A prize donated by the Archives Association of British Columbia, is awarded to an outstanding student in the graduating class of the Master of Archival Studies. The prize is awarded on the recommendation of the iSchool.
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A $1,000 award has been established to honour Dr. Samuel Rothstein (BA 39, MA 40, LLD 04) for a graduate student at the iSchool. Dr. Rothstein was the first Director of UBC iSchool who helped the School open the doors in 1961. He led with great imagination, innovation, and foresight. The award is offered to a student who brings the same innovative spirit to their time at the iSchool.
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UBC iSchool has established the Ronald Jobe Children’s Literature Scholarship for students in the Master of Arts in Children’s Literature Program.
Dr. Jobe, Professor Emeritus of the Language and Literacy Department, Faculty of Education, was deeply involved in this interdisciplinary children’s literature program jointly offered by the iSchool, LLED, the English Department and the Creative Writing Program. Dr. Jobe established the Children’s Literature Roundtables across Canada , co-ordinated the annual Serendipity conference of the Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable, and spent years promoting Canadian children’s literature worldwide, through organizations such as the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), of which he was the first non-European President.
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Applications are adjudicated by a committee of faculty in the MA(CL) program, in consultation with the iSchool and the Faculty of Graduate Studies.
One award of $1,000 is offered to a student upon completion of the first year Master of Archival Studies Program or Dual MAS/MLIS program in the iSchool who demonstrates scholarly excellence and leadership promise.
Professor Terry Eastwood was the first professor hired to teach in the Master of Archival Studies Program and served as Chair of the Program from 1981 until June 2000. As Interim Director, Chair of Program, teacher and mentor he was a tireless advocate of archival education and as such has been recognized nationally and internationally. Recommendations are made by iSchool in consultation with the Faculty of Graduate Studies.
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A prize has been made available by the Toronto Area Archivists Group Education Foundation in honour of James Fraser.
Mr. Fraser was an archivist in New Brunswick and Toronto who died while he was a student in the UBC Master of Archival Studies program. The award is made to a top-ranking student in the first year in the MAS program at the iSchool.
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Award is given to the MAS or Dual MAS/LIS student with the highest GPA in the first academic year
A scholarship has been established by family, friends, and colleagues of Dorothy Blakey Smith. The award is made to an outstanding student entering the second year of the Master of Archival Studies Program, on the recommendation of the iSchool.
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A scholarship honouring Lois M. Bewley’s devotion to teaching and public service is awarded on the recommendation of UBC iSchool to a student with previous public library experience who is entering the second year of the Master of Library and Information Studies program and plans a public librarianship career.
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This scholarship was established in memory of UBC alumna Margaret Fergusson Smith (BA 1937) by her husband, UBC alumnus Donald S. Smith (B.A. 1931, B.A.Sc. 1932, M.A.Sc. 1933) and their children. It is awarded each year to a student enrolled in the Master of Library and Information Studies Program.
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A scholarship has been endowed by Edythe Webster for a student in the Master of Library and Information Studies program. This award is made on the recommendation of the iSchool in consultation with the Faculty of Graduate Studies.
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Two scholarships, the gift of a bequest of Amy Hutcheson (Children’s Librarian and Chief Librarian of the New Westminster Public Library, 1942 – 1973), are awarded on the recommendation of UBC iSchool to two students who are entering the second year of the M.L.I.S. program. The scholarships are awarded on the basis of specializing in children’s and young adult librarianship.
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