Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada Graduate Student Award of Merit 2023 - 2024

The Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada (SWAAC) offers award opportunities with eligibility rotating through four regions on a four-year rotation: Ontario (2023), Western Provinces (2024), Quebec (2025), Atlantic Provinces (2026).

• Table of Content
• About Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada (SWAAC)
• Graduate Student Award of Merit
• Aim and Benefits of Graduate Student Award of Merit
• Requirements for Graduate Student Award of Merit Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Graduate Student Award of Merit
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada (SWAAC)

????The Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada (SWAAC) organization was founded in 1987 to provide a forum and a collective voice for women in senior administrative ranks in Canadian universities, colleges and technical institutes. 

Graduate Student Award of Merit

Aim and Benefits of Graduate Student Award of Merit

At least four awards, each in the amount of $4,000, will be awarded annually to the women graduate students who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in the university or general community while maintaining exemplary academic records.

Requirements for Graduate Student Award of Merit Qualification

• Outstanding academic performance.
• Evidence of leadership, including but not limited to such things as:
  • 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.

Interview date, Process and Venue for Graduate Student Award of Merit

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: ?

• Western Provinces (2024) - 4 awards
• Quebec (2025) - 4 awards
• Atlantic Provinces (2026) - 4 awards
• Ontario (2027) - 5 awards

Application Deadline

How to Apply

Each university in the designated region may nominate, through the Dean of Graduate Studies or her/his delegate, one person for the award. The Dean shall also be responsible for the appointment of a nominating committee for the award and for providing the Selection Committee with all necessary documentation in support of the nomination, including:

• Biographical data*
• Curriculum vitae
• Academic records
• Three letters of reference

For more details, visit SWAAC website.