Supporting Education, Continued Learning, and Scholarship
Scholarships and Academic Awards
The United Church of Canada Foundation offers various scholarships and academic award opportunities for United Church of Canada ministers, ministry students, and laypeople. And these opportunities, which are available each spring granting round!
The Foundation can offer these grants thanks to generous donors who believe that academic study and education are important to the growth of the United Church of Canada.
We’ve Been Thinking About You!
The Scholarship and Academic Awards Committee met recently to review the applications submitted this Spring. During their meeting, they reflected on the long list of United Church scholars supported over the years. So many amazing leaders are making our church, communities and the world richer thanks to the educational opportunities they have been able to pursue.
So, while this year’s results are not quite ready to be released just yet, the committee wanted to show what has been made possible over the past few years. You may know (or be!) someone on this list. And you’ve probably come across their work, or even been impacted by it firsthand. It’s a blessing to support their continued studies through the funding opportunities the Foundation offers.
Click on each award name to see its recipients from the past 5 rounds:
Alice K. McDonald Memorial Bursary
Jenn Brown 2020
Roxanne Bale 2021, 2022, 2023
Lauri Ladd 2023
Anna Jentzsch-Bill Endowment Bursary
Alexa Gilmour 2022, 2023
Alison Miculan 2023
Anna Constantin 2020, 2021
Brigid Douglas 2023
Britt Aerhart 2022
Carol Many Chief 2019
Catherine Tovell 2019
Ching-Yu Huang 2022
Christine Johnson 2019, 2020
Elise Feltrin 2019
Elizabeth Cunningham 2019
Emily Morrison 2019
Esther Guillen 2023
Eun Jung Oh 2020, 2021
Frances Kitson 2020
Hyerim Park 2023
Ilinca Poon 2022
Jaylynn Byassee 2021
Jeri-Lee Jones 2020
Jessica Gauthier 2022
Karen Orlandi 2023
Kate Crawford 2020
Kathleen Anderson 2022
Kathy Dahmer 2020
Kelly Hudson-Lewis 2019
Kristin Philipson 2019
Laura Hermakin 2019
Lauri Ladd 2022
Laurie Milito 2020, 2021, 2022
Leigh Sinclair 2023
Linda McLaren 2021, 2023
Michelle Armstrong 2019
Miriam Spies 2020
Nicole Hamel 2020
Samantha Clayton 2023
Sarah Bruer 2022
Saya Ojiri 2020
Sheryl Johnson 2019, 2020
Susan Hutton 2020
Andrea Allan 2022
Tracy Crick-Butler 2019
Young Seo 2021
Yujene Oh 2021, 2022, 2023
YunJung (Julia) Kim 2021, 2022
Clifford Elliott Spirit of Saskatchewan Ministry Award
Laura Hermakin 2019
Hati Mvundura 2019
Heather Sandilands 2020
Morgan Bell 2021
Oliver Dingwell 2021
Ariel Siagan 2022
Oliver Dingwell 2022, 2023
Lynne Gardiner 2023
Elizabeth White Bursary
Xueping (Maggie) Ma 2019, 2020
Sheng Ping Guo 2019, 2020
Sandy Hwang 2021, 2023
Wing Yi Wong 2021, 2022, 2023
Gilmore Park United Church Bursary
Brenna Baker 2022
Yujene Oh 2022, 2023
Kathleen Anderson 2022
Hyerim Park 2023
McGeachy Scholarship for Th.D and Ph.D Studies
Morgan Bell 2022, 2023
Ariel Siagan 2022, 2023
Samuel Grottenberg 2022, 2023
Click on each award name to see its recipients from the past 5 rounds:
McGeachy Senior Scholarship
Alexa Gilmour 2020
Rob Fennell 2022
Sandra Beardsall 2022
Rev. John A McDermid Memorial Bursary
Esther Guillen 2022, 2023
Roy M. Davidson Trust Award
Jeff Crittenden 2020
Victor Blatherwick Memorial Bursary
Sheryl Johnson 2019
Deivit Montealegre 2020
Morgan Bell 2021
Samuel Grottenberg 2021
Marcie Gibson 2022
Brigid Maya Douglas 2023
W. Norman McLeod Scholarship
Tracy Crick-Butler 2019
Shepherd Munikwa 2019
Paul Walfall 2019
Yunjung Kim 2020
Kimberly Heath 2020
Oliver Dingwell 2021
Samuel Grottenberg 2021
Deborah Foster 2022
Jaylynn Byassee 2022
Britt Aerhart 2022
James Ravenscroft 2023
Karlene Brown-Palmer 2023
Andrea Allan 2023
The Future of Theological Leadership
Thanks to the generosity of United Church people who value the pursuit of education, the Foundation can support and nurture gifted students following God’s Call to ministry, teaching, and research. You can help make these opportunities possible for future students!
Please consider making a gift today that will help the Foundation’s capacity to support these talented scholars! Your gift will ensure that we can grant the maximum funding available, providing even more meaningful financial support to those who need it. Visit canadahelps.org/en/dn/92658 to donate.
Plus, watch for our list of 2024 scholars and academic award recipients, it’s coming soon! And please keep all of the folks on this list, their work, and the future of United Church theological leadership in your prayers.
