Handmade with love: Waterloo staff provides baby items with graduate parental leave bursaries

The parental leave and daycare bursary programs at the University of Waterloo have a long standing history of providing a supportive and accessible environment to graduate students.  In 2017, the awards received national recognition when the University of Waterloo won the 2017 Canadian Association of Graduate studies (CAGS) Award of Excellence and Innovation for Enhancing the Graduate Student Experience (read full story on CAGS website).

To continue the supportive tradition, Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA) is happy to announce a pilot project for recipients of the parental leave bursary in 2019.  Staff within GSPA and across campus have been busy making baby blankets, booties and hats.  Upon receipt of the graduate student parental leave bursary, recipients can now select a baby gift of their choice.  Details about the baby items will be conveyed to the recipients by Miranda Bilotta, Manager, Graduate Financial Aid and Awards Programs in GSPA.