Sustainability Scholarship - 2012 contest open - deadline
extended!
The Coalition-SGSL recognizes that there is a shortage of
personnel doing research on sustainability topics in the Gulf of
St.Lawrence region. To encourage students to pursue this type of
research, the Coalition-SGSL has a Scholarship fund.
We offer a $5,000 scholarship annually to graduate students who
undertake research in the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence region. The
scholarship winner is selected by Members of the
Coalition-SGSL’s Scholarship Review Committee. The selection
criteria include the student’s academic standing, the merit
of the proposal and the relevance of the research with respect to
the vision of the Coalition-SGSL which is “a future in which
the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence is environmentally, economically
and socially sustainable”. The winner must be prepared to
present the results of her/his research at the
Coalition-SGSL’s Annual General Meeting in June and provide
regular updates for the members’ newsletter The SGSLC
Messenger.
The Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence Coalition on Sustainability
(Coalition-SGSL) is currently enlisting the financial support of
the business community, and individuals, to help ensure the long
term viability of its Scholarship Fund.
The Sustainability Scholarship provides funding to university
students who are carrying out sustainability related research in
the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. To date, this research has
included the role of mushrooms in dune systems, piping plover
predation, invasive aquatic species, fish assemblages, fish
prey-predator anaylsis, mussel and oyster aquaculture, primary
education and its link with identifying environmental problems, and
the total economic value of natural capital. This research has
involved a variety of sites in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince
Edward Island and Quebec.
This year's scholarship recipient is Alice Roy-Bolduc from the
Université de Montréal ($5000).
Alice prepared a vidéo presentation of her research subject
for the Coalition-SGSL members at the Annual General Meeting in Cap-aux-Meules, QC on June
17, 2011.
2010 Scholarship
Winner
This year’s scholarship recipient is Gabrielle Beaulieu from
the Dalhousie University ($5000).
See the video Gabrielle prepared for the Coalition-SGSL’s
Annual General Meeting in June of 2010. Gabrielle’s research
is on the piping plover and is done in collaboration with various
universities, communities and Parks Canada.
