John and Barbara BARTON Fellowship in Economics

Award descriptionFellowships totalling $39,150 have been made available through an endowment established by Dominic Barton (B.A. 1984, M.Phil., LL.D. 2012), in honour of his parents, John and Barbara Barton, for outstanding international students entering the Ph.D. in Economics program in the Vancouver School of Economics. Conditional on the recipients' continued satisfactory academic progress, the award may be renewed for an additional year of study. John received degrees from the University of Toronto, the University of Cambridge and McGill University. After his ordination with the Anglican Church of Canada, he took a missionary appointment in Uganda to teach at the Bishop Tucker Theological College. Barbara grew up in Germany, and trained as a nurse at Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal, Quebec. After they returned to Canada, John served in parish ministry in Chilliwack, British Columbia and Barbara received her nursing degree from Ryerson University, and worked as a nurse in Chilliwack and Oakville, Ontario. The fellowships are made on the recommendation of the Vancouver School of Economics, in consultation with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.