Dr. Joy Calkin Student Award
Award value
$5,000
Number of awards
1
Application to apply for
Donor
The Landon Pearson Centre for the Study of Childhood and Children's Rights and generously funded by the Muttart Family Foundation
The Dr. Joy Calkin student award ($5,000 each) supports a senior Indigenous student (4th year undergraduate degree in Fall 2026 or graduate student, any year) working in an academic program or advocacy work focusing on children鈥檚 and young people鈥檚 lives and/or children鈥檚 rights. Preference will be given to students studying early childhood and children鈥檚 rights (generally children under six years of age).
The award is open to:
鈥enior undergraduate Indigenous students (entering 4th year in Fall 2026), or
鈥raduate Indigenous students (any year)
Any discipline is eligible as long as student鈥檚 work addresses a rights-related issue experienced by children and young people for their capstone projects, honours theses, graduate theses, or advocacy initiatives. Examples of eligible topics include - but are not limited to:
鈥hildren and caring environments
鈥igital Lives
鈥hildren鈥檚 rights education and schooling
鈥limate driven disasters
鈥dentity and belonging
鈥hild welfare
鈥ood insecurity
鈥ental health
鈥orced migration and mobility
鈥iving with disability
鈥ender-based violence and harmful practices
鈥hild and family policies
Award description
- Eligibility:
- First Nations, M茅tis, or Inuit students enrolled in child and youth rights-related degree program
- Enrolled full time at a Canadian University
- Entering 4th year of an undergraduate program in Fall 2026, or a Graduate student (any year)
Required criteria
Student type: Undergraduate
Faculty: Any
Year entering: 4th
Citizenship/residency: Any
Special criteria: Indigenous students
Award information
Type of award: Award
Internal/external/government: External