Amount available: Information not available yet, $3,000 was available for the 2023-24 academic year.
Deadline to apply: For the academic year 2024-2025, application deadline will be determined, usually around the end of October. Students will receive email correspondence in the Fall 2024 term.
Eligible Students: BSW and MSW students who are completing their practicum in Fall 2024 or Winter 2025.
Awarded annually, on the recommendation of the Bachelor of Social Work and Master of Social Work Practicum Coordinators, to an undergraduate or graduate student entering the practicum in the Bachelor of Social Work or Master of Social Work at Carleton University. Recipients will have demonstrated financial need, must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada (landed immigrants or protected persons), and must meet OSAP’s Ontario residency requirements. Should the recipient be a graduate student, the bursary will be awarded by the Dean of Graduate Studies and Research. Endowed in 2007 by family and friends, in honour of Shirley Judge.
Please fill out the Shirley Judge Bursary Application (to be added) along with a letter outlining your reasons for applying and send to SSW.Practicum.Admin@cunet.carleton.ca. The award will be granted to the most outstanding student whose work or future work will contribute to Shirley’s legacy. Shirley was committed to anti-discriminatory practice particularly to improving the lives of women.