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This section provides information on a variety of scholarships, fellowships, and awards for students specializing in urban studies. Several awards are administered by the UBC Urban Studies Coordinating Committee, and conferred after annual reviews of academic transcripts; it is not possible for students to apply directly for these scholarships. Urban Studies at UBC does, however, accept applications for an annual Graduate Research Award designed to support the early stages of original urban inquiry. Also included below are brief descriptions of various awards offered by urban organizations beyond UBC. Interested students should consult the respective organizations for further details on eligibility and application procedures.
UBC Urban Studies Scholarships
The Walter G. Hardwick Scholarship in Urban Studies
Three scholarships have been endowed by his family in honour of Dr. Walter G. Hardwick, one of North America’s leading urban geographers. One scholarship of $1,000 is provided for a doctoral student in Urban Studies and two scholarships of $550 each are provided for outstanding undergraduate students in Urban Studies. The awards are made on the recommendation of the Department of Geography and, in the case of the graduate scholarship, in consultation with the Faculty of Graduate Studies.
Walter Hardwick was born in Vancouver on May 3, 1932, and began studies in Geography at the University of British Columbia in 1950 [1]. After earning an MA at the University of Wisconsin and a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, he joined the faculty in Geography at UBC in 1960. He founded the Urban Studies Program in 1971, and led the program's interdisciplinary contributions in the Faculty of Arts and across other parts of the University for more than a quarter century. Beyond his many contributions to urban geography and urban studies in the academy, Professor Hardwick played a key role in shaping the city itself. Walter was elected to Vancouver City Council as a co-founder of The Electors' Action Movement (TEAM); in his five years on Council, Walter served as an advisor as the City redeveloped the south side of False Creek. Walter served as Deputy Minister of Education from 1976 to 1980 (helping to launch the Open Learning Institute and the Knowledge Network) and later chaired the Canadian Capital Commission. Professor Hardwick was awarded the Order of British Columbia in 1997, the year of his retirement from UBC.
Walter Hardwick passed away on June 9, 2005. A Memorial celebration of his life and contributions was held on June 28 at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. Tributes were offered by Art Phillips (former Mayor of Vancouver and Member of Parliament), Bing Thom (Architect), Mike Harcourt (former Alderman, Mayor of Vancouver, and BC Premier), Dr. David F. Hardwick (Walter's brother), Colleen Hardwick Nystedt (Walter's daughter), Dr. Graeme Wynn (Head of Geography), Dr. J. Lewis Robinson (founding Head of UBC Geography), and several other students and other urbanists shaped by Walter's vision, leadership, and commitments. Professor David Ley, Walter's longtime colleague and friend at UBC, praised Hardwick's many contributions to urban studies and to urban policy debates: "He was a public intellectual in the sense that he engaged publicly in issues of the time. He wanted to change things -- always in a democratic-reform-oriented, political way. And I think he had a great curiosity and desire to learn from the varied people he came into contact with." [3]
Many other details of Walter's professional accomplishments are summarized in the UBC Library Archives.
Walter G. Hardwick (1932-2005)
Previous Hardwick Scholarship Recipients
2006
Cameron Balfour, BA
Kenneth Leung, BA
Ted Rutland, Ph.D.
2005
Peter John MacRae, BA
Haley Mousseau, BA
Kathy Sherrell, Ph.D.
2004
Paul Farish, BA
Margaret Larcombe, BA
Patric Oabel, Ph.D.
Previous Wyly Scholarship and Bursary Recipients
2007
Guanming Low
2006
Ted William Rutland
Jason Adrian Carroll
Luke Sholefield
2005
Elizabeth Lee
Christopher Ian McBeath
Mike Ly
The Robert S. Wyly Scholarship and Bursary in Urban Studies
A $1,000 scholarship, and two $1,000 bursaries, are offered in honour of Robert S. Wyly, a distinguished urbanist whose career helped to set the standard for the creation of North America's suburban landscapes. The bursaries are available to undergraduate students entering the second, third, or fourth year of the Urban Studies Program. Bursary candidates are chosen by Awards Services, while Scholarship awards are made on the recommendation of the Urban Studies Coordinating Committee in consultation with the Faculty of Graduate Studies.
Robert S. Wyly was born in 1920 in West Texas. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II and completing a B.S. in Geology and Petroleum Engineering at Texas Tech University, he accepted a position in 1947 with the National Bureau of Standards in Washington, D.C. Wyly's work at the Bureau in the 1950s and 1960s took place in the context of rapid suburbanization and residential construction in thousands of independent municipalities in the United States and Canada. Wyly's research was instrumental in the development of plumbing, construction, and fire safety standards to integrate building codes, zoning ordinances, and subdivision regulations. In 1977, Wyly retired from the Bureau (now known as the National Institute of Standards and Technology), but he continued to advise governmental and private organizations on building codes through the 1980s. Key elements of his research [4,5] continue to be cited in codes and standards as well as ongoing basic research in the United States [6,7] and Canada [8]. Robert Wyly currently lives in Hickory, North Carolina.
References
[1] Michael J. Bovis (2005). "Walter Hardwick." Letter to UBC Geography faculty, staff, and students. June 10. Vancouver: Department of Geography, University of British Columbia.
[2] In Celebration of His Life and Contributions: Dr. Walter G. Hardwick, May 3, 1932 to June 9, 2005. (2005). Memorial Program, June 28. Vancouver: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, University of British Columbia.
[3] Darah Hansen (2005). "Longtime UBC Professor Walter Hardwick dead at 73." The Vancouver Sun, June 15, B8.
[4] Robert S. Wyly, et al. (1978). Investigation of Standards, Performance Characteristics and Evaluation Criteria for Thermoplastic Piping in Residential Plumbing Systems. NBS Building Science Series 111. Washington, DC: National Bureau of Standards, U.S. Department of Commerce.
[5] Robert S. Wyly (1964). Investigation of the Hydraulics of Horizontal Drains in Plumbing Systems. Washington, DC: National Bureau of Standards, U.S. Department of Commerce.
[6] Joseph B. Zicherman (2000). Plastic Pipe and Fire Safety. Manuscript submitted to the NFPA Fire Journal, September 5. Available at http://www.ppfahome.org/pdf/safety.pdf Richmond, CA: Fire Cause Analysis.
[7] J.A. Swaffield, L.B. Jack, and D.P. Campbell (2004). "Control and Suppression of Air Pressure Transients in Building Drainage and Vent Systems. Building and Environment 39(7), 783-794.
[8] National Research Council of Canada (2005, 1981). Canadian Building Digest, Section CBD-220. Originally published 1981. Available at http://irc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/cbd/cbd200e.html. Ottawa: National Research Council of Canada.
"Cities have become increasingly central to the reproduction, mutation, and continual reconstitution of neoliberalism itself during the last two decades. Indeed, it might be argued that a marked urbanization of neoliberalism has been occurring during this period, as cities have become strategic targets for an increasingly broad range of neoliberal policy experiments, institutional innovations, and politico-ideological projects. Under these conditions, cities have become the incubators for many of the major political and ideological strategies through with the dominance of neoliberalism is being maintained." Neil Brenner & Nik Theodore (2002) "Cities and the Geographies of 'Actually Existing Neoliberalism'" in Spaces of Neoliberalism: Urban Restructuring in North America and Western Europe, Brenner, N. & Theodore, N. (Eds), Malden, MA: Blackwell, p. 28.