Department of Family Medicine

A donor who wishes to remain anonymous has established an endowment fund in honour of Susan Wright Bell, a friend with a developmental disability. The Manitoba Scholarship and Bursary Initiative has made a matching contribution to this fund. The purpose of the fund is to provide scholarship support to students undertaking study in the area of developmental disabilities.

Each year, beginning in 2003, an award valued at the available annual income from the fund (initially approximately $5,000) shall be offered to a student who:

1. is enroled full-time at the University of Manitoba, in the Faculty of Medicine as an undergraduate student or as a postgraduate  student in the Family Medicine Residency program and is undertaking or has proposed to undertake study in the area of developmental disability;

or full-time in a graduate program in the Faculty of Graduate Studies in the Department of Psychology and is undertaking or has proposed to undertake study in the area of developmental disability, specifically at the St. Amant
Centre in Winnipeg; and

2. is judged by the selection committee as the applicant who shows the greatest promise as a researcher/practitioner in
this area on the basis of the following criteria:

a. the chosen study will provide a deeper knowledge and understanding of the chosen topic;

b. there is high potential for sharing the study findings with others (applicants will be required to indicate in their application how they intend to share their findings with academic and public audiences);

c. there is an assurance of demonstrated qualified and accessible mentoring and supervision (applicants will provide the name, title, and affiliation of the study supervisor and a letter of support from the supervisor which will indicate how the supervisor proposes to be accessible to the applicant for the period of the study);

d. the proposal demonstrates thoroughness in its preparation;

e. there is a declared commitment by the applicant to pursue work in the area of developmental disabilities as a significant component of his/her future career.

The call for applications will be made in early spring each year, with a deadline date of around May 30. Advertising will be
conducted by the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Manitoba. This Department will collect all applications and will convene the selection committee.

For application information, please contact Maria VanDasselaar.

Unicity Labs has established and endowment fund at the University of Manitoba with an initial gift of $25,000. Unicity Labs is a full service community clinical laboratory that provides services to physician clinics in Winnipeg. It has provided services for more than 30 years and is locally owned by four partners.

The purpose of the fund will be to provide financial support to a first or second year family medicine resident to attend a national meeting or conference. (e.g., CCME or FMF). Unicity Labs has offered to contribute an extra $2,500 so that one award valued at $1,250 may be offered in each of the 2012-13 and 2013-14 academic year. As of the 2014-15 academic year the available earnings from the fund will be used to offer one travel award to a student who:

1. is enrolled full-time in the first or second year study in the Postgraduate Medical Education Program (PGME), in the Faculty of Medicine in the Department of Family Medicine;
2. is traveling to a conference, seminar, or other approved event that is associated with their program.

Selection of candidates will be based on preceptor’s annual evaluations of residents.

For more information, please contact Sylvia Froese.