Lenia Chamberlain Memorial Scholarship

Since 1983, this award at Wilfrid Laurier University has recognized a graduate student of merit in the Masters of Arts or Doctoral-level program, in the field of Religion and Culture. The current award is $9,000 each year.

This award was set up by the Chamberlain family to honour the memory of Lenia Chamberlain, an active member of CFUW K-W. Lenia was born in Cyprus and emigrated to Canada where she lived for thirty years. She earned a BA in classics from London University (Bedford College), England, in 1965 and an MA from WLU in 1986, concentrating on archaeology for which she earned the university’s Gold Medal for academic excellence. She was a scholar in the truest sense of the term. As well as English and Modern Greek, she could read and write Ancient Greek and Latin and had a working knowledge of French and German. Her knowledge of ancient art and history and her love of books were reflected in her job in the Reference section of the Kitchener Public Library and her extensive personal library. Lenia’s life was tragically cut short in 1998 by breast cancer.

The fund is supported by the generosity of the Chamberlain family, with the hope that the annual scholarship will help other women to follow the example of Lenia’s love of learning.

Apply for this award on the Wilfrid Laurier University website.

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