Sociology Graduates Received Prestigious Scholarships for Master's Programs

Sociology graduates Emma Leger and Megan Hill say their time at STU prepared them well for graduate school.

Both graduates received prestigious scholarships to fund their master’s degrees.

Emma Leger is currently doing her Master of Arts in Sociology at Carleton University, focusing specifically on gender and health and examining issues associated with sexual violence, masculinity and the White Ribbon campaign. She received scholarships from Carleton, a SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship, as well as a Teaching Assistant position.

Leger, who earned her Honours in Sociology, says her time at STU made her fall in love with higher learning.  

“My experience at STU was amazing and transformative for me. I took so many classes that were engaging, interesting and informative and that experience helped to shape my knowledge and my world view. Not only did I learn so much from the material in my classes, but I also got the privilege of being educated by some of the most kind, caring, intelligent and impactful people that I know,” she said.

“My professors at STU were so supportive of me and my academic career and pushed me to do things I didn’t think were possible. They encouraged me to pursue higher education and worked with me to make sure that I would accomplish my goals.”

Megan Hill is studying aging, queerness, and disability in the Canadian and Indigenous Studies program at Trent University. Her graduate studies are funded by the Canadian Graduate Scholarship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).

Hill’s master's research will focus on growing old as a time to take up youthful activities that emulate the young.   

  

Hill graduated from STU with an Honours in Sociology and a Major in Native Studies. She says her Bachelor of Arts gave her the foundational knowledge to prepare for graduate school. 

“The engagement built into the small class sizes and relationships I built with my professors gave me the confidence I needed to work at the graduate level. I'm grateful to the professors that pushed me academically in my undergrad who prepared me for the workload in my master’s.”