Carol and Bruce Mallen Award for Cinema Entrepreneurship

This award was established through the generosity of Carol and Bruce Mallen, respectively alumni of Concordia University and Sir George Williams University (now Concordia). Carol Mallen served for over a decade as chief creative executive of a Los Angeles-based motion picture production company. Entrepreneur, Producer and Academic, Bruce Mallen served as Dean of the College of Business at Florida Atlantic University and was the founder of the DeSantis Center for Motion Picture Industry Studies. A member of the Producers Guild of America, the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, the Society for Cinema and Media Studies and the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema Advisory Board, Bruce Mallen has been honoured with many awards and honorary degrees. Dr. and Mrs. Mallen established this award to recognize the work and creativity of a Film Production student who demonstrates entrepreneurial ability combined with creative process - thus reflecting the values and accomplishments of Dr. Mallen's extraordinary career. This award is non-renewable.

In-course bursaries Concordia offers need-based In-Course Bursaries to returning Bachelor's students in the Fall semester.

Application deadline The 2024-2025 Undergraduate In-Course Bursary Program will be open April 1, 2024.

In-Course Bursaries are awarded by the Financial Aid and Awards Office to previously admitted students following an application-based competition that includes a financial need test and holistic committee review. Applicants are notified of the results after the Financial Aid and Awards Office receives results from the bursary committee.

The In-Course Bursary program normally open April 1, 2024 and will close on May 15, 2024.