Muriel Winnifred Niemi Memorial Scholarship

Muriel Willifred Niemi was "traveller, professor, writer, lover of poetry." Born in 1922 in Montréal, she passed away in 2011 in Vancouver.

Muriel grew up in Montréal during the Depression. She attended the commercial program at Verdun High School because her mother, with the best of intentions, thought that being a secretary would be a good safe job for a young woman of limited prospects. After working for a bank and while maintaining a secretarial position with the International Air Transport Association, Muriel earned her BA in 1950 through evening courses at Sir George Williams University, a founding institution of Concordia University.

Years later, earning a Doctorate from Harvard University and professorships at several Canadian and American Universities was sweet vindication for Muriel. She was committed to the value of higher education and the mind-broadening experience of travel.

Established in 2013 at Muriel's bequest, this non-renewable scholarship recognizes academic excellence in part-time students, in any discipline of study, at Concordia University.

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.