Now, the Dalhousie University engineering student is a Rhodes Scholar and on a mission to encourage other Black students to get involved in academic fields where they've not always been represented. Sparks, who's from Dartmouth, N.S., will head to Oxford University in England next fall for a master's degree. (Danny Abriel)She's also involved with the Dalhousie student branch of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Sparks is the 92nd Rhodes Scholar from Dalhousie University, and one of about 100 students chosen from across the world. The scholarship pays for her travel and study at Oxford University for two years, with an option to extend to a third year.

Source: CBC News November 26, 2020 00:00 UTC