Linda Ghan Memorial Bursary

Originally from Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Linda Ghan was an accomplished author of fiction, drama and journalism. Her first novel, A Gift Of Sky, had two editions in Canada and was published in translation in Japan. Her children's story, Muhla, The Fair One, was commissioned and performed by Montreal's Black Theatre Workshop and published by Nuage Editions. Ghan moved to Japan in 1996 and published many articles for Japanese dailies and the non-fiction book Gaston Petit: The Kimono And The Cross before returning to fiction - and Montreal.

Linda Ghan passed away at age 63 after a long and courageous fight against cancer. For many years she taught Creative Writing at Concordia University and was a fiction editor at Matrix Magazine.

The Linda Ghan Memorial Bursary was established in her honour in 2011, and is available to full-time students in the Bachelor of Science program in any discipline in Pure or Applied Sciences, as well as full-time students in the Bachelor of Engineering program in any discipline of study. This bursary is non-renewable.

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.