Tamara's Bursary
Thinking About Going Back to School?
In the winter of 2007, an anonymous donor offered to fund a bursary program to support women survivors in their continuing education. The program was created to honour Dr. Kathy Storrie's contribution as a founding member of Tamara's House. Tamara's Bursary will be offered in the coming year for female Aboriginal CSA survivors who wish to continue their education in university, trades, technical, GEd or skill training. Amounts available range from $1000 for GED and skills training to $2500 for university. The deadline for the next round of applications will be posted.
Selection of recipients will be made by a committee and awards will be based on the applicants' passion for education, and their financial need.
Congratulations to this year's recipients
The following documents are available for download:
To access the following files, click on the links listed below - you may open the documents for viewing| printing or save them directly to your computer.Microsoft Word: Excel format: Budget Template for students
Application Process
Resources to support the application process will be available at Tamara's House. Please continue to check this page for further details.
For further information, please contact Tamara's House (306) 683-8667 or email
Background - Dr. Kathy Storrie Scholarship fund
The Dr. Kathy Storrie Scholarship fund was created by the Board of Directors of Tamara's House in September, 2000 in recognition of Kathy Storrie's contribution as a founding member of our organization.
The idea for Tamara's House came from an initial meeting in Kathy Storrie's living room in 1991. A small group of concerned women agreed with Kathy's analysis that women who survived child sexual abuse need a safe home as an alternative to the psychiatric system to help them deal with the after effects of childhood sexual abuse.
In less than a year from the first meeting, Tamara's House was incorporated as a nonprofit organization complete with a Board of Directors and goals and objectives. Kathy suggested we name Tamara's House in memory of Tamar, one of the first recorded victims of sexual abuse from the Old Testament. The story of Tamar is told in II Samuel. This scholarship fund honoured Kathy's commitment to many years of teaching about violence against women at the University of Saskatchewan in the Department of Sociology. Tamara's House awarded the scholarship annually to a sexual abuse survivor who had experienced disruption in her education. Tamara's House was proud to establish a scholarship in her honour.
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