Previous Scholarship Recipients University of Calgary – Faculty of Graduate Studies University of Alberta , Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, Department of History and Classics University of Calgary – Faculty of Graduate Studies 2007/2008 Glenn William Iceton; Graduate Study Topic: Conflict between the First Nation and European land management practices in the Yukon and how the First Nations responded to the policies imposed by the government. Pernille Jakobsen; Doctorate in History Topic: “Bench-Breakers”: Women Judges in Western Canada, 1916 to 1980. I am working on a Doctorate in History at the University of Calgary (I am currently completing my second year and am in the process of finishing my final reading course and preparing for comprehensive exams -- slated for Fall 2008). My dissertation topic concerns Western Canadian women judges from the 1880s until 1980. By "West" I mean Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. I am interested in this topic because it provides me with an opportunity to combine my legal knowledge (I am a member of the Alberta Law Society) and my passion for Canadian history. I do not have any publications to date. I did attend a legal history scholarship conference in Toronto last fall where I gathered insight into new approaches and met many eminent scholars. 2005/2006 Doris Jean MacKinnon The research for my MA Thesis project, which was supported by the Foundation, focused on Marie Rose Delorme Smith, a Metis woman born in the Red River area in 1861 and died in 1960 in the Pincher Creek area. As a young girl, Marie Rose was sold to a whiskey and robe trader and they followed the treaties until changes on the praries necessitated a sedentary lifestyle. Marie Rose and her husband were pioneer homesteaders on the southern plains, where they raised 17 children. This thesis forms the basis of my book "I am alone in this world: the history of Marie Rose Delorme Smith," currently under consideration for publication with the Canadian Plains Research Centre. My PhD. dissertation, also funded by the Eleanor Luxton Foundation, will provide a comparitive analysis of Marie Rose Smith, of French-Metis ancestry, and Isabella Hardisty Lougheed, of Anglo-Metis (ie countryborn) ancestry. Nathan Elliott Rachel Herbert University of Alberta , Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, Department of History and Classics 2007/2008 Not Awarded 2006/2007 Sean Atkins; Ph.D. 2nd year Topic: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to the Environmental History of Native Peoples Peter Fortna; Ph.D. 3rd year Topic: The History of the Image of Banff Courtney Mason; Ph.D. 2nd year Topic: Cultural History of Banff National Park 2005/2006 Matthew Wangler; M.A. 2nd year Topic: The Creation of the Rocky Mountain Parks and Modern Canada 2004/2005 Justin (Tolly) Bradford; Ph.D. 2nd year Topic: William Twin’s “Indiannes” and the Banff National Park Allan Rowe; Ph.D. 4th year Topic: Irish Immigration Settlement and Identity in Western Canada, 1870-1930