Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada (SWAAC)
The Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada (SWAAC) are offeringfour Graduate Student Awards of Merit and one Student Award for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion to woman-identifying graduate students in Western Canada. The University of 丁香园AV may nominate one student for each award.
The 2021 competition is only open to Universities in the Quebec region. It will open to Western universities for the 2024 competition.
The SWAAC Graduate Student Awards of Merit are valued at $3500.
The SWAAC Student Award for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion is valued at $3000.
Women registered in Master's or PhD programs at any Member Institution of Universities Canada within a designated region are eligible to be nominated. Regions and number of awards are defined as follows, and eligibility shall rotate among them:
- Ontario (2019) - 5 awards
- Western Provinces (2020) - 4 awards
- Quebec (2021) - 4 awards
- Atlantic Provinces (2022) - 4 awards
- Ontario (2023) - 5 Awards
- Western Provinces (2024) - 4 Awards
Outstanding academic performance and evidence of leadership, including but not limited to:
- executive positions in student organizations
- participation on committees (student committees and university committees)
- organization of special events, conferences, etc.
- involvement in advocacy groups
- involvement in volunteer organizations, within the campus setting and/or in the general community.
This competition is only open to Universities in the Quebec region for the 2021 competition. It will open to Western universities for the 2024 competition.
Interested students are to submit the necessary documentation to the Faculty of Graduate Studies. One candidate will be selected for each award as the University's nominee. Once nominated, the delegation process will be handled by SWAAC selection committee. The necessary documentation in support of the nomination includes the following:
- biographical data*
- curriculum vitae
- academic records
- three letters of reference
If you have any questions about the award or require further information please contact Dylan Jones at d.jones@uwinnipeg.ca
*biographical information usually includes information about former and current studies, areas of interest, research, publications, other awards, interests outside the university, and community or volunteer work. It's usually in a narrative form, about 1-2 pages in length, and is an opportunity for the nominee to tell the adjudication committee some things about herself, and to explain at greater length her background/interests/passions/ambitions/volunteer work.
The SWAAC Awards deadline is March 1, 2021.
This Award is open to Universities in the Quebec region for the 2021 competition. It will open again for Western Universities for the 2024 competition.