Graduate Success Stories

Scholarship Success Stories:

May 2023

Aliasghar Salehpourbarough, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

Received: Queen Elizabeth II Scholarship

Award Value: $20,000 over one year

June 2023

Nicole Lerminiaux - Faculty of Science, Biology

Received: Governor General's Academic Gold Medal

October 2022

Andriaherimanana Sarobidy Razafimahatratra - Faculty of Science, Mathematics

Received: President's Distinguished Graduate Student Award

July 2022

Emily Winters Doctoral student in the Faculty of Arts, Psychology

Received: CIHR – Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship

Award Value: $150,000 over three years

Research Title:  ‘A Comprehensive Examination of Cannabis Use in Long-Term Care’

Supervisor:  Dr. Thomas Hadjistavropoulos

Geoffrey Rachor – Doctoral student in the Faculty of Arts, Psychology

Received:  CIHR Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS-D)

Award Value: $105,000 over three years

Research Title: ‘Can Graded Exercise Reduce Symptoms of Chronic Pain and Long COVID as well as Promote Long-Term Recovery?’

Supervisor: Dr. Gordon Asmundson

 Matthew Alexander – Doctoral student in the Faculty of Science, Mathematics

Received:  NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship - Doctoral (PGS-D)

Award Value: $63,000 over three years

Research Title: ‘Homotopy Algebraic Quantum Field Theory From Functorial Quantum Field Theory’

Supervisor: Dr. Martin Frankland

Brendan Bishop – Doctoral student in the Faculty of Science, Geology

Received:  NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS-D)

Award Value: $105,000 over three years

Research Title: ‘Investigating rare earth elements in subsurface brines of western Canada’

Supervisor: Dr. Leslie Robbins

Noela Crowe-Salazar - Doctoral student in the Faculty of Education, Education

Received:  SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship(CGS-D)

Award Value: $105,000 over three years

Research Title: ‘Pimohtehowin nehiyawi pimatisiwin: We will walk this Cree way of life’

Supervisors: Dr. Angela McGinnis and Dr. Andrea Sterzuk

Maegan Krajewski, Doctoral student in the Faculty of Arts, Sociology

Award Value: $105,000 over three years

Received: SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship(CGS-D)

Research Title: ‘Community gardening in post-pandemic Canada’

Supervisor: Dr. Cindy Hanson and Dr. Joann Jaffe

Esther Maeers, Doctoral student in the Faculty of Education, Education

Received: SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship

Award Value: $40,000 over two years

Research Title:  ‘’ Unpacking a child's school backpack: A narrative inquiry into object stories and the implications for parent engagement in early childhood programs’

Supervisor: Dr. Christine Massing

Jessie Short, Doctoral student in the Faculty of Media, Art, and Performance, Media & Artistic Research

Received: SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship(CGS-D)

Award Value: $105,000 over three years

Research Title: ‘Historical re-visioning: The 1885 Resistance at Batoche’

Supervisor:  Dr. Sherry Farrell Racette and Gerald Saul

Erica Houde, Doctoral student in the Faculty of Education, Education

Received:  SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship

Award Value: $80,000 over four years

Supervisor: Dr. Jenn de Lugt

June 2022

Louise Castillo – Faculty of Arts, Psychology

Received: Alzheimer Society Research Program (ASRP), Doctoral Award

Award Value: $66,000 over three years

Supervisor: Dr. Thomas Hadjistavropoulos

April 2022

CIHR Canada Graduate Scholarship Masters

Award Value: $17,500 over one year

Ashlyn Kirk - Master of Science in Biology

Andrew McLennan - Master of Science in Psychology

Peri Moulding - Master of Science in Biochemistry

NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship Masters

Award Value: $17,500 over one year

Caelan Libke - Master of Science in Biology

Johnna Parenteau - Master of Science in Mathematics

Alicia Postuma - Master of Science in Physics

Julee Stewart - Master of Science in Biology

SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship Masters

Award Value: $17,500 over one year

Kylie Arsenault - Master of Science in Psychology

Kelsey Haczkewicz - Master of Science in Psychology

Erin Hillis - Master of Public Policy

Laura Kinsman - Master of Science in Psychology

May Ly - Master of Science in Psychology

Elise Melanson - Master of Science in Kinesiology and Health Studies

Megan Poulter - Master of Science in Psychology

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