Graduate Scholarships

Scholarships are available on a competitive basis to full-time graduate students at post-secondary institutions in Manitoba who are engaged in or about to embark on the research portion of their thesis or dissertation. Students may be from any discipline, provided that their research is related to the LGCA’s broad regulatory mandate.

Scholarships are valued at $5,000 for master’s students and $10,000 for doctoral students.

The 2020 application period will be forthcoming.

Click on the following links to access the:
• Scholarship Guidelines and Application Form
• Poster: Scholarship for Cannabis, Gambling or Liquor Research

Previous Scholarship Recipients

2019

•   Elena Bilevicius (Clinical Psychology)

•   Jona Frohlich (Clinical Psychology)

2018

•   Elena Bilevicius (Clinical Psychology)

•   Jona Frohlich (Clinical Psychology)

•   Alanna Single (Clinical Psychology)

2016

•   Jessica Jarmasz (Health Sciences)

Doctor of Philosophy (2018), University of Manitoba, Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science

The Epigenetic Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure in Human Autopsy Brain Tissue (click for link to dissertation)

2015

•   Olena Kloss (Nutritional Sciences)

Proposed Research: Evaluation of food intake patterns and nutritional status of pregnant First Nations women living in Manitoba reserves: Implications for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

•   Raymond Lavoie (Marketing)

Doctorate of Philosophy (2017), University of Manitoba, Asper School of Business 

The Process of Entering Flow and the Outcomes of Flow in Product Trials (click for link to dissertation)

•   Damien Dowd (Psychology)

Gambling in Young Adults – A Longitudinal Investigation of the Pathways Model Using the Manitoba Longitudinal Study of Young Adults (MLSYA)

2014

•   Chad Graves (Psychology)

Doctorate of Philosophy (2017), University of Manitoba, Department of Psychology

Problem Gambling: The Impact of Personality on Gambling (click for link to dissertation)

2013

•   Yi Chu (Jack) Shen (Sociology)

Master of Arts (2018), University of Manitoba, Department of Sociology

A multinomial logistic regression analysis of youth gambling in Manitoba using Cycle 2 of the Manitoba Longitudinal Study of Young Adults (click for link to dissertation)

•   Pranay Das (Economics)

Doctor of Philosophy (2018), University of Manitoba, Department of Economics

Problem Gambling Through the Lens of Population Health (click for link to dissertation)

2012

•   Ryan Nicholson (Clinical Psychology)

Doctor of Philosophy (2018), University of Manitoba, Department of Psychology

Disordered Gambling Across the Lifespan: An Examination of Comorbidity and Diagnosis From DSM-IV to DSM-5 (click for link to dissertation)

2011

•   Chad Graves (Psychology)

Master of Arts (2013) University of Manitoba, Department of Psychology

Problem Gambling: The Mediating Role of Impulsivity and Cognitive Bias (click for link to dissertation)

•   Damien Dowd (Psychology)

Master of Arts (2012) University of Manitoba, Department of Psychology

An Evaluation of the Pathological Gambling Pathways Model Using the National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC) (click for link to dissertation)

2010

•   Navin Bahl (Marketing)

Master of Science (2012) University of Manitoba, Asper School of Business

It’s Not a Game: A Dramaturgical Analysis of An Illicit Online Consumption Community (click for link to dissertation)