2019-2020 Award Winners

2020 – 2021 Value Range: $10,000 – $25,000 (Renewable) In March 2015, the Education Council-Wolfville transferred the proceeds of their education fund to the CFUW Charitable Trust to establish a new award, the CFUW Aboriginal Women’s Award (AWA). This award was designed to honour Dr. Marion Elder Grant’s life-long commitment to education of women. Dr. Grant has an outstanding record of leadership as the 11th CFUW President (1949-52), CFUW Wolfville President, and Dean of Women and Professor of Psychology, Acadia University. An applicant for the CFUW AWA will be considered eligible on the basis of the following criteria: Canadian Aboriginal […]

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2020 – 2021 Total Value: $12,000 — One award for masters study: $5,000One award for doctoral study: $7,000 Commemorates the fourteen women students murdered at the École Polytechnique in Montreal. For graduate studies in any field. The applicant must justify the relevance of her work to women. 2019-2020 Winners: BRIDGET STEELEDIEPIRIYE IWORIMA CFUW 100th Anniversary National Winners: JANAY FOXEMILIE LACROIX Bridget Steele Bachelor of Arts and Science, 2014, McMaster University B.Ed., 2015, Queen’s University M.A. International Affairs, 2018, Carleton University M.Sc. in Evidence-Based Social Intervention, 2019, University of Oxford Ph.D. Social Intervention Program, 2019-2023, University of Oxford Gender-based violence, and […]

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2020-2021 Total Value: $20,000 Two awards at the masters level and two for doctoral level study.  The value of each award is $5,000. Dr. Alice E. Wilson, CFUW member, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the first woman to hold a professional position at the Geological Survey of Canada won the 1926 CFUW Travelling Fellowship. Awarded to mature students returning to graduate studies in any field after at least three years. 2019 – 2020 Winners: Ashley DiPasqualeAlicia KorpachLindsie BlencoweEmma Feltes CFUW 100th Anniversary National Winners: Katherine OlandJennifer Kennedy   Ashley DiPasquale B.Sc. Biology (Hons.), 2012, University of New […]

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2020-2021 Funded by the Massey FamilyValue: $5,000 Established in 2006, in memory of Elizabeth Massey, a young lawyer and member of CFUW whose life was greatly enriched by her love of the creative arts. For post-graduate studies in the visual arts/fine arts, such as painting or sculpture; or in music. The award is tenable in Canada or abroad. 2019 – 2020 Winner: TANYA WHITE   Tanya White B.A. Fashion Design, 2009, Ryerson University M.A. Fashion, 2012, Ryerson University Ph.D. Fashion and Textiles, 2018-2020, Glasgow School of Art Tanya’s research looks at the emaciated body heralded in images of the late […]

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2020-2021 Value: $6,000 The fellowship is open to candidates enrolled in studies in Human Ecology including Family and Consumer Sciences, at the masters or doctoral level. The applicant must be accepted or enrolled in a post-graduate program in Canada at the time of application. The evolving studies in Human Ecology include: human nutrition, food science, housing/shelter and aesthetics, architecture, financial resource management, clothing and textiles, family relations, human sexuality, and human development. 2019-2020 Winner: KAITLYN SAMSON     Kaitlyn Samson B.Sc. Nutritional Sciences, 2017, University of British Columbia M.Sc. Human Nutrition, 2017-2020, University of British Columbia Neural tube defects (NTDs) […]

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2020 – 2021 Value: $6,000 Honours a founding member of the Nova Scotia Home Economics Association who dedicated her professional life to home economics education. At the time of application, the applicant must be enrolled in masters studies that focus on one or more aspect(s) of the field of Human Ecology/Home Economics/Family and Consumer Studies. Special consideration will be given to those pursuing a postgraduate degree in education. She may be studying abroad. The evolving studies in Human Ecology include: human nutrition, food science, housing/shelter and aesthetics, architecture, financial resource management, clothing and textiles, family relations, human sexuality, and human […]

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2020 – 2021 Value: $11,000 This fellowship, established in 1952, honours Margaret McWilliams, first CFUW President (1919-1923), who dedicated her life to furthering the status of women through improved access to higher education and the active involvement of women in public life. It is awarded to a woman who has completed at least one calendar year in a full-time doctoral program and is enrolled in full-time studies in Canada or abroad at the time of application. 2019-2020 Winners: ELLY KNIGHTKATHERINE E. GOODWIN – CFUW 100th Anniversary National Winner 2019-2020     ELLY KNIGHT B.Sc. Biology (Hons.) & Environmental Sciences (Minor), […]

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