The Sir Winston Churchill Society of Edmonton
Scholarships and Awards
In 1978, the Society created the Edmonton Churchill Scholarship which supports a University of Alberta Engineering graduate to pursue his or her doctoral studies at Churchill College, Cambridge University.
This award currently supports a recipient for three years at approximately $40,000 per year. Application information can be found here.
More recently, through the Churchill Statue and Oxford Scholarship Foundation, the Churchill Oxford Scholarship was endowed to support a University of Alberta Humanities graduate student to pursue their doctoral studies at Oxford University. This award currently supports a recipient for three years at approximately $20,000 per year.
Scholarship Recipients
Engineering, Churchill College, Cambridge University
2022 Antonio Schiavone, started at Churchill College October 2022
2019 Scott Elgersma, started at Churchill College October 2019
2017 Tyler Johnson, started at Churchill College October 2017 designing nano particles
2015 Brian Graves, started at Churchill College October 2015 Engineering, Fluids Division
2013 Arthur Zielinski, started at Churchill College October 2013 Atmospheric Particle Detection
2012 Alexis Kaminski, Post-doctoral Fellow, Oregon State University
2011 Jordan Ramsey, Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Cambridge, Novel Technology for Biomarkers
2010 Hilary Costello, Engineer at Elson sSpace Ltd, UK
2009 Brent Kotelko, Process Engineer, Agrimin Ltd.
2007 Simon Jones, Associate Professor, Rose-Hulman, IN, USA
2006 Kevin Frank, Fire Research Engineer, BRANZ
2006 David Arthur, President of EF Teach Online, Zürich
2004 Tim Poon, Manager, Technology Strategy, Telus Communications
2003 Jason Olfert, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta
2002 Andrew Faser, Acoustical Engineer, Golder Associates, Calgary
2001 Kevin Reid, Senior Research Engineer, Syncrude, Edmonton
1999 Victor Yung, Lead Engineer, Noetic Engineering, Edmonton
1997 Cory Sutela, Test Lab Manager, SRAM, Colorado
1995 Karen Alexander, Manager, Pfizer, UK
1993 Mark Lantz, Researcher, IBM Zurich Research Lab, Switzerland
1991 Robert Stephenson, Principal Engineer, Mears Technologies, Boston
1989 Andrew Stephenson, Management Consultant, Cambridge UK
1987 Larry Kostiuk, Dean, Engineering, Carleton University
1984 Terry Maccagno, IT Specialist, Compugen, Toronto
1981 Douglas Hunt, Professor, Civil Engineering, U of Calgary
1978 David Checkel, Professor Emeritus, U of Alberta
Humanities, Oxford
2014 Nathan Pinkoski
2014 Elana Kalashnikov, studying at Oxford University, Mathematics
2012 Jonathan Iverson, studying at Oxford University, History
2011 Emily Cliff, studying at Oxford University, Mathematics
2010 Miranda Sayer, studying at Oxford, History
Churchill Award in Honours History
2022 Grace Nicoll
2014 Lauren Gnanasihamany
2012 Kirsten Smith
2011 Mark Harris
2010 Allison Graham