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Students at University of Toronto receive Canada’s largest STEM scholarship

September 6, 2017

Toron­to, ON – Andres Lom­bo, Aiden Aird, Carl Pin­ter and Jack Stan­ley have been named The Uni­ver­si­ty of Toronto’s recip­i­ents of the pres­ti­gious Schulich Leader Schol­ar­ships.

Cre­at­ed in 2011 by Cana­di­an busi­ness leader and phil­an­thropist Sey­mour Schulich, this annu­al schol­ar­ship pro­gram encour­ages promis­ing high school grad­u­ates to embrace STEM (Sci­ence, Tech­nol­o­gy, Engi­neer­ing, Math­e­mat­ics) in their future careers. This year, there were over 1,300 Schulich Leader Nom­i­nees from across Cana­da vying for 50 schol­ar­ships, val­ued at up to $100,000 each. Since incep­tion, 270 stu­dents have received this cel­e­brat­ed schol­ar­ship.

Aiden Aird, 18, is a recip­i­ent of the $100,000 Schulich Leader Schol­ar­ship. A grad­u­ate of St. Broth­er Andre Catholic High School in Markham, Ontario, Aird will be enter­ing the Fac­ul­ty of Applied Sci­ence & Engi­neer­ing this fall.

Andres Lom­bo, 17, is a recip­i­ent of the $100,000 Schulich Leader Schol­ar­ship. A grad­u­ate of St. Thomas Aquinas, in Oakville, ON, Lom­bo will be enter­ing the Fac­ul­ty of Applied Sci­ence & Engi­neer­ing this fall.

Carl Pin­ter, 17, is a recip­i­ent of the $80,000 Schulich Leader Schol­ar­ship. A grad­u­ate of Cor­ner­stone Chris­t­ian School in Moose Jaw, SK, Pin­ter will be enter­ing the Fac­ul­ty of Arts & Sci­ence this fall to study neu­rol­o­gy.

Jack Stan­ley, 18, is a recip­i­ent of the $80,000 Schulich Leader Schol­ar­ship. A grad­u­ate of Oak Bay Sec­ondary in Vic­to­ria, BC, Stan­ley will be enter­ing the Fac­ul­ty of Arts & Sci­ence this fall to study micro­bi­ol­o­gy and mol­e­c­u­lar genet­ics.

“Schulich Leader schol­ar­ship recip­i­ents are the best and bright­est STEM stu­dents in Cana­da,” says Schulich.  I tru­ly believe that many of these stu­dents will make great con­tri­bu­tions to soci­ety, both on a nation­al and glob­al scale. With their uni­ver­si­ty expens­es cov­ered, they can focus their time on their stud­ies, research projects, extracur­ric­u­lars, and entre­pre­neur­ial ven­tures. They are the next gen­er­a­tion of tech­nol­o­gy inno­va­tors.”

About Schulich Leader Schol­ar­ships

Schulich Leader Schol­ar­ships are pres­ti­gious entrance schol­ar­ships award­ed to high school grad­u­ates enrolling in a Sci­ence, Tech­nol­o­gy, Engi­neer­ing or Math­e­mat­ics (STEM) under­grad­u­ate pro­gram at par­tic­i­pat­ing uni­ver­si­ties in Cana­da and Israel. Rec­og­niz­ing the increas­ing impor­tance and impact that STEM dis­ci­plines will have on the pros­per­i­ty of future gen­er­a­tions, busi­ness­man and phil­an­thropist Sey­mour Schulich estab­lished this $100 mil­lion schol­ar­ship fund in 2011 to encour­age our best and bright­est stu­dents to become the next pio­neers of glob­al sci­en­tif­ic research and inno­va­tion.

This pro­gram awards 100 schol­ar­ships annu­al­ly, val­ued at more than $7million.  High schools across the coun­try put forth more than 1,300 Schulich Leader Nom­i­nees who were vying for 50 Cana­di­an schol­ar­ships. Schulich Lead­ers can devote their full time and atten­tion to their stud­ies, as all of their finan­cial needs are cov­ered over the course of their degree. Canada’s high­est poten­tial stu­dents are win­ning these schol­ar­ships and will make remark­able con­tri­bu­tions to soci­ety.

About Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to

Found­ed in 1827, the Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to has evolved into Canada’s lead­ing insti­tu­tion of learn­ing, dis­cov­ery and knowl­edge cre­ation. We are proud to be one of the world’s top research-inten­sive uni­ver­si­ties, dri­ven to invent and inno­vate. Our stu­dents have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to learn from and work with pre­em­i­nent thought lead­ers through our mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary net­work of teach­ing and research fac­ul­ty, alum­ni and part­ners. The ideas, inno­va­tions and actions of more than 500,000 grad­u­ates con­tin­ue to have a pos­i­tive impact on the world.

For more infor­ma­tion vis­it
schulichleaders.com

For media inquiries con­tact:

David Good­man
dgoodman@schulichfoundation.org
416–480-6485

Dara New­ton
dnewton@uja.schulichleaders.com
416–480-6492