Kimberley B.C. Poole Family Entrance Award in Engineering for Indigenous Students

Award descriptionTwo awards of $10,000 each have been made available annually through a gift from Dr. William (Bill) Poole (B.A.Sc. 1949) for First Nations, Inuit or M?tis students of Canada entering their first year of a Bachelor of Applied Science program at the Vancouver campus. Preference will be given to students who are from British Columbia or Yukon. Financial need may be considered. Bill and his family are originally from Kimberley, British Columbia, and he graduated from UBC with a degree in Geological Engineering. He spent his career conducting geological surveys with the Geological Survey of Canada. Bill is the oldest of four siblings, John Poole (B.A. 1949), Graham Poole (B.A.Sc. 1954, M.A.Sc. 1956) and Hope Mavis (B.A. 1956, B.S.W. 1959, M.S.W. 1987), all of whom graduated from UBC. Bill created this award to reflect societal areas for which he is passionate and to help remove barriers for future generations of Indigenous students. The awards are made on the recommendation of the Faculty of Applied Science.