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The Killam Trusts were established in 1965 after the death of Dorothy J. Killam, the widow of Izaak Walton Killam, a Canadian financier, for a time the wealthiest man in Canada. [1] He died intestate in 1955, but before his death he and his wife discussed in extensive detail the scholarship plan on which the Killam Trusts were founded.
Dorothy J. Killam (née Dorothy Ruth Brooks Johnston; 1900 – 26 July 1965) was an American-born Canadian philanthropist. She was the wife of Canadian financier Izaak Walton Killam . When he died in 1955 she inherited his fortune and continued to build it until her own death 10 years later.
The restructured Killam Program was officially launched under the administration of the NRC in April 2022. It is now called the National Killam Program and consists of the Killam Prizes and the Dorothy Killam Fellowships.
In 1997, Code was awarded the Walter Gordon Fellowship for her research in feminist theory [4] and was named a Distinguished Research Professor. [5] Three years later, Code was awarded a Killam Research Fellowship, named after Dorothy J. Killam, which allowed her to conduct full-time research.
Her PhD was supported by Killam Prize and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) fellowships, the Dorothy J. Killam Memorial Graduate Prize, as well as an award allowing her to spend a year at Kokugakuin University in Japan conducting research (2002–03).
Izaak Walton Killam (July 23, 1885 – August 5, 1955) was a Canadian financier. Early life. ... bequest from Dorothy Killam's estate in 1965, ...
A group opposed to affirmative action filed a lawsuit accusing McDonald's of not going far enough when it recently rolled back several diversity initiatives by continuing to maintain a program ...
The Killam Research Fellowship, granted for two years with a prize of $70,000 per year, ... and was established by the Killam Trusts through Dorothy J. Killam, ...