Award Name/Title: Ruth Hancock Scholarship

Amount: Three awards of $1,500

Application Status: Closed

Application Due Date: June 30, 2015

Awards Details:

Ruth Hancock Scholarship Foundation

Background

Awarded in memory of Ruth Hancock, who died in 1973. Ruth was executive assistant to Murray Chercover, president of CTV. For 12 years, she was the manager of the Toronto office of the CAB and executive secretary of the BES.

The award was originally established by CTV, BES and the CAB, who maintained the fund jointly. Receiving entries and selecting the annual award winners is handled primarily by CAB, with judging duties shared by the three parties. Winners are announced at the annual CAB convention. The BES has recently assumed responsibility of the foundation's portfolio, which is now self-funding. In 2002, the Canadian Association of Broadcast Representatives replaced CTV as a sponsoring organization with the donation of $20,000.

Purpose

To provide educational scholarships for students enrolled in courses devoted to broadcast communications. Winners must exhibit leadership qualities, a strong character, willingness to help others, and also demonstrate a genuine interest in pursuing a career in broadcasting by enthusiastically completing course related and extra curricular activities connected to broadcasting.

Currently, scholarships of $1,500 are provided annually.

Application forms in printable form for the Ruth Hancock Scholarship are available here.  

No application form to be downloaded.