Introducing UBCO’s First Thesis & Dissertation Award Winners
The College of Graduate Studies is excited to announce our new UBC Okanagan Thesis Award and UBC Okanagan Dissertation Award and the first winners of these awards!
Five Outstanding Doctoral Students Win Prestigious Scholarship
Killam Doctoral Scholarships are the most prestigious awards available to graduate students at UBC. The purpose of the scholarship is to support advanced education and research. Killam Doctoral Scholarships are awarded to students who are likely to advance learning or win distinction in a profession. And, for the first time, five UBC Okanagan students have won Killam Doctoral Scholarships!
This year’s winners are Emily Comeau, Alexander MacGillivray, Rubaiya Rumman, Jayme Stewart, and Kishoare Tamanna.
Felix Amoh-Siaw receives prestigious Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholarship
Felix Amoh-Siaw, PhD student in Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies at UBC Okanagan, has been awarded one of Canada’s most prestigious doctoral awards—the Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation’s Scholarship. This is the first time a UBC Okanagan student has won the award since 2009. Nearly 500 doctoral students from 22 countries vied for their spot as a Trudeau […]
Trio of UBC Okanagan researchers awarded Killam Doctoral scholarships
Each year, doctoral students from five Canadian universities and the Canada Council for the Arts vie for the prestigious Killam Doctoral Scholarships. Established in memory of Izaak Walton Killam through the Will of his wife, Dorothy J. Killam, Mrs. Killam desired that those selected to receive scholarships: “Be likely to contribute to the advancement of […]