The Lieutenant Gordon Shaw Wilkin Military Memorial Bursary was created in 2011.
Gordon Wilkin was born in Assiniboia, Saskatchewan and came to Alberta with his family, enrolling at Mount Royal College in 1911. Before joining the Flying Corps in Toronto in March 1917, Wilkin worked as a bookkeeper for the Calgary Gas Company and developed a wide circle of friends. In England, he served as an instructor on the Handley-Page aircraft. At the time of his death in 1918, Flight Lieutenant Wilkin was serving with the No. 2 Auxiliary School of Aerial Gunnery with the Royal Air Force.
