Herb Stovel Scholarship Recipients
The National Trust for Canada is pleased to join members of the Oliver-Stovel family in recognizing the growing number of Herb Stovel Scholars.
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2024
Congratulations to this year’s Herb Stovel Scholars:
Katie Wilson
Project Research Bursary
Katie is a second-year student in the Masters of Conservation of Monuments and Sites (MCMS) Program at Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven in Belgium.
Her research project will focus on field work, consisting of the documentation of abandoned wood structures in the Ottawa Valley, Katie’s hometown. The gathering of photos and measured documents will support her thesis dealing with the treatment of abandoned and disused timber structures in this geographic area.
Fiona Hamilton
Project Research Bursary
Fiona is from Fredericton, New Brunswick and is currently an intern architect, embarking on a PhD in Built Heritage (Architecture) at the University of Antwerp, Belgium.
Her project research bursary will enable her to enroll in a blended, intensive program: Cultural Heritage and Planning on the European Landscape, a 5-day intensive workshop hosted by Heriland in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Paloma Castonguay-Rufino
Project Research Bursary
Paloma Castonguay-Rufino is an individualized Ph.D. student in architecture at the School of Architecture of the Université de Montréal.
After obtaining a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in architecture, she completed a professional internship specializing in the conservation of built heritage. Her doctoral research lies at the intersection of architectural and heritage considerations. In a reflexive approach, she takes a critical look at the notion of industrial heritage across Canada, through the analysis of projects that reuse urban industrial remains. The Herb Stovel Scholarship will help support data collection for case studies in large Canadian cities.
David Seaman
National Trust Conference Bursary
David, from Beamsville, Ontario is a recipient of the Herb Stovel Conference Bursary which enabled him to attend the 2024 National Trust – APT Joint Conference in Montreal, QC November 12-16. David is in his final year at Trent University, majoring in Archaeology with a specialization in Mediterranean Archaeology, and a minor in History.
Jemma Johnson
National Trust Conference Bursary
Jemma, from Ottawa Ontario is a recipient of the Herb Stovel Conference Bursary which enabled her to attend the 2024 National Trust – APT Joint Conference in Montreal, QC November 12-16. Jemma received her Bachelor of Architectural Studies, with Honors from Carleton University in May 2024.
Alexander Duda
National Trust Conference Bursary
Alexander, from Ottawa Ontario, is a recipient of the Herb Stovel Conference Bursary which enabled him to attend the 2024 National Trust – APT Joint Conference in Montreal, QC November 12-16. Alexander attained an Advanced diploma in Applied Museum Studies from Algonquin College in 2020 and is currently completing a Bachelor of Arts with Honours, with a Major in History and Minor in Art History from Carleton University.
Maha Abbas
National Trust Conference Bursary
Maha, from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, is a recipient of the Herb Stovel Conference Bursary which enabled her to attend the 2024 National Trust – APT Joint Conference in Montreal, QC November 12-16. She attained her Honours of Arts from the University of Toronto in 2021, with a specialization in Architecture: Comprehensive Stream with a Minor in Visual Studies.
Paige Murray
National Trust Conference Bursary
Paige is from London, Ontario, and is a recipient of the Herb Stovel Conference Bursary which enabled her to attend the 2024 National Trust – APT Joint Conference in Montreal, QC November 12-16. She attained a Bachelor of Arts, with an Honours Specialization in History and Minor in Medieval Studies in 2023, and is currently working towards a Master’s in Public History, both from the University of Western Ontario.
2022
Maryssa Barras
Project Research Bursary
Maryssa Barras, of Waterloo, Ontario, is the recipient of a project research bursary. Maryssa’s research project will contribute to discourse on cultural and built landscapes by exploring the relationship between materiality and intangibility and the benefits of collaboration between archaeologists and planners.
Pier-Olivier Cauchon
National Trust Conference Bursary
Pier-Olivier Cauchon, of Québec, Québec, is the recipient of a conference bursary to attend the National Trust Annual Conference 2022, The Heritage Reset: Making Critical Choices in Toronto, Ontario (October 20 – 22, 2022).
Erin Jeffries
National Trust Conference Bursary
Erin Jeffries, of Fredericton, New Brunswick, is the recipient of a conference bursary to attend the National Trust Annual Conference 2022, The Heritage Reset: Making Critical Choices in Toronto, Ontario (October 20 – 22, 2022).
Melissa Lengies
National Trust Conference Bursary
Melissa Lengies, of Ottawa, Ontario, is the recipient of a conference bursary to attend the National Trust Annual Conference 2022, The Heritage Reset: Making Critical Choices in Toronto, Ontario (October 20 – 22, 2022).
2021
Micah Norris
National Trust Conference Bursary
Micah Norris, of Ottawa, Ontario, M.A. Heritage Conservation Student (Canadian Studies), Carleton University. Micah is the recipient of a conference bursary to attend the National Trust 2021 Conference, Heritage and the Global Reset: Seizing the Moment (presented virtually). Micah will also receive a bursary to attend the National Trust 2022 Conference in Toronto, Ontario.
In addition, we are pleased to award four 2021 Conference Bursaries to the following students and young professionals to attend the National Trust 2021 Conference this Fall (presented virtually):
Alexandria Larose (Brantford, Ontario), M.Arch. Student, Carleton University
Natalie Smith (Ottawa, Ontario), M.A.Sc student, Civil Engineering, Carleton University, and Engineer in Training, John G. Cooke & Associates Ltd.
Taylor Quibell (Lindsay, Ontario), M.A.Sc., Civil & Environmental Engineering, NSERC Create Heritage Program, Carleton University
Brooklyn Zalik (Toronto, Ontario), Museum Studies Student, Ontario Museums Association
2020
Adélie De Marre
Project Research Bursary
Adélie De Marre of Montreal, Quebec, is the recipient of a $2,500 project bursary for her research at the International Union for Conservation of Nature archives in Geneva, Switzerland.
Aleen Stanton
National Trust Conference Bursary
Aleen Stanton of Halifax, Nova Scotia, is the recipient of a National Trust for Canada Conference bursary to attend the 2020 National Trust-APT Virtual Conference this October 1-7, and to attend the 2021 National Trust Conference in Toronto, Ontario.
2019
Sampoorna Bhattacharya
Project Research Bursary
Sampoorna Bhattacharya (Ottawa, Ontario) is the recipient of a $1,050 project bursary to attend the North Atlantic Forum and Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation conference in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador this October 1-5.
David Siebert
National Trust Conference Bursary
David Siebert of Ottawa, Ontario is the recipient of a National Trust for Canada Conference bursary to attend the 2019 National Trust Conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba this October 17-19.
2018
Alycia Bousfield
Project Research Bursary
Alycia Bousfield (Hamilton, Ontario) received a $1,500 bursary to attend the Fornello Sustainable Preservation Project in Puglia, Italy, summer of 2019.
Rebecca Haboucha
National Trust Conference Bursary
Rebecca Haboucha (Montréal, Québec) received a bursary to attend the National Trust’s 2018 Conference, Opportunity Knocks, in Fredericton, New Brunswick, October 18 to 20, 2018.
Loryssa Quattrociocchi
Project Research Bursary
Loryssa Quattrociocchi (Toronto, Ontario) received a $1,500 bursary for travel and research for her dissertation on architect Gordon William Lloyd.
Matt C. Reynolds
National Trust Conference Bursary
Matt C. Reynolds (Halifax, Nova Scotia) received a bursary to attend the National Trust’s 2018 Conference, Opportunity Knocks, in Fredericton, New Brunswick, October 18 to 20, 2018.
2017
Yuki Naganuma
National Trust Conference Bursary
Yuki Naganuma (Toronto, Ontario) received a bursary to attend the National Trust’s 2017 Conference, CAPITALizing on Heritage, in Ottawa, Ontario, October 11 to 14, 2017.
2016
Alicia Ghadban
National Trust Conference Bursary
Alicia Ghadban (Ottawa, Ontario) received a bursary to attend the National Trust’s 2016 Conference, Heritage Rising, in Hamilton, Ontario, October 20 to 22, 2016.
Arlin Otto
National Trust Conference Bursary
Arlin Otto (Fergus, Ontario) received a bursary to attend the National Trust’s 2016 Conference, Heritage Rising, in Hamilton, Ontario, October 20 to 22, 2016.
2015
Sara Nixon
National Trust Conference Bursary
Sara Nixon (Grimsby, Ontario) received a bursary to attend the National Trust’s 2015 Conference, Heritage Energized, in Calgary, Alberta, October 22 to 24, 2015.
Ali Piwowar
National Trust Conference Bursary
Ali Piwowar (Regina, Saskatchewan) received a bursary to attend the National Trust’s 2015 Conference, Heritage Energized, in Calgary, Alberta, October 22 to 24, 2015.
