Scholarships and Awards
Champions for Education
The Education Trust Fund Committee is proud to be part of CFUW Saanich Peninsula’s legacy of support for women’s education. The Committee is honoured to invest, administer and distribute the funds received each year from investment earnings, donations, fundraising projects and bequests from Club members and their families.
Just 30 years old in 2025, the Club has raised sufficient funds to develop 4 endowments – totalling approximately $135,000. Recently CFUW Saanich Peninsula was gifted $50,000 from the family of Myrna Holden, a founding member, which is held in trust to distribute 10 annual awards of $5,000 to the University of Victoria, Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science.
The Education Trust Fund is currently entrusted with a healthy balance of funds in its bank account, monies raised by a myriad of projects our “champions” create. These funds are partially distributed in the form of 4 annual secondary school graduation scholarships. Howevery, in 2026 there were sufficient funds to give two awards of $1,500 at each of the 4 secondary schools in School District 63 on the Saanich Peninsula. A portion of these funds were also committed to 5 annual awards of $2,000 each for the Women in Trades Program at Camosun College.
Responses from award recipients indicate these champions’ efforts have the very powerful impact of fueling both dreams and futures.
Post Secondary Awards
- The Audrey and Carl Mawby CFUW Saanich Peninsula Award for one or more awards to women undergraduate students studying Canadian or British history in the Department of History.
- The Myrna Holden CFUW Saanich Peninsula Award for a woman working toward a degree in the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science (FECS). Click here to learn more.
- CFUW Saanich Peninsula Engineering Technology Award for one student identifying as a woman who is enrolled in the second year of any Engineering Technology Program and who has demonstrated a passion for the career of an Engineering Technologist and is dedicated and supportive of her peers.
- CFUW Saanich Peninsula First Nations Woman Award for a First Nations woman who has a track record of a satisfactory academic performance, registered in the final year of a degree, university-transfer or professional studies program with a goal of achieving a university degree. Preference will be given to a woman of the W’SANEC’ Nation.
- CFUW Saanich Peninsula Women in Trades Foundation Award to benefit one student identifying as a woman who has completed one of the Trades Foundation Programs offered at Camosun. The student will have demonstrated teamwork, respect and safety in class.

More news later this Spring on the 2026 Awards ![]()
In 2026 our Club will be awarding 2 scholarships of $1,500 each at the 4 secondary schools. In addition, there is a donation for a specific scholarship for the International Baccalaureate Program at Parklands Secondary School.


CFUW Saanich Peninsula Audrey and Carl Mawby Award
Emily Schwartz
Humanities 3rd year, Major: History – from Kimberley, BC
Award – $970
Vivian Meneley-Brulot
Humanities, 4th year, Major: History – from Victoria, BC
Award – $970
CFUW Saanich Peninsula Myrna Holden Award
Nicole Leitao
Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and
Computer Science
Award – $5,000
Andrea Sam
University Transfer
Award – $1,564
CFUW Saanich Peninsula Engineering Technology Award
Sofia Marin Lavin 2nd year, Mechanical Engineering
Award – $1,425
CFUW Saanich Peninsula Women in Trades Award

In 2025 the Education Trust Fund awarded $11,929 to women pursuing post secondary education.
One-time Awards
Occasionally CFUW Saanich Peninsula provides a one-time award at the request and/or donation of a member or a member’s family.
In 2021, after the death of long time member Margaret Little, the Club received a memorial donation and some of Margaret’s artwork.
Margaret Little (1930–2020) was a British Columbia-based artist known for her creative, multi-medium work, settling in Sidney, BC, in 2002. Her artistic practice focused on personal expression, utilizing various forms to communicate, heal, and create beauty, while also engaging in environmental activism and community support.
With the donation and the sale of the art, plus an infusion to top-up the amount, we offered a one-time $1,000 scholarship in Margaret’s name at the University of Victoria in the Fine Arts program.
In 2025, the Education Trust Fund received an anonymous donation worth approximately $3,115.
At the request of the donor this amount will be
presented as a scholarship in June of 2026 to a student enrolled in the International Baccalaureate Program at Parkland Secondary School.

The International Baccalaureate (IB) is a global
leader in international education—developing inquiring, knowledgeable, confident, and caring young people. Their programs empower school-aged students to take ownership in their own learning and help them develop future-ready skills to make a difference and thrive in a world that changes fast.









