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ISACA Ottawa Chapter - Robert Weisman Memorial Scholarship

 

Continue your education and launch your IT career with ISACA! This scholarship is open to graduate students at the University of Ottawa who are pursuing a degree in Digital Transformation and Innovation. Please review the scholarship offering and criteria below, and apply today!

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Applications Due: 11:59 pm CT, 31 January 2025

 

Scholarship Offering:

We will award academic scholarships of CAN$2,000 each, to two graduate students who meet the criteria below. Scholarship money will be paid directly to the awardee in March 2025 and must be used for the school you’re attending in 2025.

Awardees will also receive a Career Building Bundle:

  • One year of ISACA and ISACA chapter Student Membership (giving you access to career pathway and advancement events and webinars)
  • One ISACA course selected from the ITCA  or CET certification (completion of this course will help you get an ISACA certification that indicates a standard of skills to a prospective employer)
  • One ISACA Virtual Conference registration (where you will benefit from speakers who are renowned experts in their fields)
  • ISACA’s Mentoring Program (giving you access to certified digital trust professionals as mentors)
  • Resources to start an ISACA Student Group at university/college (as applicable)
  • Access to additional ISACA and ISACA Foundation resources

Criteria:

Applicants must:

  1. To apply, you first need a free ISACA account. If you have appplied for an ISACA Foundation scholarship before, you may sign in using that account. 
  2. Be 18 years of age or older.
  3. Be enrolled in the University of Ottawa.
  4. Be pursuing a master's degree or PhD in Digital Transformation and Innovation.
  5. Have a minimum 3.25 (out of 4.0) Grade Point Average.
  6. Recipients agree to attend at least one chapter event within 3 months of receiving the award.
  7. Identify as a member of an underrepresented community in IT (this may include race, gender, ethnicity, veteran status, disability, etc.)
  8. Agree to communicate with the ISACA Foundation twice a year for two years regarding school and career trajectory after the scholarship award.

Remembering Robert Weisman:

A lifelong student with a passion for military history, the arts, culture, and languages; Bob’s academic journey led him to pursue Civil engineering first at CMR (Collège Militaire Royale) and then to studies at RMC (Royal Military College) in Kingston Ontario. His role in the armed forces involved visiting many locations throughout Eastern Canada where he served as a construction engineer, squadron commander, decision support researcher, and a command & control portfolio manager.

Through his travels with the Military, Bob was first introduced to and fell in love with the Canadian North, building some of the first airfields in Spence Bay (Taloyoak, Nunavut) and collecting Inuit art.

During his time in the Military, Bob completed a master's degree in computer science in 1992 and taught at RMC where he found a passion for teaching. After completing his Masters Bob was posted to Ottawa where he thoroughly enjoyed all that the National Capital region had to offer, relishing his time at the various museums, festivals, and National Monuments. In 1999, after 27 years of service, in the Canadian Military, Bob retired with the rank of Major.

After his retirement from the Military, Bob continued work as a consultant, enterprise architecture lead, and chief information architect as well as launching his own company, Build The Vision. He was a leader and innovator in the fields of planning, enterprise architecture, and knowledge management with major contributions to the TOGAF standard, an open methodology for enterprise architecture.

While in Ottawa, Bob continued his love of education, obtaining his PhD in digital transformation and innovation from the University of Ottawa in 2019, where he subsequently taught as a part-time professor and an engineer in residence until his passing.

Despite his busy and flourishing career, Bob was a family man and cherished his role as a dad to their three children.