Scholarships
CPAA Student Conference Competition
Deadline March 14th 2025.
This year we are offering two scholarships with one worth $1000.00 (First place) and the other worth $500. (Second place)
- These scholarships will be available to undergraduate and graduate students from:
- the University of Alberta (School of Urban and Regional Planning)
- the University of Calgary (School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape & Bachelor of Design in City Innovation)
- the University of Lethbridge (Urban and Regional Studies) and
- any other (undergraduate or graduate) student registered in a planning related post-secondary program in Alberta.
To apply, you are being asked to develop a project that focuses on CPAA's theme of this year's conference: "Global to Local". This theme reflects our commitment to exploring the impact of global trends on local communities and how municipalities can leverage these trends to foster growth, innovation, and community well-being.
Projects can take what-ever form you wish but must be focused on a planning theme or issue that relates to the theme of the conference. For example, it could be:
- a paper (2-3 pages)
- a poster
- any medium you are interested in using (i.e. if a video, it should be 1 ½ to 3 minutes in length).
For example, here are some ideas to help provide direction, although you may use ideas you have that is related to the conference theme:
- Fostering Collaboration between global and local stakeholders
- Balancing Growth: Strategies for sustainable development
- From Conflict to Cooperation: Strategies for resolving global-local tensions
- Reconciliation Through Collaboration: Indigenous engagement and partnerships
- Environmental Stewardship: Sustainability achievements through planning (e.g. Water Resource Management)
- Economic Development Opportunities: Maximizing opportunities through collaboration
- Transportation Networks: Connecting global to local.
If you are of the winning entries, you will be welcomed to the CPAA conference where we cover the conference fee and hotel room cost. Transportation and two meals are not provided, we hope that you are able to attend. You will be provided an opportunity to present your project at the conference and it is a great networking opportunity. Winners will be notified if they have won by March 28, 2025.
To be eligible, you must:
- be in an undergraduate and graduate planning related post-secondary program in Alberta
- be willing to become a student member of CPAA at annual student membership fee of $25.00
Scholarship Timeline
March 14, 2025- Submission deadline
March 28, 2025- winners will be notified
April 29, 2025 - Scholarship is awarded
For questions please contact:
Dr. Kyle Whitfield, MCIP, CIP Chair, Scholorship and Awards Committee
