Congratulations to three University of Waterloo water students who have been named Vanier Canada Graduate Scholars in the annual competition announced June 19 by the Government of Canada.
The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships help Canadian institutions attract and retain highly qualified doctoral students in the social sciences and humanities, natural sciences and/or engineering and health research, establishing Canada as a global centre for research excellence and higher training. They are awarded for demonstrated leadership skills and a high level of scholarly achievement in graduate studies.
The scholarships valued at $50,000 per year, for three years are funded by Canada’s three federal research granting agencies, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
Congratulations to our Vanier scholars on this tremendous achievement!
Justin Murfitt, Department of Geography and Environmental Management under the supervision of Claude Duguay for research on Development of Remote Sensing Approaches for Large-Scale Monitoring of Lake Ice Phenology and Properties.
Lauren Smith, School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability under the supervision of Sarah Wolfe for research on High tech, low diversity: Examining the influence of mortality salience in drinking water messaging on gender biased innovation outcomes.
Spencer Weinstein, Department of Biology under the supervision of Heidi Swanson for research on Community-partnered research on subsistence char fisheries in the Arctic: combining traditional knowledge with novel molecular tools.
See the full list of 2020 recipients.