Bermuda Rhodes Scholarship
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Press Announcement
(See also: University
of Toronto Press Article)
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The
Bermuda Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee is pleased to announce that Ms
Aliyyah Ahad has been selected as Bermuda's Rhodes Scholar 2014. Aliyyah is the
daughter of Abdallah and Ameenah Ahad of Sandys Parish, Bermuda.
Aliyyah attended Bermuda High School and graduated in 2008 with top results in
her GCSEs and the International Baccalaureate. Aliyyah was Head Girl at Bermuda
High School, and won the Kathy McKenzie Memorial Prize for Integrity, a merit
scholarship for the IB programme and The R.A. Ferguson II Scholarship for
Contribution to Student Life. She was also the recipient of the Bermuda Teen
Services' Outstanding Teen Award in the category of Outstanding Overall.
Aliyyah went to the University of Toronto in Canada from where she graduated in
2012 with a Honours Bachelor of Arts, with High Distinction, in Political
Science and Sociology. In the course of her degree, she spent a year abroad at
the Institut d'Etudes Politique in Paris. Aliyyah was the holder of the Sir
Harry D Butterfield Undergraduate Scholarship and the Sir Henry Tucker
Educational Grant. She was on the Dean’s List while at the University of Toronto
and won the Innis College Alumni Association Scholarship for Exceptional
Academic Achievement and the Innis College Recognition Award for Contribution to
College Life.
During her time at the University of Toronto, Aliyyah was actively involved in
promoting dialogue on important social issues. She was on the Hart House Debates
Committee and organised panel discussions and show debates on numerous topics.
She was also a Residence Don and responsible for the well-being of the students
on her floor.
Since returning to Bermuda, Aliyyah has continued to pursue her passion for
social issues. She completed the Government's twelve-month Cabinet Office
Internship Programme and has subsequently worked for the Bermuda Human Rights
Commission and the Bermuda Office of the Ombudsman. She is the professional
development co-chair on the Board of Bermuda’s Emerging Professionals, the Youth
Division of the Chamber of Commerce where she has organised several workshops
for members. She also serves on the Board of the Bermuda Debate Society and was
a co-organiser of the 2013 Pan American Debate Tournament.
Aliyyah enjoys an active life and even won the Most Spirited Player Award on her
College’s Ultimate Frisbee Team.
Aliyyah plans to read for a MSc in Migration Studies at St Hilda's College, Oxford.
John C.R. Collis
Secretary, Bermuda Rhodes Scholarship
P.O. Box HM 3363
Hamilton HM PX, Bermuda
Tel: +1 441 232 4098 & Fax: +1 441 236 6885
Email: johncollis@jexec.bm
www.rhodes.bm