Heather McCallum Scholarship Winner

[Paula Sperdakos]

At its May 2003 Conference in Halifax, NS, the Association for Canadian
Theatre Research/ Association de la recherche théâtrale au Canada awarded
its sixteenth annual Heather McCallum Scholarship to Birgit Schreyer. Ms.
Shreyer is an international student pursuing PhD studies at the University
of Toronto's Graduate Centre for the Study of Drama: her field of
specialization is Canadian dramaturgy. She asked the Heather McCallum
Scholarship to fund her travel to Vancouver, so that she could assist
director/ dramaturge Rachel Ditor: firstly, in rehearsals for a Touchstone
Theatre production of Kathleen Oliver's The Family Way; and secondly, in
preparing a week-long conference on Play Creation Processes in Canada (26
May - 31 May 2003) presented by Vancouver's Electric Company and
facilitated by Rachel Ditor. Ms. Shreyer intends to turn her research
results and experience into an article on current Vancouver-based theatre
artists and forms.
     The Heather McCallum award monies are drawn from the interest
earned annually from an Endowment Fund created in 1987 to honour Heather
McCallum, who established and, for 25 years, headed the Theatre Section
of the Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library. She is the author of the
Directory of Canadian Theatre Archives.
     Tax-deductible donations to the Heather McCallum Endowment Fund are
welcomed and may be sent to Brian Parkinson, Treasurer of ACTR/ARTC, at
the University of Lethbridge (Division of Theatre & Dramatic Arts),
Lethbridge, AB T1K 3M4.
     For any further information regarding the Heather McCallum
Scholarship, including the criteria for application, please contact:

Erin Hurley, Secretary
Heather McCallum Scholarship Fund
Department of English
University of British Columbia
#397 - 1873 East Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1
Office: (604) 822-5101
Fax: (604) 822-6906
hurley at interchange.ubc.ca