The CIP/ICU Planning Student Trust Fund (CIP-PSTF) Board of Directors is pleased to announce our 2024 scholarship recipients and our Outstanding Graduating Student Award recipients. This year, CIP-PSTF awarded four scholarships totaling $18,000 in financial assistance. Twenty-one Outstanding Graduating Student Awards were granted, with each winner receiving a book prize.
The sustainability of the scholarship and bursary programs is dependent on individual donations and corporate sponsorships. If you want to support planning students through CIP-PSTF’s programs, you can donate today.
CIP President's Scholarship
Kylie Saira Clark, University of British Columbia
Re-wilding the City: Applying the Miyawaki Method to Small Urban Spaces
"It is an incredible honour to have been awarded the 2024 CIP President’s Scholarship. I am so grateful to have my research on mini forests as a small-scale urban greening strategy recognized and valued by the CIP/ICU Planning Student Trust Fund. Thank you for this generous support, encouragement, and opportunity to share my research work with the wider CIP community."
Dillon Consulting Limited Scholarship
Emma Borho, University of Waterloo
Exploring rural children's perspectives of health and the built environment: A case study of Bruce County, Ontario
"I am honoured to receive the Dillon Consulting Ltd. scholarship, which will support my graduate research into healthy communities and rural children. I am thankful to contribute to a field that sees value in gaining insight into community-building for vulnerable populations and I thank CIP-PSTF for making this opportunity available."
Climate Change Action Scholarship
Mieke Boecker, Simon Fraser University
A framework to promote equitable climate adaptation through urban forest strategies
"I am very grateful to be the recipient of the 2024 Glenn Tunnock Climate Change Action scholarship. This award not only makes me feel validated and confident in my research, but it also provides additional financial support that frees up time which will allow me to delve deeper into my research."
Thomas Adams Scholarship
Lucy Mackinnon, University of Toronto
Mitigating Displacement in Pedestrian-Priority Streets: Strategies for an Inclusive Pedestrianization Initiative in Kensington Market
"I would like to express my deepest thanks and gratitude to CIP-PSTF for supporting my academic journey and encouraging me to pursue my passion to examining how active transportation can be used to address urban inequities. It is an honour to be the recipient of the 2024 Thomas Adams Scholarship."
Outstanding Graduating Student Award
The Outstanding Graduating Student Award recognizes one student from each accredited planning program (undergraduate and graduate) in Canada, who has demonstrated an outstanding contribution to their future profession.
Dalhousie University
Lian Vroege, Bachelor of Community Design - Honours, Urban Design & Planning
Sydney Griffiths, Master of Planning
McGill University
Elise Durie, Master of Urban Planning
Queen's University
Makenna Humes, Master of Urban Planning
Simon Fraser University
Andrew Palmer, Master of Resource Management (Planning)
Toronto Metropolitan University
Bumika Srikanthalingam, Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning (PLAN)
Brian Mitchell Ogryzlo, Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning (PLAB)
Kiera McMaster, Master of Planning in Urban Development
University of Alberta
Mason von der Ohe, Bachelor of Arts in Urban and Regional Planning
Kylie Li, Master of Science in Urban and Regional Planning
University of British Columbia
Maya Korbynn, Master of Community and Regional Planning
University of Calgary
Sidrah Anees, Master of Planning
University of Manitoba
Madeline Schön, Master of City Planning
University of Northern British Columbia
Mikhaila Carr, Bachelor of Planning
University of Saskatchewan
Kloey Bells, Bachelor of Arts in Regional and Urban Planning
Mireille Riffou-Loomes, Bachelor of Arts in Regional and Urban Planning (Honours)
University of Toronto
Faizaan Khan, Master of Science in Planning
University of Waterloo
Matthew Van Bakel, Bachelor of Environmental Studies Honours Co-Op Planning
Sarah Marshall, Master of Arts (Planning)
Vancouver Island University
Tharini Prakash, Master of Community Planning
York University
Patrick Stogianou, Master in Environmental Studies (Planning)