Leah Sherman Award in Art Education

Leah Sherman (Professor Emerita) Art Education, Faculty of Fine Arts at Concordia University was a student of Anne Savage — an important Montreal artist and educator whose work and influence she documented. Leah Sherman graduated from Sir George Williams College and did graduate work at New York University. After teaching at Baron Byng High School in Montreal, she joined the faculty at Sir George Williams University (later Concordia University) where she was one of the founding members of the Faculty of Fine Arts and was hired in 1960 as its first full time faculty member.

Leah Sherman initiated the Art Education program and was instrumental in the development of Fine Arts in the university. An early researcher in the history of Canadian Art Education, Leah Sherman has collaborated with Suzanne Lemerise on cross-cultural research in the history of Quebec art education. The non-renewable Leah Sherman Award in Art Education is intended to encourage students entering their final year of the BFA, with a specialization in Art Education - whose commitment to the vocation of the teaching of Art reflects the goals and values of Leah Sherman.

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.