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2020 Scholarship Recipients

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The 2020 Boris P. Stoicheff Memorial Graduate Scholarship is awarded to

Mr. Matthew Robbins, University of Waterloo, in recognition of leadership in developing the theory of Bose-Einstein condensates as a novel detector of gravitational waves that would open a new window on the universe for astronomical observations.


"I am excited and honored to receive this scholarship. During my PhD, I have always tried to be a successful researcher and effective advocate for graduate students. Receiving this scholarship tells me that I have achieved my goal and I look forward to continuing my work supporting graduate students in the coming year."

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The 2020 Allan Carswell Physics Educator Scholarship is awarded to

Miss Samantha Scarfe, University of Ottawa, in recognition of Although the form does not allow it, we strongly recommend that both Samantha Scarfe and Joshua Mogyoros be awarded the Carswell Scholarship. Both are outstanding, highly motivated physicists and educators who have the ability to make a big difference to physics pedagogy at the secondary school level. If it proves impossible to give two awards, then the single award should go to Samantha Scarfe.


"I have often had the privilege of first-handedly observing that when students are challenged to step back, think slowly, intuitively, and meaningfully, a massive shift in attitude almost always takes place. As an educator, seeing this shift is indescribably rewarding, and what I will continue to seek in my career as a high-school physics educator."

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The 2020 Allan Carswell Physics Educator Scholarship is awarded to

Joshua Mogyoros, University of Toronto, in recognition of Although the form does not allow it, we strongly recommend that both Samantha Scarfe and Joshua Mogyoros be awarded the Carswell Scholarship. Both are outstanding, highly motivated physicists and educators who have the ability to make a big difference to physics pedagogy at the secondary school level. If it proves impossible to give two awards, then the single award should go to Samantha Scarfe.


"The generous endowment from the Allan Carswell Family Foundation will allow me to pursue my Ontario College of Teachers certificate and maintain my volunteer commitments ... [It] will allow me to pursue this career path and hopefully inspire future students for a love of physics the way I have been, and continue to be, inspired."

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