CFUW K-W Margaret Dale Philp Award

Since 1973, this award at Wilfrid Laurier University has recognized an outstanding female student in the masters or doctoral program in Humanities or Social Sciences. The current award is $4,000 each year.

This award was set up by the CFUW K-W Club as part of the club’s 50th anniversary, to honour the memory of Margaret Dale Philp. Margaret was a past president and life member of the club, who passed away suddenly in 1972 as a result of a car accident.  Margaret was a Latin and English teacher at K-W Collegiate, whose illustrious students included Kenneth Millar (well-known mystery writer Ross MacDonald) and his wife, author Margaret Millar.

The fund was increased by a generous donation in 2004 bequeathed from Kathryn Lippert, a fellow member of CFUW K-W and a librarian, as an expression of her life-long love of books and support of literacy. It is also funded by club member donations and the annual used book sale.

In 2019, an additional award of $3,500 was given in recognition of CFUW National’s 100th anniversary.

Apply for this award on the Wilfrid Laurier University website.

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