The CUPE 5791 Scholarship was established to assist student employee members of CUPE 5791 who are pursuing full time studies at the undergraduate or graduate level at the University of Regina.
Eligibility: The $1500.00 scholarship will be awarded to a University of Regina undergraduate or graduate student who meets the following criteria:
- Must be a Student Employee member of CUPE 5791 at time of application.
- Must be registered in full-time studies for the semester in which they are applying.
- Must have a minimum average of 60% in their most recent year of study.
- Must submit a short essay, not to exceed two pages, on the topic selected by the scholarship committee (as seen below).
Topic for Fall 2025 Scholarship: TBD
Applications: Please submit cover letter, essay and unofficial transcripts to CUPE.5791@uregina.ca by March 15, 2024. Cover letter is to include position and department you are employed in, email address, mailing address and a short bio of yourself.
Note: As a condition of your scholarship application, you are authorizing that your submissions may be acknowledged and/or reproduced in CUPE correspondence and website.
Past Winners:
WInter 2025 Essay – Caitlyn Hollywood: Give 2-3 ways unions create supportive environments that empower diverse workers, promote workplace equity, and foster an inclusive culture that benefits both employees and employers.
Fall 2024 Essay – Akhila Asokan: Current trends impacting Canadian laborers encompass rising inflation, stagnant wages, diminishing benefits, declining job stability, and the concern of automation and technological advancements, including artificial intelligence. Among these trends, which specific aspects are of utmost importance to labor unions representing public sector workers, and what are one or two approaches they can adopt to alleviate the adverse effects of these trends on their members ?
Winter 2024 – Donovan Buskey: The labor movement is comprised of a diverse array of unions. Is it incumbent upon individual unions to offer support to other unions during job actions that do not directly impact them? If so, what are two to three strategies by which they may provide such support?
2023 Fall 2023 – Sayeem Md Abdullah : Do Unions have a moral obligation to take a stand on political issues? If so, what are 2-3 ways they can do so.
2023 Winter -Mwila Munganama: What issues should a modern Union be advocating for to better reflect the world around them. If so how should they go about this?
2022 Fall ($1000)- Comfort Fasinu, Eimaan Agha, Lindsay Demchuk: Work from Home: what are the potential impacts and solutions on Union / Work engagement when you aren’t all physically present in the workplace.
2019 FALL – Parvin Yazdanparast – How do Unions Effect Equality in the Workplace