There are a variety of scholarships and bursaries available to students in the Department of Geography and Planning. Students are also eligible for general College of Arts and Science awards, and are encouraged to apply for external awards in addition to those provided by the university.
Fall / Winter
Regional and Urban Planning
Selection Criteria: Selection will be based upon financial need and academic achievement, as determined by the award committee.
Eligibility: Open to continuing undergraduate students in the College of Arts and Science who have declared a major in Regional and Urban Planning.
Award Value: $2,000
Previous Recipients:
- 2021/22: Urvashi Gupta
- 2022/23: Mariah Schnell
Geography and Planning
"To recognize the academic achievement of students pursuing a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree with a specialization in physical geography."
Selection Criteria: Academic achievement as determined by the award committee.
Eligibility: Students entering their final year of a BSc Honours degree in EES or Hydrology (if neither possible, an ENSO student).
Preference to students minoring in Water Science, or who have taken the following classes:
GEOG 233 (Weather and Climate), GEOG 333 (Global Climate Change), GEOG 390 (Hydrometerology) GEOL 330 (Climate History).
Award Value: Based on financial resources available (min. $500).
Previous Recipients:
- 2022/23: Matthew McLaughlin
- 2021/22: Abbie Tratch
- 2020/21: Jordan Capcara
- 2019/20: Terava Groff
- 2018/19: Rhys McMaster
Geography and Planning
"To provide financial assistance and to recognize academic achievement and service to the environment by UG students pursuing studies in the areas of environment studies or geography who are members of the Environmental Studies Student Association."
Selection Criteria: Academic achievement, financial need, and demonstrated service to the environment.
Eligibility: Open to Environmental Biology, Environment and Society, Environmental Earth Sciences, Hydrology, and Geography majors who have completed at least two years of study in an undergraduate degree program and who are members of the Environmental Studies Student Association (ESSA).
Award Value: Based on financial resources available
Previous Recipients:
- 2022/23: Abbie Tratch
- 2021/22: Abbie Tratch
- 2020/21: Cole Kowalchuk
- 2019/20: Abby Chicoine
- 2018/19: Robin Steeg
Geography and Planning
Selection Criteria: As determined by the award committee.
Eligibility: Students enrolled in the Honours degree program in Geography (interpreted as the Geography programs)
Award Value: Based on financial resources available
Previous Recipients:
- 2022/23: Abbie Tratch
- 2021/22: Naomi Duff
- 2020/21: Terava Groff
- 2019/20: Anna Sidurdson
- 2018/19: Dori Miller
Spring
Geography & Planning
Selection Criteria: Based on the merits of a planning in northern Canada paper, academic achievement, and demonstrated involvement in community activities, as determined by the award committee.
Eligibility: Third and fourth year undergraduate students* in the Regional and Urban Planning program in the College of A&S who have completed a paper on the topic of planning in northern Canada (north of the 53rd parallel).
*students who entered 3rd or 4th year in the fall of the academic year being awarded. (as per Student Awards, SESD 2018).
Award Value: Varies, up to $4,000
Anual Deadline: April 30
Previous Recipients:
- 2022/23: Kade Helgert Bosman
- 2021/22: Carmen Larson & Ryan Bateman
- 2020/21: Jamal Abbasi
- 2019/20: Jamal Abbasi
- 2018/19: Fabian Diaz
Regional and Urban Planning
Selection Criteria: Based on the merits of the project/paper. Applications may come from individual or group projects. As determined by the Award Committee.
Eligibility: Open to full-time students enrolled in the Regional and Urban Planning Program in the Department of Geography and Planning who have completed an individual or group urban planning project or research paper. The project or paper must clearly identify a research/design problem, and have the potential to contribute to contemporary issues in urban, regional, or community planning in Canada.
Award Value: Varies, up to $2500
Number Offered: One or more
Annual application deadline: April 30
Previous Recipients:
- 2022/23: Maria Levkovytska
- 2021/22: Gavin Blondeau, Alexandre Bratty, Ava Dulos, and Maria Levkovytska
- 2020/21: Jamal Abbasi
- 2019/20: Fabian Diaz
- 2018/19: Ethan Guthro
Geography and Planning
Selection Criteria: Academic achievement. Generally the same recipient as Most Outstanding Graduate in Geography.
Eligibility: Open to the graduating Geography major with the highest average at fall or spring convocation.
Award Value: n/a
Previous Recipients:
- 2022/23: Emily Ireland
- 2021/22: Aaron Coverett
- 2020/21: Terava Groff
- 2019/20: Matthew Reichert
- 2018/19: Michaela Sidloski
Geography and Planning
Selection Criteria: Academic achievement.
Eligibility: Graduating Environmental Earth Science major with the highest average at fall or spring convocation
Award Value: $100
Previous Recipients:
- 2022/23: Emily Ireland
- 2021/22: Aaron Coverett
- 2020/21: Terava Groff
- 2019/20: Marina Tait
- 2018/19: Jeremy Margeson
Geography and Planning
Selection Criteria: Academic achievement.
Eligibility: Graduating Environment and Society major with the highest average at fall or spring convocation.
Award Value: $100
Previous Recipients:
- 2022/23: Emily Becker
- 2021/22: Salena Samrith
- 2020/21: Jay Cowsill
- 2019/20: Matthew Reichert
- 2018/19: Natasha Werbicki
Geography and Planning
Selection Criteria: Academic achievement.
Eligibility: Graduating Geography major with the highest average at fall or spring convocation.
Award Value: $100
Previous Recipients:
- 2022/23: n/a
- 2021/22: n/a
- 2020/21: n/a
- 2019/20: n/a
- 2018/19: Kaitlyn Luster
Convocation
Regional and Urban Planning
Selection Criteria: MOG (Most Outstanding Graduate)
Eligibility: Open to the graduating Regional and Urban Planning major with the highest average at fall or spring convocation.
Award Value: $100
Previous Recipients:
- 2022/23: Ava Dulos
- 2021/22: Jordan Reimer
- 2020/21: McKenna Schentag and Cassidy Schentag
- 2019/20: Abigail Weger
- 2018/19: Michaela Sidloski
Regional and Urban Planning
Selection Criteria: Graduating students with the highest scholastic standing in the third and fourth year courses as designated by the College of Arts & Science.
Sends names of top three graduating students to Executive Director of SPPI for review (no average information included).
Eligibility: Open to full-time fourth year RUP students who are also members in standing with SPPI.
Award Value: $200, certificate
Previous Recipients:
- 2022/23: Ava Dulos
- 2021/22: Bruce Belcher
- 2020/21: McKenna Schentag
- 2019/20: n/a
- 2018/19: Casey Shields
Geogprahy and Planning
Selection Criteria: Selection will be based on academic achievement and the potential for professional achievement, based upon participation in research, the publication of articles, and the merits of the applicant's graduate research proposal, as determined by the Award Committee.
Apply: For more information on eligibility requirements, application procedures, and deadlines, contact asg.studentawards@usask.ca, Administrative Support Group Student Awards in the College of Arts of Science.
Eligibility: Open to all continuing full-time graduate students in the Department of Geography & Planning.
Award Value: Varies, approximately $2,000
Number offered: Varies
Previous Recipients:
- 2022/23: Ava Dulos
- 2021/22: Alexander Cebulski and Lucas Armstrong
- 2020/21: David Casson
- 2019/20: Irini Soubry
- 2018/19: Peter Lawford