Kamloops & District Labour Council Bursary Winners

2023 Bursary Winners

Jack Kerssens Memorial Bursary

For students in a Skilled Trades program

• Jade Cutting, Julia Hedge, CUPE 4879
  Make a better environment for future construction trades. Safer and more inclusive!

Cynthia Friedman Memorial Bursary

For women in a S.T.E.M or Trades program

• Blythe Paetkau, Mark Paetkau TRUFA
  My current plan is to finish my undergraduate degree in kinesiology at UVIC. I would then love to apply to a masters of physiotherapy at UBC in hopes of becoming a physiotherapist

Bill Ferguson Memorial Bursary

For students in Environmental or Natural Resource Sciences

• Devvriti Sethi, member CUPE 900
  I am currently pursuing my undergrad in animal biology (Bachelor of Science) and I am very passionate about conserving and sustainably managing nature and its wildlife. I would love to conserve the environment and wildlife on a global scale.

General Bursaries

• Ahmed Sheikh, Zahid Sheikh CUPE 4879
  I plan to pursue software engineering at TRU and begin in fall of 2023. I want to work at a big company in the future like Netflix or Apple

• Carolyn Collins, Christina Cederlof TRUFA, Caroly member of CUPE 900
  I plan to take the engineering transfer program at TRU. Then I will transfer to UVIC or UBC to become a Biomedical Engineer

Additional Bursary Information

Three of the 5 bursaries presented to students by the Kamloops & District Labour Council each year are in memory of someone from the labour movement. For more information on the bursaries, Jack Kerssans, Cynthia Friedman, and Bill Ferguson, please visit our Bursaries Page.