Lane Mandlis Memorial Graduate Award

¤1,000
Nominations are due in the Spring/Summer term

Eligibility

  • Satisfactory academic standing
  • Registered in a graduate program in the Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport and Recreation, the Faculty of Law or the Department of Sociology
  • Selection based on academic achievement as it relates to gender, sexuality, disability and or accessibility
  • Selection based on demonstrated scholarly commitment to critical understandings; demonstrated commitment to extending scholarly work into the public domain; and demonstrated advocacy on campus or within the community
  • This award celebrates the memory of Lane Mandlis, who earned four degrees at the University of Alberta: A Bachelor of Physical Education and a Master of Arts in Physical Education and Recreation, a PhD in Sociology, and a Juris Doctor in Law.
  • Lane’s intellectual and advocacy work were focused on disability rights and disrupting normative approaches to gender-in particular the intersection between psychiatry, law and citizenship in the transgender body.
  • Open to Canadian citizens
  • Open to permanent residents
  • Open to foreign nationals holding Canadian study permits
  • Open to applicants in course-based study programs
  • Open to applicants in thesis-based study programs
  • Open to applicants in doctoral programs
  • Open to applicants in masters programs
  • Open to full time and part time registered students


How to apply

By nomination only. Students should contact their department for details on their application process. Nominations are submitted to GPS by the Department (or Faculty) and will be part of a competitive adjudication. The Graduate Scholarship Committee makes the final decision.

Additional Information

Deadlines on this page are approximations. Departments may have their own internal deadlines for adjudicating awards before submitting to GPS. Please contact your department directly about deadlines.

The value and number of awards and scholarships are determined yearly and may increase or decrease. Departments can confirm the current value of open awards and GPS deadlines through GSMS.

Award Details

Donor

Annually funded by the Lane Mandlis Memorial Award fund at the Edmonton Community Foundation

Number of Awards

1

Award Type

Award

Award Category

Inter-Departmental Competitions