Undergraduate Awards:
Faculty of Social Science

Jock Abra Scholarship in Psychology and the Arts

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Donor: Dr. Jock Abra

Value: $1000

Number: 1

Year Entering: Final

Faculty: Social Sciences, Fine Arts, Humanities

Field of Study: Honours Psychology, Fine Arts, Humanities

Conditions:
  • Honours program in the Department of Psychology
  • Academic merit
  • Preference given to students who demonstrate involvement and interest in an area of fine arts, the performing arts or humanities
  • Students who have completed coursework in the Faculty of Fine Arts or the Faculty of Humanities will also be considered

How to Apply: Applicants must submit a letter to the Department of Psychology summarizing their fine arts, performing arts or humanities involvement including specific information that clearly documents, supports and confirms the extent of involvement (eg. letters from instructors, portfolio of work produced, etc.)

Apply Date: by May 1

Helen Acheson Memorial Bursary

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Donor: Family of Helen Acheson, BA '75

Value: up to $800

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Social Sciences

Field of Study: Anthropology

Conditions:
  • Major in the Department of Anthropology
  • Financial need
  • Academic merit
  • Must be registered full time but need not be carrying a full course load

How to Apply: Student Awards Office

Apply Date: August 1

Agrium Inc. Award

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Donor: Established by Agrium Inc. of Calgary and the Faculty of Social Sciences to promote linkages between the University of Calgary and Argentina and to facilitate Argentine students pursuing post-secondary education in Calgary

Value: $2000 (Renewable)

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Social Sciences

Field of Study:

Conditions:
  • Completed high school in Argentina
  • Academic merit
  • Preference given to a student who has completed coursework that focuses on energy and the environment
  • Renewable in third and fourth year providing minimum grade point average of 2.60 on courses completed in the previous academic year

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

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Calgary Consular Corps Bursary

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Donor: Calgary Consular Corps and matching grant from Alberta Opportunities Bursary Fund

Value: up to $1000

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Social Sciences

Field of Study: International Relations

Conditions:
  • Major in International Relations
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need

How to Apply: Student Awards Office

Apply Date: August 1

Canadian Council for the Americas (Alberta Chapter) Essay Prizes on Latin America

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Donor: Canadian Council for the Americas (Alberta Chapter), Haskayne School of Business and the Faculty of Social Sciences

Value: $500

Number: 2

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Haskayne School of Business, Social Sciences

Field of Study: Haskayne School of Busines, Social Sciences

Conditions:
  • One award offered in the Haskayne School of Business and one in the Faculty of Social Sciences
  • Best essay on any aspect of the Latin American economies or trade

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

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Chacmool Bursary

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Donor: Archaeological Association (Chacmool)

Value: up to $700

Number: 1

Year Entering: 4th

Faculty: Social Sciences

Field of Study: Archaeology

Conditions:
  • Majoring in Archaeology
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need

How to Apply: Student Awards Office

Apply Date: August 1

G. Gordon Clarke Bursary

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Donor: Ziff Energy Group

Value: $1000

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Social Sciences

Field of Study: Economics

Conditions:
  • Major in Economics
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need
  • Must have completed at least one of the following courses with a minimum grade of "B+" - ECON 323: Natural Gas Markets, ECON 325: Petroleum in the North American Economy, ECON 327: Petroleum in the World Economy, ECON 475: Economics of Natural Resources I, or ECON 575: Economics of Natural Resources II

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

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Dr. Lawrence W. Copithorne Memorial Scholarship

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Donor: Department of Economics, family and friends of Lawrence Copithorne

Value: up to $2500

Number: 1

Year Entering: 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Social Sciences

Field of Study: Economics

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Preference given to a student in the Honours Economics program
  • Demonstrates an interest in energy economics or the economics of natural resources

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by the Department of Economics for nomination.

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Elise Corbet Scholarship

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Donor: Chinook Country Historical Society (a Chapter of the Historical Society of Alberta)

Value: $500

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Social Sciences

Field of Study: History

Conditions:
  • Majoring in History
  • Taken at least two Canadian History courses
  • Preference given to students with at least one course in Western Canadian History
  • Awarded to the student who received the highest marks in the courses
  • If a tie exists, the students' grade point averages will be taken into consideration

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

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Daughters of the American Revolution Heritage Chapter Bursary in History

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Donor: Funded by an endowment established by the Daughters of the American Revolution Heritage Chapter and matching grant from Alberta Opportunities Bursary Fund

Value: up to $500

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Social Sciences

Field of Study: History

Conditions:
  • Majoring in History
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need
  • Preference given to a student focusing on the history of the United States

How to Apply: Student Awards Office

Apply Date: August 1

Sir Ranulph de Glanvill Prizes in Legal History

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Donor: Anonymous

Value: Book and certificate

Number: 2

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Social Sciences

Field of Study: History

Conditions:
  • Best essay in HIST 474: English Legal History

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

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Lorne Dowling Scholarship

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Donor: Mrs. Ida Dowling, Calgary

Value: $200

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd

Faculty: Social Sciences

Field of Study:

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Participation in extra-curricular activities

How to Apply: Student Awards Office

Apply Date: August 1

Anna and Donald Drysdale Memorial Scholarships

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Donor: Mrs. Henrietta Weyland in memory of her sister and brother in-law

Value: up to $1250

Number: 2

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Social Sciences

Field of Study: History

Conditions:
  • Major in History
  • Preference is given to candidates who have declared an area of concentration in Military-Diplomatic History or those who have taken at least two half courses in Military-Diplomatic History and attained a minimum B+ grade in each of those courses
  • Must be registered full time, but need not be carrying a full course load

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

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James Frideres Award in Quantitative Sociology

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Donor: Dr. James Frideres

Value: up to $250

Number: 1

Year Entering: Any

Faculty: Social Sciences, Graduate Studies

Field of Study: Quantitative Sociology

Conditions:
  • Offered to the most outstanding undergraduate or graduate student in the area of quantitative sociology
  • Consideration will be given to academic merit, preparation of a paper, involvement in research or other forms of scholarship which the committee recognizes as outstanding achievement

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically by considered by members of the Department of Sociology for nomination.

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James H. Gray Prizes in History

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Donor: James H. Gray, Calgary

Value: up to $400 and certificate

Number: 2

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Social Sciences

Field of Study: History (Western Canadian History)

Conditions:
  • One award offered in Fall Session and one in Winter Session
  • Best essay in Western Canadian History
  • Preference given to students taking introductory level history courses

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

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Christian Hillman Prize

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Donor: Friends and family of the late Christian Marie Hillman, a student at the University of Calgary from 1988 until her death in 1991

Value: up to $500

Number: 1

Year Entering: 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Social Sciences

Field of Study: Political Science

Conditions:
  • Major in Political Science
  • Academic merit
  • Must have completed at least three half courses in Political Science over the last two consecutive sessions

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

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Wes Johnston Prize in Archaeology

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Donor: Archaeological Society of Alberta, Calgary Centre, in honour of Wes Johnston, a founding member of the centre

Value: $200

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Social Sciences

Field of Study: Archaeology

Conditions:
  • Academic merit in the previous year

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

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Professor Z.M. Kubinski Prizes in Economics

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Donor: Members of the Department of Economics, and family and friends of the late Professor Kubinski

Value: up to $300

Number: 2

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Social Sciences

Field of Study: Economics (Canadian Economic Issues)

Conditions:
  • One award offered in Fall Session and one in Winter Session
  • Best research paper assigned in their economics courses on topics related to Canadian Economic Issues
  • Grade point average of no less than 3.00 in economics courses

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

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Kula Ring Bursary

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Donor: Kula Ring Club

Value: $400

Number: 1

Year Entering: 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Social Sciences

Field of Study: Anthropology

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need
  • Extra-curricular activities involving contribution to the Kula Ring Club
  • Must have been a member of the Kula Ring Club during the year of award application
  • Must be registered full time, but need not be carrying a full course load

How to Apply: Student Awards Office

Apply Date: August 1

Kimberley E. Maurer Bursary

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Donor: Funded by an endowment established by family and friends in memory of Kimberley E. Maurer, and matching grant from Alberta Opportunities Bursary Fund

Value: up to $500

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Social Sciences

Field of Study: Psychology

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need

How to Apply: Student Awards Office

Apply Date: August 1

Don Mazankowski Bursaries in Economics and Political Science

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Donor: Funded by an endowment established by the Don Mazankowski Scholarship Foundation and matching funds from the Alberta Opportunity Bursary Fund

Value: up to $1000

Number: 2

Year Entering: 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Social Sciences

Field of Study: Political Science and Economics

Conditions:
  • One award offered to a student with a major in Political Science and one with a major in Economics
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need
  • Extra-curricular activities involving community service and demonstrated leadership ability
  • Canadian citizen or permanent resident

How to Apply: Student Awards Office

Apply Date: August 1

Right Honourable Don Mazankowski Scholarship Foundation Bursary

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Donor: Funded by an endowment established by the Don Mazankowski Scholarship Foundation and matching grant from Alberta Opportunities Bursary Fund

Value: up to $1000

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Science, Social Sciences

Field of Study: Collaborative Degree Programs (Earth Science or Environmental Science)

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need
  • Extra-curricular activities involving community service
  • Canadian citizen or permanent resident
  • Preference given to students with demonstrated leadership ability

How to Apply: Student Awards Office

Apply Date: August 1

Sheila McDougall Award

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Donor: Family, friends and colleagues in memory of Sheila McDougall, who received her BSW from the University of Calgary in 1987 and was working on her MSW at the time of her death

Value: up to $350

Number: 1

Year Entering: Any

Faculty: Social Work, Education, Nursing, Social Sciences

Field of Study: BSW Program, Education, Nursing, Social Sciences (Psychology)

Conditions:
  • Canadian aboriginal student
  • Academic merit
  • Intending to pursue a career in an area that will provide a service to aboriginal people and/or further cross cultural awareness and understanding
  • Financial need will also be taken into consideration
  • If no suitable applicants, then eligible students registered in the Faculties of Education, Nursing or Social Sciences with a major in Psychology will be considered

How to Apply: Student Awards Office

Apply Date: August 1

Catherine Hainer McMartin Bursaries

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Donor: Estate of the late Catherine Hainer McMartin

Value: up to $1200

Number: 8

Year Entering: 3rd or 4th; 3rd or 4th; 1st

Faculty: Communication and Culture, Social Sciences, Education

Field of Study: Canadian Studies, Political Science, Master of Teaching Program

Conditions:
  • Financial need
  • Canadian citizen
  • Preference given to young students who aspire to positions of leadership in the fields of education or public service

How to Apply: Student Awards Office

Apply Date: August 1

Frank Mink Undergraduate Economics Scholarship

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Donor: Economics Society of Calgary and the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (AEUB) in honour of the late AEUB board member, Frank Mink

Value: $2000

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Social Sciences

Field of Study: Economics

Conditions:
  • Major in Economics
  • Academic merit

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

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Chancellor Norford Scholarship

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Donor: Alumni, students, senators, governors and other friends of the university to commemorate Brian Norford's service as the fifth chancellor, 1982-1986

Value: up to $4000

Number: 1

Year Entering: 4th

Faculty: Social Sciences

Field of Study: History (Honours or Major)

Conditions:
  • History honours or major
  • Based primarily on history courses taken in the previous academic year
  • Overall grade point average also taken into consideration

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

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Palliser Club Scholarship

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Donor: Palliser Club at the University of Calgary

Value: $500

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Social Sciences

Field of Study: Geography

Conditions:
  • Major in Geography
  • Academic merit
  • Member of the Palliser Club

How to Apply: Student Awards Office

Apply Date: August 1

Howard Palmer Memorial Scholarship

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Donor: Family, friends and colleagues of Howard Palmer, a professor at the University of Calgary from 1973-1991

Value: up to $2400

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Social Sciences

Field of Study: Western Canadian History or Western Canadian Studies

Conditions:
  • Concentration in either Western Canadian History or Western Canadian Studies
  • Academic merit

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

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Ruth and Sam Prager Bursary

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Donor: Family and friends of Carol and Joel Prager to honour Ruth and Sam Prager

Value: up to $600

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Social Sciences, Humanities

Field of Study:

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need
  • Preference will be given to students enrolled with a double major in Social Sciences or a double major in Social Sciences and Humanities

How to Apply: Student Awards Office

Apply Date: August 1

Bruce Walter Runge Memorial Bursary

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Donor: Walter Runge, Chicago; Marcia and Alexandra Runge, Calgary; in memory of Bruce Walter Runge, their son, husband and father

Value: up to $1200

Number: 1

Year Entering: 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Social Sciences

Field of Study: Geography (BA or BSc)

Conditions:
  • Majoring in Geography in either the BA or BSc program
  • Undertaken studies in earth sciences with an emphasis on sustainable land use and environmental impact
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need
  • Canadian citizen or permanent resident

How to Apply: Student Awards Office

Apply Date: August 1

Elizabeth Schonfield Memorial Scholarship

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Donor: Professor A.E.D. Schonfield and the Faculty Women's Club

Value: up to $500

Number: 1

Year Entering: 4th

Faculty: Social Sciences

Field of Study: Psychology

Conditions:
  • Shown the greatest increase in grade point average between second and third year of study

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

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Robert Alexander McMillan Shields Memorial Scholarship in Canadian History

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Donor: Family, friends, and colleagues of Bob Shields, who was a professor at the University of Calgary from 1960-1988, and was professor emeritus until his death in 1993

Value: up to $650

Number: 1

Year Entering: 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Social Sciences

Field of Study: Canadian History

Conditions:
  • Concentration in Canadian History
  • Academic merit

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

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Talisman Energy Bursary

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Donor: Talisman Energy Inc., Calgary

Value: $2000

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Science, Engineering, Haskayne School of Business, Social Sciences

Field of Study: Geology, Geophysics, Engineering, Haskayne School of Business, Economics

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need

How to Apply: Student Awards Office

Apply Date: August 1

Gertrude and W.J. Thompson Memorial Undergraduate Bursary

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Donor: Mrs. Doris Baldwin in memory of her parents, Gertrude and W.J. Thompson

Value: up to $2000

Number: 1

Year Entering: 3rd

Faculty: Social Sciences

Field of Study: Political Science or History

Conditions:
  • Major in Political Science or History
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need
  • Extra-curricular activities
  • Demonstrated leadership ability
  • Canadian citizen or permanent resident

How to Apply: Student Awards Office

Apply Date: August 1

United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada History Prize

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Donor: United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada, Calgary Branch

Value: up to $150

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Social Sciences

Field of Study: Canadian History

Conditions:
  • Highest standing in any Canadian History course at the University of Calgary
  • Minimum grade of A- required
  • Must be registered in a full course load

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

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Urban and Regional Information Systems Association Scholarship

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Donor: Alberta Chapter of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association

Value: up to $250

Number: 1

Year Entering: 4th

Faculty: Engineering, Social Sciences

Field of Study: Geomatics Engineering, Geography

Conditions:
  • Pursuing studies in the area of land information systems or geographic information systems
  • Academic merit
  • Participation in extra-curricular activities of benefit to the community

How to Apply: Student Awards Office

Apply Date: August 1

Verbatim Undergraduate Linguistics Award

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Donor: Verbatim and Department of Linguistics

Value: $400

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Social Sciences

Field of Study: Linguistics

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Minimum 3.00 grade point average required
  • Extra-curricular activities in a field related to linguistics, including participation in Verbatim
  • Must be a member of Verbatim
  • Must be registered full time, but need not be carrying a full course load
  • Selection to be made by a special committee in the Department of Linguistics

How to Apply: Apply to the Linguistics Department

Apply Date: by May 1

Senator Stan Waters Memorial Scholarship

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Donor: Senator Stan Waters Memorial Foundation

Value: up to $5000

Number: 1

Year Entering: 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Haskayne School of Business, Social Sciences, Engineering

Field of Study: Haskayne School of Business, Political Science, Engineering

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Demonstrated leadership in student government, student activities (preferably with a business and/or political direction)
  • Involvement in scholastic or extra-curricular activities that promote the development of superior communication skills

How to Apply: Student Awards Office

Apply Date: August 1

Weyland Scholarship

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Donor: Mrs. Henrietta Weyland in memory of Chilton Mewburn Weyland, Maurice Chilton Weyland and Richard Walter Weyland

Value: up to $1250

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Social Sciences

Field of Study: Political Science

Conditions:
  • Major in Political Science
  • Interest and ability in the area of constitutional studies

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Apply Date:

Wigham Family Scholarship

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Donor: Wigham Family, Calgary

Value: up to $2500

Number: 1

Year Entering: Enrolled, Enrolled, Enrolled

Faculty: Humanities, Social Sciences, Graduate Studies

Field of Study: Greek and Roman Studies, Archaeology, Graduate Studies

Conditions:
  • Offered to a student registered in a major, minor or graduate program offered by the Department of Greek and Roman Studies or by the Department of Archaeology
  • Proven interest in Mediterranean studies
  • Recipient to use award to defray travel expenses associated with a period of overseas study or field-work
  • Undergraduate students must have obtained a minimum grade point average of 3.00 on at least three full-course equivalents in the previous calendar year
  • Graduate students require a strong letter of support from the graduate co-ordinator
  • Preference is given to an applicant with a confirmed registration in either an academic course in Mediterranean studies or a field excavation in the Mediterranean or Europe
  • Recipient may be required to give a public presentation of the project on their return

How to Apply: A letter of application should be submitted to the Department of Greek and Roman Studies. It should include a description of the project to be undertaken and, if possible, confirmation of registration in the course or excavation

Apply Date: by March 15

Wing Kin Wong and Lambert H.C. Wong Memorial Bursary

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Donor: Funded by an endowment established by Mrs. Anne Wong in memory of her husband, Wing Kin Wong, and son, Lambert H.C. Wong, and matching grant from Alberta Opportunities Bursary Fund

Value: up to $2000

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Social Sciences

Field of Study:

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need
  • Canadian citizen or permanent resident

How to Apply: Student Awards Office

Apply Date: August 1