Newsroom
2002
June 17, 2002
Six students receive fellowship awards for 2002
The CWB today announced the recipients of its 2002
Fellowship Awards program. Six students from the universities of
Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba received awards in amounts
ranging from $15,000 to $16,500 in recognition of their academic
achievements and to assist in further study.
The following students are the CWB Fellowship Award winners for
2002:
John Bullied Holland, Manitoba - University of
Manitoba
The objective of John’s research
is to determine the relative influence of key factors such as
extensive tillage versus zero-tillage and early versus late
seeding on the emergence rate of spring wheat and barley.
Ryan Cardwell Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - University
of Saskatchewan
Ryan’s research will
investigate the effectiveness of export promotion policies to
determine if commodity export promotion is useful in penetrating
integrated markets.
Sharla Cowling Hamiota, Manitoba - University of
Manitoba
Sharla’s research objective is to
identify and map gene resistant to Septoria tritici blotch
(residue-borne leaf spotting disease) in wheat.
Sarah Lipoth Waldron, Saskatchewan - University of
Saskatchewan
The objective of Sarah’s
research is to discover whether repeated manure applications are
influencing the bioavailability and uptake of heavy metals by
crops and therefore the concentration of heavy metals in those
crops.
Heather Mason Edmonton, Alberta - University of
Alberta
The objective’s of Heather’s research is to
screen and breed a wide array of Canada Western Hard Red Spring
wheat germplasm for its competitive ability under low and medium
input conditions.
Sandra Spence Edmonton, Alberta - University of
Alberta
Sandra’s research objective centres
on the use of barley and its fractions such as protein in various
food products due to the demonstrated health benefits of these
components.
The 2002 CWB Fellowship Awards Program gives students across the
Prairies the opportunity to pursue research in the areas of grain
production, utilization and marketing. The CWB established these
Fellowship Awards in 1976 and to date these awards have helped
over 150 students complete their post-graduate training.
The awards are funded from the CWB’s Special Account
that is comprised of unclaimed producer cheques and interest
earnings that are not part of the pool accounts.
Controlled by western Canadian farmers, the CWB is the largest
wheat and barley marketer in the world. As one of
Canada’s biggest exporters, the Winnipeg-based
organization sells grain to more than 70 countries and returns
all sales revenue, less the costs of marketing, to Prairie
farmers.