Jazmin Hundal’s keen eye for interesting primary source tidbits, passion for Scotland, and the ability to write excellent essays make her a worthy recipient of this year’s George Paris award in Scottish Studies. She also delights and engages other students with her often humourous take on the foibles of people from the past.

Hundal is a fourth year history major who has been studying at SFU since 2013. She says her experience here has been engaging and inspiring and that it helped her identify her passion for museums and curation.  She currently works part time at the Surrey Museum and volunteers weekly at the SFU Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, where she’ll soon launch her own exhibit on third genders in West African masks.

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