This scholarship has been established as a memorial to Dr. Leo Margolis, an internationally preeminent parasitologist and a staunch supporter of the Canadian Society of Zoologists since its inception in 1961. The competition for the scholarship is open to any Canadian who is registered in a graduate studies program at a Canadian university at the time the scholarship is taken up and whose research is in the field of fisheries biology.

Terms of Reference

Objectives

This scholarship has been established as a memorial to Dr. Leo Margolis, an internationally preeminent parasitologist and a staunch supporter of the Canadian Society of Zoologists since its inception in 1961. The competition for the scholarship is open to any Canadian who is registered in a graduate studies program at a Canadian university at the time the scholarship is taken up and whose research is in the field of fish or fisheries biology.

Award

Scroll and cash award of $500.

Source of Prize

Funded through ZET.

Frequency of Availability

Maximum of one per year. The award need not be made every year.

Application Procedures

Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, up-to-date copies of University transcripts and a one page research summary describing either the research that has been done or, for new graduate students, the proposed research plan to the Past-President.

A recipient is eligible for only a single award. However, unsuccessful applicants are encouraged to enter in subsequent years. If a suitable applicant is not available the scholarship will not be awarded for that year.

Application Deadline

Review of applications will begin June 16.

Awardees

• 2022 – Peter Baker, Western University.

• 2016 – Jacqueline Chapman, Carleton University. Disease and fisheries: Understanding the impact of microbial loading and species diversity on the physiology and migration behaviour of salmonids exposed to fisheries interactions.

• 2015 – Kristin Dinning, University of New Brunswick.

• 2014 – Alexandra Muhametsafina, Wilfrid Laurier University.

• 2013 – Aimee Lee Houde, Western University.

• 2012 – Kenneth Jeffries, University of British Columbia.

• 2011 – Anne-Marie Gravel, Carleton University.

• 2007 – Brian R. Lynch, University of New Brunswick (Saint John).

• 2006 – Martin Krkosek, University of Victoria.

• 2005 – Joseph DiBattista , University of Ottawa.

• 2004 – Jeffrey M. Reader, Acadia University.

• 2003 – Céline Duluc, Université du Québec à Rimouski.

• 2002 – Pascale Lafrance, Université Laval.