Our graduates and our faculty are leaders in their fields and their footprint can be seen across Canada and around the world. We place a strong emphasis on increasing the profile of graduate studies, expanding graduate programs and supporting graduate students while fostering and enabling success of interdisciplinary graduate programs at Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s.
The tremendous range of scholarly options and our breadth in research has made Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s the destination of choice of more than 3,500 graduate students who come from more than 52 countries. Investing in our student leaders of tomorrow enable graduate students to come to Â鶹¹ÙÍø's and put their ideas to the test, changing their lives and the world.
School of Graduate Studies Goal: $8,000,000
Highlighted Priorities
–Student Support: Graduate Leadership & Achievement Awards - $6,000,000
Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s graduate students are deeply embedded in our research initiatives across all disciplines and departments, and they provide a critical corps of mentors who are inspiring the next generation. Because discovery isn’t limited by borders, and we have internationalization as part of our curriculum, it is to Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s benefit that our graduate students take part in international exchanges and global research whenever possible.
Graduate Leadership and Achievement Awards will provide travel and subsistence support for domestic doctoral students who embark on exchanges, or who engage in multinational research thereby strengthening their research and training and helping Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s build international partnerships.
–Student Support: International Leadership Awards - $2,000,000
Students from around the world want to come to Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s to do their graduate work, and that number is growing as our reputation strengthens internationally. These students bring not only their brilliant work in a multitude of areas, they also bring different cultural perspectives so important to the overall Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s experience. International Leadership Awards will help Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s attract and retain the best and brightest from around the globe.
