Vincent Gardner Memorial Scholarship

This award was created in loving memory of Vincent Gardner

Award Overview

Value of the award:
Minimum $500
Number of awards:
Minimum 1
Award frequency:
Annual
Level or program of study:
Undergraduate
Application Type:
Online Scholarship and Bursaries portal, accessible via uoZone.
Application Deadline:
November 3
Renewable:
No

Purpose of this Award

To assist Black students enrolled full time in the Faculty of Law, Common Law Section.

Eligibility Criteria

The candidate must:

  1. be registered full-time in the Faculty of Law, Common Law Section at the University of Ottawa
  2. have completed the first year of the program with a minimum GPA of 6.0 (B)
  3. self-identify as a member of a Black community and not be related to the donor
  4. demonstrate financial need as determined by Financial Aid and Awards Service

How to Apply

Submitted in the Online Scholarship and Bursaries portal, accessible via uoZone, and must include:

  1. the Financial Questionnaire
  2. self identification as a member of the Black community

About this Award

This fund was established by Mrs. Eunice Gardner, wife of the late Vincent Gardner, and their son Garth Gardner to acknowledge the support the family received from Ottawa’s Black community following Vincent’s death. Vincent was shot by a police officer while visiting with friends in September 1991. He died two months later.

 

Vincent Gardner came to Canada in 1969 to join his wife. He was a peaceful, quiet man who worked hard and liked to meet with friends to talk or “gossip up,” a traditional Jamaican social activity. At the time of his death, he was working for the Hudson’s Bay Company.

 

While the Gardner family will never forget this tragic event, this scholarship will bring some comfort by helping members of the Black community pursue a university education.