Mr. Allan Waisman, with a contribution from the Manitoba Scholarship and Bursary Initiative, has established an endowment fund of $100,000 to support a graduate scholarship for Aboriginal students in the Faculty of Architecture. 

Allan Waisman is the founder of Waisman Dewar Grout Carter, now called Architectura. The firm is one of the largest architectural and planning firms in Canada. Its work in Canada, the United States and Europe emphasizes unique design solutions that are based on a sensitivity to people, the environment and the needs of the client. Mr. Waisman has also been active with many professional and community commitments acrossCanada and the U.S.

The scholarship will be offered to a graduate student who:

• is Aboriginal (Status, non-Status, M_tis, Inuit)

• has successfully completed the Bachelor of Environmental Design degree at the University of Manitoba

• achieved a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 in their undergraduate program

• has the best record of community work, volunteerism or other related activity in an Aboriginal
organization or community

• is registered as a full-time Master’s student in any of the four graduate programs in the Faculty of Architecture: Architecture, City Planning, Interior Design or Landscape Architecture

Download Application Form

Application Deadline: October 28, 2013 4:00 pm

Applications should be submitted to:

Brandy O’Reilly
Room 212, John A. Russell Building

PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR STUDENT NUMBER AND DEGREE PROGRAM.

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