$1000 annually
Through The Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women and Children (CREVAWC). Candidate selection will be made by CREVAWC Directors and awarded to a student who has demonstrated outstanding commitment to evidence-based anti-violence strategies.
The Elisabeth Steel Reurink Memorial Award is presented to a student connected with the Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women and Children, Faculty of Education, Western University, who is interested in violence against women and children issues and plays an active role in her community.
Elisabeth died tragically in a school skiing accident on March 5, 2009. Elisabeth, daughter of Linda Steel and Brian Reurink, wrote that “Society and the world are always in need of change or fixing because as soon as we fix one problem another one arises. With every problem people have the ability and the capacity to be compassionate and reach out to help their neighbour, even if their neighbour is half-way around the world."
