Maria C. Wilkie Hummingbird Bursary

The Maria C. Wilkie Hummingbird Bursary aims to honour Maria’s generous spirit by helping women enter, re-enter, or advance in the workforce. Helping them – like a hummingbird – take flight.

Maria acted with grace and elegance in her life, helping others even in the face of adversity. She believed in equality, justice, women’s rights and education, as demonstrated by her career: EB Eddy Forest Products; TimberWest; Maria C. Wilkie Consulting Company; Victoria Symphony Orchestra; BC Ministry of Community, Aboriginal and Women’s Services; BC Ministry of Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism; and the executive team at BC Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation.

Lifelong learning was important to Maria, and she planned to pursue a master’s degree at Royal Roads if time had allowed. This award reflects Maria’s kindness and desire to help women make positive changes in their lives through education.

Eligibility

• demonstrated financial need
• actively enrolled in a degree program
• has helped others through difficult times
• in the case of a tie, preference will be given to a female student returning to education to advance or change her current situation.

How to apply

• this In-Course Award is open to students who are (or will be) active in their program on the deadline date
• pending the availability of funding, the competition will run annually from September 1st to November 1st (closes 11:59pm RRU time)
• applications are submitted online through MyAdmin. A full list of awards in competition will be viewable upon login
• address eligibility criteria for all awards in that competition in one one-page essay with your name in top margin