Seymour Schulich Gives 40 Canadian Students Largest Ever STEM Scholarships

Forty young Canadians are heading into their first year of university with a large financial boost, after Schulich Leader Scholarships announced the winners of what will be the largest ever STEM scholarships in Canada.

Created by Canadian business leader and philanthropist Seymour Schulich three years ago, the annual awards program encourages high school graduates in Canada and Israel to embrace STEM disciplines in their future careers.

“We are creating the next generation of technology innovators,” said Schulich. “A scholarship of this size will motivate high school students from across the country to pursue their dream and in the process help to ensure our country’s economic competitiveness.”

This year there were 1,147 Schulich Leader Nominees competing for the 40 awards. To date, the scholarship has impacted 120 students from across Canada by distributing more than $7.6 million to Canadian students.

Two scholarship recipients are selected at each of the 20 participating universities. One undergraduate scholarship, valued at $80,000, is designated for a student pursuing a degree in an engineering program. The second undergraduate scholarship, valued at $60,000, is awarded to a student pursuing a degree in a non-engineering based science, technology or mathematics program.

The 2014 Schulich Leaders are:

Name	Hometown	University	Area of Study

Emily Pass	Charlottetown, PE	University of Waterloo	Science
Amanda Rampertab	Oakville, ON	University of Waterloo	Engineering
Quinton Lowe	Cambridge, ON	University of Toronto	Engineering
Lukas Weese	Aurora, ON	University of Toronto	Science
Tayyaba Bhatti	Saskatoon, SK	Queen’s University	Science
Elise Hewat	Kaslo, BC	Queen’s University	Engineering
Pooja Srikanth	Milton, ON	McMaster University	Engineering
Marta Skreta	Toronto, ON	McMaster University	Science
Benjamin Congram	Stratford, ON	Western University	Engineering
Mark Krammer	Prince Albert, SK	Western University	Science
Vivian Tsang	Vancouver, BC	University of British Columbia	Science
Cheng Xie	Vancouver, BC	University of British Columbia	Engineering
Simona Bene Watts	Lee Creek, BC	McGill University	Science
Anna Henley	St. John’s, NL	McGill University	Engineering
Clare McGrath	Woodstock, NB	University of Ottawa	Science
Charles Nellis	Sudbury, ON	University of Ottawa	Engineering
Kirtan Dhunnoo	Edmonton, AB	University of Alberta	Engineering
Chelsea Hong	Edmonton, AB	University of Alberta	Science
Janica Echavez	Calgary, AB	University of Calgary	Engineering
Lauren Hebert	De Winton, AB	University of Calgary	Science
Amanda MacLean	Elmsdale, NS	Dalhousie University	Engineering
Alysha Rose	Saanichton, BC	Dalhousie University	Science
Raaj Chatterjee	Surrey, BC	Simon Fraser University	Engineering
Nancy Lum	Burnaby, BC	Simon Fraser University	Science
Mohammed Abousaleh	Victoria, BC	University of Victoria	Engineering
Joshua Stimpson	Beaverdell, BC	University of Victoria	Science
Tushita Patel	Mississauga, ON	University of Saskatchewan	Science
Teah Zielinski	Saskatoon, SK	University of Saskatchewan	Engineering
Alexander Czehryn	Winnipeg, MB	University of Manitoba	Engineering
Kailee Rutherford	Holland, MB	University of Manitoba	Science
Sonja Power	Upper Tantallon, NS	University of New Brunswick	Engineering
Shuaijin Wang	Saint John, NB	University of New Brunswick	Science
Betty Seifu	Toronto, ON	York University	Engineering
Sherry Wong	Cambridge, ON	York University	Science
Jennifer Careen	Goulds, NL	Memorial University of Newfoundland	Engineering
Jennifer Tucker	St. Philip’s, NL	Memorial University of Newfoundland	Science
Laurence Poirier-Blanchette	St-Hubert. QC	Université de Montréal	Science
Lucas Ruel	Wickham, QC	École Polytechnique de Montréal	Engineering
Ioana Fugaru	Québec, QC	Laval University	Science
Vincent Rocheleau	Rouyn-Noranda, QC	Laval University	Engineering

Schulich Leader Scholarships accepted applications from every high school, secondary school and Cégep across Canada for candidates that demonstrate at least two of the following attributes: academic excellence, outstanding community, business or entrepreneurial leadership and financial need.

Students can also apply to become nominees to compete for 2015’s competition, starting October 1.

The scholarships were created in 2011 by entrepreneur and philanthropist Seymour Schulich. Today, 75 undergraduate scholarships are awarded annually to students pursuing undergraduate studies in the STEM subjects.

A release said that the $100 million endowment fund is “creating the next generation of technology innovators in Canada and Israel.” Schulich Leader Scholarships are fully funded by The Schulich Foundation. The administration of the program is a function of the Jewish Foundation of UJA Federation of Greater Toronto.