Building upon a foundation of social justice and an ethic of care, we are a community of learners actively engaged in the development of critical, transformative knowledge for social work practice.
The School of Social Work is seeking support in the following areas:
The 75th Social Work Anniversary Global Learning Endowment Fund
The Social Work Global Learning Endowment Fund was created in honour of the 75th anniversary of the School of Social Work (2005). This endowment will assist students in the School of Social Work with expenses locally, nationally and internationally to advance their learning and citizenship in globally challenging contexts. The endowment will be awarded on the recommendations of the School of Social Work.
The Henry Maas Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund
The Memorial Scholarship for doctoral students at the School of Social Work in the name of Dr. Henry Maas – an internationally renowned social work scholar and teacher – was created to honour his spirit, memory and strong beliefs in the merits of theory and research informing social work education and practice. The scholarship enables Doctoral students to develop their own theories and contribute to knowledge-building in social welfare. Dr. Maas was a professor in the School of Social Work from 1970-1984 and was appointed Emeritus Professor on his retirement.
The Richard Splane Doctoral Scholarship Endowment Fund
A scholarship was endowed to recognize and honour Dr. Richard Splane’s work as a distinguished Social Policy and Social Work academic, and Professor Emeritus at UBC. Dr. Splane’s initial contribution to the endowment principal has been matched by the Faculty of Arts. The award is made on the recommendation of the School of Social Work in consultation with the Faculty of Graduate Studies to a doctoral student doing research in the area of social policy.
Roopchand Seebaran Prize
In recognition and celebration of Professor Seebaran’s significant contributions to community development, teaching and practice, and to anti-racist social work education during his academic career, the School of Social Work established the Roopchand Seebaran Prize. The prize is awarded on an annual basis to BSW or MSW student(s) whose essay or project work on the subject of either community development or anti-racist social work education is judged to be of the highest quality.
Mary Hill Scholarship
Friends and alumni of the School established a scholarship in honour of Professor Emerita Mary Hill, a pioneer in the field of social gerontology. Under the leadership of Kathy Hamilton (BSW, MSW), a group of committed fundraisers raised over $30,000 to endow a scholarship for students in Social Work who are studying in the area of gerontology.
Social Work Annual Giving Fund
This fund allows the School to work beyond our annual operating budget to respond to priorities that arise each year. It supports the production and distribution of the School newsletter to more than 3,000 alumni and the Alumni Reading Room (hiring student assistance, purchasing publications, and student activities).
Lilian To Memorial Scholarship
A scholarship was established in memory of Lilian To for graduate students in the School of Social Work intending to study in the area of immigration and refugee policy and practice. Lilian, a social work graduate (1968) of the University of Hong Kong and an MSW graduate (1979) of the UBC School of Social Work, was a renowned and internationally recognized social worker and Chief Executive Officer (1988-2005) of S.U.C.C.E.S.S., Vancouver’s leading Chinese social service agency with a particular interest in meeting the economic, social and cultural adjustment needs of new immigrants to Canada.
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