Winifred Walker Award

Award type: 
Scholarships/awards
Award description: 

An award, valued at $2,500, will be provided annually to a full-time undergraduate student enrolled in Year Three of the PharmD program in the School of Pharmacy. Selection is based on academic excellence (minimum 75% cumulative average) combined with a demonstrated interest in enhancing women’s health and proven innovative thinking during co-op work terms. Interested students should submit an on-line application by February 15. This award is made possible by a donation from Alison Watson to the Canadian Federation of University Women Kitchener-Waterloo Charitable Fund. She has established this fund in honour of her mother, Winifred Walker. Winifred graduated as a pharmacist from the University of Edinburgh in 1938 and retained her interest in learning, as well as her health, until her passing at age 101.

Value: 
$2,500
Eligibility & selection criteria: 
  • academic excellence (minimum 75% cumulative average)
  • demonstrated interest in enhancing women’s health and proven innovative thinking during co-op work terms
Level: 
Year Three
Program:
Science→Pharmacy
Citizenship: 
Canadian citizen/permanent resident, International/study permit student
Selection process: 
Application required
Term: 
Winter
Application details:
  • Complete the applicable term Undergraduate Award Application
    • At this time we are only accepting applications for awards with a Winter deadline (January - April).
    • Access the Winter Term Undergraduate Award Application on our Undergraduate Studies Form page.
    • The application for awards with deadlines in a future term will be available by the start of that term – please check back later.
    • Complete a separate application for each award you wish to be considered for.
Application deadline: 
February 15
Contact:
  • Student Awards & Financial Aid
    • safainfo@uwaterloo.ca
    • The Centre, Needles Hall