Graduate funding and awards database: Recreation & Leisure Studies

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  • Bob Graham Memorial Scholarship

    This scholarship was established by the friends and family of the late Bob Graham, an Associate Professor in Recreation and Leisure Studies, and a doctoral student in the School of Planning.

  • Faculty of Health Teaching Assistant Award

    Up to one Faculty of Health Teaching Assistant Award valued at $500 will be offered in each of the School of Public Health Sciences, Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, and Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies per term.

  • Graduate Experience Awards

    This award is intended to provide financial support for full-time graduate students who acquire experience as a Teaching Assistant during the course of their graduate degree program in one of the specified departments/faculties.

  • K-W Third Age Learning Bursary

    The Kitchener-Waterloo Third Age Learning Bursary will be awarded annually. The bursary will be awarded to students in the Faculty of Health who are engaged in gerontology studies, who have financial need.

  • Lyle S. Hallman Graduate Research Scholarship

    The Lyle S. Hallman Graduate Research Scholarship has been established for a student entering a graduate studies program in Health. This award has been made possible through a donation from Lyle S. Hallman OC, LL.D.  Mr. Hallman was a major benefactor of the University of Waterloo, local philanthropist and business leader

  • Recreation & Leisure Studies Alumni Scholarship of Graduate Studies

    An award may be given annually on entrance to the MA program when a student, admitted directly from the University of Waterloo Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies honour's program to the master's program, is judged to be outstanding. The criteria will include community service and overall academic excellence. The selection will be made by the Recreation and Leisure Graduate Studies Committee at the time of admission to the MA program.

  • Robert A. Fern Memorial Award

    One award will be made to a senior undergraduate or graduate student in the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies who has made a significant contribution in either volunteer work with persons with disabilities or applied research which has relevance to the lives of persons with disabilities.

  • Ross and Doris Dixon Graduate Scholarship in Health

    One scholarship, valued at $6,000, will be awarded annually to a graduate student registered full time in a master's or doctoral program in the Faculty of Health.

  • Schlegel Award for Research in Aging

    In 2004, Dr. Ron Schlegel, former faculty member and long-time friend and supporter of the University of Waterloo, established an annual research award for students studying in the area of aging within the graduate program in Health. 

  • Susan Pearce & Leslie Harwood Endowment

    This scholarship will be awarded annually to a full-time graduate student registered in the Faculty of Health on the basis of scholastic excellence and a demonstrated interest in research related to aging and older populations, including Alzheimer's disease and dementia.