Alexandra Thorpe's Story

Description: These Minerva Foundation Awards in honour of Alexandra Thorpe will be made available to women in financial need to pursue their educational goals.  The award recipients must meet BC Housing's overall bursary eligibility criteria.  Further, women who live in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and who have overcome significant barriers in their lives which hindered their educational pursuits, including single mothers and women in a recovery program, may be given priority.

How to Apply: Through BC Housing.
Further information can be found by visiting their website http://www.bchousing.org/tenants/services/bursary.

Description: This Minerva Foundation Award will be made available to regular full-time or part-time employees of publicly funded healthcare facilities on the North Shore (e.g. Lions Gate Hospital, Cedarview Lodge, Kiwanis Care Centre, community and mental health program). Candidates should be a woman in the field of Nursing and a resident of BC, and consideration will be given to the criteria outlined at the top of this page.

How to Apply: Through the Lion's Gate Hospital Foundation. Application information can be found by visiting the Lion's Gate Hospital Foundation website, or by contacting the Foundation directly at:      Lions Gate Hospital Foundation, Tel: 604 984 5784.

Description: This Minerva Foundation Award will be made available to a female resident of British Columbia seeking to advance her studies in the field of education at any recognized British Columbia college or university. Preference will be given to candidates who meet at least one of the criteria outlined at the top of this page.

How to Apply: Through Minerva. Please see our Application Procedures.

Description: This Minerva Foundation Award will be made available to a female resident of British Columbia seeking to advance her studies in the field of sport at any recognized British Columbia college or university. The award will be granted on the basis of financial need, academic proficiency, and the criteria outlined at the top of this page, with preference given to a golfer.

How to Apply: Through Minerva. Please see our Application Procedures.

Description: This Minerva Foundation Award will be made available to a female resident of British Columbia seeking to advance her studies at any recognized British Columbia college or university. Preference will be given to candidates who meet at least one of the criteria outlined at the top of this page.

How to Apply: Through Minerva. Please see our Application Procedures.

The Welch Leadership
Challenge Award at UBC

The Welch Leadership
Challenge Award at UNBC

$1500


$1500

Description: The Minerva Foundation, through the generosity of Lis and Bruce Welch, have established an award to recognize the leadership work of young women who, as a result of attending the Learning to Lead program, go on to apply what they have learned to their school, their workplace or their community.  Recipients will be announced at the 2008 Learning to Lead program.

Learning to Lead South - Application Booklet

Learning to Lead North - Application Booklet

Description: This Minerva Foundation Award will be made available to a female resident of British Columbia seeking to advance her studies at any recognized British Columbia college, university, or post-secondary trade school or licensing organization who has worked for at least 2 years as a caregiver (e.g. eldercare, childcare) in Canada. Preference will be given to candidates who meet at least one of the criteria outlined at the top of this page.

Minerva Cares Award Details

How to Apply: Through Minerva. Application form

If you would like to contribute to this award, please complete the Donor Pledge Form and send it to the Minerva Foundation.