. I hold a Canada research chair at the University of British Columbia. I work on loneliness, belonging and social human rights. I received the Terry Fox Humanitarian Award in 1997, which enabled me to run Amnesty International at McGill, instead of having to get a job.
On the strength of that, I was awarded a Commonwealth scholarship and the Rhodes scholarship. The awards set me on a path that I might not otherwise have pursued.
I overcame a difficulty, which is part of that award. I am legally blind and have oculocutaneous albinism. Like other recipients, I am committed to humanitarian action and human rights.
Thank you.