AWARDS

Call for Applications - Dr Edith Rowles Simpson Family Finance Award

Individual Home Economists and/or Home Economics Associations are encouraged to apply for this award which supports professional updating in family finance.

Purpose

The overall objective of the fund is to support work in family finance that will help empower families to enhance their quality of life. It targets potential leaders in the field who will invest their knowledge and expertise in improving the quality of life for families. Awards are available to support updating for individuals or for groups through support of a seminar, conference or workshop that provides updating for a group.

Value

For individuals, the amount of the award is up to $1000. For groups, the committee may award more than $1000, depending on the nature of the project. More than one award may be made as funds permit.

Eligibility

Applicants must be Canadian home economists or permanent residents with a commitment to work in the area of family finance and who plan to pursue their careers in Canada. Graduate students are eligible to apply; the committee would prefer applications for a specific project (e.g. attendance at a scholarly or professional conference related to family finance) rather than general applications to support graduate study.

Deadline

Deadline for applications is June 30 with a decision by the selection committee to be made by August 15.

Application

The application of no more than four pages should include the following information:

• Name of applicant, and contact information (mailing address, telephone number, fax number, email address).
• Academic and professional background including degrees, diplomas and other academic qualifications as well as a listing of professional memberships and a brief resume of relevant work experience.
• Proposed professional development project (limit 500 words) to include:
  • Description of project seminar, conference, workshop, classes or other activity the applicant wants funded.
  • Objectives of the proposed activities and anticipated benefits and outcomes of participation in terms of the objective of the Edith Rowles Simpson Recognition Fund.
  • Budget, including proposed use of funds and identification of other funds sought or received.
  • Schedule of activities including date funding is required and planned date of final report to committee.

Applications should be submitted electronically as an e-mail attachment in WORD, RTF or PDF to gmoss@mts.net, phone and fax: 204-895-8016.

Criteria

The committee will assess the applicant's background and experience and the proposal in terms of the likelihood that the project will ultimately result in services and/or programs which will directly benefit families.

For more information go to http://www.homefamily.net and click on 'awards', or contact:
Gwenna Moss,

Member, Edith Rowles Simpson Recognition Fund Committee

E-mail: gmoss@mts.net

Phone/fax: 204-895-8016

Funding for the award is provided through the Dr. Edith Rowles Simpson Recognition Fund, made possible by donations from friends and colleagues of the late Saskatoon home economist. The fund was established by the Association of Saskatchewan Home Economists (ASHE) and is administered by the Canadian Home Economics Foundation (CHEF). A Committee of ASHE screens the applications and recommends recipients to the CHEF.

Past Recipients of the Edith Rowles Simpson Family Finance Award

Year	Applicant	Description of Project
2008	New Brunswick Home Economics Association	The association will hold a regional conference in 2009 which will bring together home economists from the Maritime region for professional updating in food secuirty, sustainable development and family financial well being.
	Ontario Home Economics Association	OHEA will organize a professional education workshop on family finance presented by Carol Fraser and Pat White, home economists working professionally in financial counselling fields. Three of the five Ontario branches are expected to participate.
	Regina Home Economics for Living Project, Inc (HELP)	Training sessions for eight HELP facilitators will be provided on communication, rapport building and motivation expected to enable staff to better meet the needs of future clients including immigrants with little English.
2007	Regina Home Economics for Living Project (HELP) Jane McKay-Nesbitt, University of Manitoba Elaine Froese, Boissevain, MB	To provide training sessions for facilitators on wills and estate planning and on-line banking and security. To support attendance at the American Marketing Association's Annual Conference on Marketing and Public Policy. To support participation in training sessions with Mediation Services in Winnipeg.
2006	Doreen Gardner Brown & colleagues, Vancouver, BC Margarida Demarchi Winnipeg, MB	Financial Forum II: A meeting for financial counselors and educators in Western Canada. To support attendance at Association for Financial Counseling &Planning Education (AFCPE) annual conference.
2005	Patricia White, Brantford ON Margarida Demarchi, Winnipeg, MB   Brenda Purschke, Calgary, AB	To support enrolment in courses to earn the Accredited Financial Counselor (AFC) designation. To support attendance at Association for Financial Counseling & Planning Education (AFCPE) annual conference. To support attendance at AFCPE annual conference.
2004	Regina Home Economics For Living Project (HELP)	To support staff training in the area of addictions, recovery, and co-dependency and how these affect a person's behaviour and family dynamics
	Jane McKay Nesbitt, Brandon MB	To support Ph.D. study at the Asper School of Business.
2003	Elaine Froese, Boissevain MB	To attend two certification courses, The Family Business Advisor, and Advanced Facilitation, at the Centre for Family Business, Waterloo ON
2002	Elaine Froese, Boissevain MB	To support certification training in conflict resolution from Mediation Services, Winnipeg
2001	Regina Home Economics For Living Project (HELP)	To support staff training in the area of counseling/life skills training.
	Judy Hannah, Langley BC and Doreen Gardner Brown, Vancouver BC	Forum for Financial counselors in Western Canada to provide professional updating for home economists with private practices in financial counseling.
2000	Regina Home Economics For Living Project (HELP)	To support staff training in the area of financial counseling, provided by Faye Forbes Anderson
1996	Jan Williams-Russell	To support attendance at course on Comprehensive Family and Divorce Mediation in Saskatoon, given as part of Conflict Resolution Certificate Program of the British Columbia Institute of Justice.
1995	Awarded but declined. Carol Fraser, Truro NS	To support attendance at one course toward Chartered Financial Planners (CFP)
1994	Betty Ann Deobald, Rosetown, SK	To support attendance at the 1994 Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education National Conference in Nashville, Tennessee.