George SAKELLARIDIS Memorial Scholarship in Journalism

Award descriptionScholarships totalling $500 have been made available annually through a gift from the estate of Mary Sakellaridis (1936-2020) in memory of her husband, George Sakellaridis (1915-2004) for outstanding graduate students in the School of Journalism. George and Mary (M.A. 1979, M.L.I.S. 1979) met in South Africa before immigrating to Canada in 1979. George had a career as a newspaper publisher and Mary worked in the field of education. Mary completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Illinois and a Master's at Cornell University. She worked for the Vancouver School Board and New Westminster School District and volunteered as a Director of the Hellenic Housing Society. The awards are made on the recommendation of the School of Journalism, in consultation with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.