Susanne Lester Award in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice
Automatically considered
Amount varies
Eligibility
School
University of British Columbia Vancouver
Field of study
Area Ethnic Gender Studies
Level of study
Undergraduate
Year of study
Fourth year
About this scholarship
Open to outstanding fourth-year UBC Vancouver Bachelor of Arts students majoring in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice who have demonstrated an interest in labour movements, women's history, Indigenous rights, or intersectional feminisms.
Awards totalling $2,850 have been endowed by CUPE 2950 in memory of Susanne Lester (1949-2020). The per-recipient amount varies. Awards are made on the recommendation of the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice. There is no separate student application.
Susanne Lester worked at UBC for 50 years and was a founding member of the organizing committee that created AUCE Local 1, which negotiated the first fully-funded maternity leave top-up in Canada.
Essay questions
What else to submit
- Must be an outstanding student and demonstrate interest in labour movements, women's history, Indigenous rights, or intersectional feminisms.
- Recipients are selected on the recommendation of the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice.
- There is no separate student application.