Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA)
Needles Hall, second floor, room 2201
A scholarship valued at $1,800, will be awarded annually to a graduate student registered full time in either the Master's or Doctoral program in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo.
Selection will be based on scholastic excellence (minimum cumulative average of 80%). Preference will be given to students with demonstrated research or interest in the area of food systems, food security, or food agriculture. Further preference will be given to students who demonstrate leadership and community engagement.
Interested and eligible students must complete an application found on the Faculty of Environment website and submit it to the Assistant to the Associate Dean, Graduate Studies in the Faculty of Environment by February 1. The Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, in the Faculty of Environment will select a recipient annually in the winter term.
This fund is made possible by donations from Emily Ruston Mann's parents, Shayne Mann and Kathy Ruston, her partner Matthew Morrison, her family, friends and alumni from the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability and the Department of Geography and Environment Management.
The goal is to provide at least one Award valued at $1,800.00 annually. The value and/or number of Awards may change from year to year.
Interested and eligible students must complete an application found on the Faculty of Environment website and submit it to the Assistant to the Associate Dean, Graduate Studies in the Faculty of Environment by February 1.
Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA)
Needles Hall, second floor, room 2201
The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is co-ordinated within the Office of Indigenous Relations.