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

September 12, 2016

Universities announce their 2016 Schulich Leader Scholarship winners

Toron­to, ON – Kevin Han, Jun Ran Xu, Haleema Khan and Sab­ri­na Cruz have been named 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 1,500 Schulich Leader Nom­i­nees from across Cana­da vying for 50 schol­ar­ships, val­ued at up to $80,000 each. Since incep­tion, 220 stu­dents have received this cel­e­brat­ed schol­ar­ship.

Kevin Han, 18, is a recip­i­ent of the $80,000 Schulich Leader Schol­ar­ship. A grad­u­ate of Dr. Frank J. Hay­den Sec­ondary School in Burling­ton, Ontario, Han will be enter­ing the Fac­ul­ty of the Applied Sci­ence and Engi­neer­ing pro­gram this fall.

Jun Ran Xu, 18, is a recip­i­ent of the $80,000 Schulich Leader Schol­ar­ship. A grad­u­ate of Auro­ra High School in Auro­ra, Ontario, Xu will be enter­ing the Fac­ul­ty of Applied Sci­ence and Engi­neer­ing pro­gram this fall.

Haleema Khan, 18, is a recip­i­ent of the $60,000 Schulich Leader Schol­ar­ship. A grad­u­ate of West­lane Sec­ondary School in Nia­gara Falls, Ontario, Khan will be enter­ing the Life Sci­ences pro­gram at the Fac­ul­ty of Arts and Sci­ence Vic­to­ria Col­lege this fall. She will be a Vic­to­ria Col­lege stu­dent.

Sab­ri­na Cruz, 18, is a recip­i­ent of the $60,000 Schulich Leader Schol­ar­ship. A grad­u­ate of Notre Dame Catholic Sec­ondary School in Ajax, Ontario, Cruz will be enter­ing the Math & Phys­i­cal Sci­ence pro­gram at the Fac­ul­ty of Arts and Sci­ences this fall. She will be an Innis Col­lege stu­dent.

“It is very impor­tant that we sup­port excep­tion­al stu­dents that demon­strate great lead­er­ship and embrace STEM fields,” said Schulich. “It is an invest­ment not only in their future, but the future of our coun­try. Their pur­suits are sure to lead to key inno­va­tions in the years ahead.”

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 be the next pio­neers of glob­al sci­en­tif­ic research and inno­va­tion. This pro­gram awards 100 schol­ar­ships annu­al­ly, val­ued at more than $5.5 mil­lion. 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. As a result, many of our high­est poten­tial stu­dents are win­ning these schol­ar­ships and will make great con­tri­bu­tions to soci­ety.

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For more infor­ma­tion:
www.schulichleaders.com
For media inquiries con­tact:

Fari­da Adam
Stu­dent Awards Offi­cer
Uni­ver­si­ty Advance­ment
Tel: 416–978-5701
farida.adam@utoronto.ca
www.adm.utoronto.ca

Or

David Good­man
dgoodman@schulichfoundation.org
647–289-1950

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