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In 2018 the Grand River Conservation Foundation will offer two scholarships to help post-secondary students in the Grand River watershed prepare for a career in an environmental field.
SC Johnson Environmental Scholarship
This $4,000 scholarship helps a university or college student continue study in the conservation or environmental fields. The scholarship is funded by SC Johnson & Son Limited of Brantford, a longtime GRCF supporter.
Applications are open to full-time students who have completed their third year or sixth semester of an honours program at a watershed university (Waterloo, Guelph, Laurier) or second year of engineering at Conestoga College.
The winner of the 2018 SC Johnson Environmental Scholarship is Sage Handler, an Environmental Sciences student at the University of Guelph.
McEwen Clean Water Prize
The McEwen Clean Water Prize was created in 2010 by Murray McEwen, a philanthropist and active community member with a long-time interest in supporting both young people and the preservation of our natural world. The winner is selected by GRCF board members in consultation with Mr. McEwen. This year's Prize is $3,000.
Applicants must be enrolled in the second, third or fourth year of an undergraduate program, or a graduate student in any year with a strong interest in the protection, development and restoration of clean water resources.
The applicant must be registered at a watershed-based university or college: University of Waterloo, University of Guelph, Wilfrid Laurier University, Conestoga College or Nipissing University in Brantford.
Applicants must be enrolled full- or part-time in a program focused on long-term improvement of our environment, which could include environmental science, engineering, emerging technologies, First Nations water issues, governance and/or education (with preference given to full time). Preference will be given to a student who has attended programs at a GRCA Nature Centre.
The winner of the 2018 McEwen Clean Water Prize is Garrison McCleary, a student at the Faculty of Social Work at Wilfrid Laurier University whose work focuses on how Indigenous and non-Indigenous relationships and connections with the water and land can help foster a more robust and dynamic environmentally aware society.
