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University of Toronto students awarded largest Canadian scholarship to study

June 25, 2015

Schulich Leader Scholarships for $80,000 and $60,000 per student announce 2015 winners

TORONTO, ON — Christo­pher Cho­quette, Daniel McIn­nis, Julia Won and Annie Yao 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 in their future careers. This year, there were 1,250 Schulich Leader Nom­i­nees from across Cana­da vying for these 50 new schol­ar­ships. Now in its fourth year, 170 stu­dents from across the coun­try are Schulich Leader Schol­ars, and have received $11 mil­lion in sup­port.

Christo­pher Cho­quette, 18, is a recip­i­ent of the award val­ued at $80,000. A grad­u­ate of Riverdale Col­le­giate Insti­tute in Toron­to, Cho­quette will be enter­ing the Applied Sci­ence and Engi­neer­ing pro­gram this fall.

Daniel McIn­nis, 17, is a recip­i­ent of the award val­ued at $80,000. A grad­u­ate of St. Fran­cis Xavier High School in Ottawa, McIn­nis will be enter­ing the Applied Sci­ence and Engi­neer­ing pro­gram this fall.

Julia Won, 18, is a recip­i­ent of the award val­ued at $60,000. A grad­u­ate of Father Michael Goetz School in Mis­sis­sauga, Won will be enter­ing the Life Sci­ences Pro­gram at Trin­i­ty Col­lege this fall.

Annie Yao, 18, is a recip­i­ent of the award val­ued at $60,000. Yao will be enter­ing the Life Sci­ences Pro­gram at Trin­i­ty Col­lege this fall.

“Fos­ter­ing lead­er­ship in STEM fields is vital to Canada’s eco­nom­ic pros­per­i­ty,” said Sey­mour Schulich.“It is immense­ly impor­tant to invest in the next gen­er­a­tion of tech­nol­o­gy inno­va­tors as they devel­op and hone their minds and skills to con­tribute to our nation­al and glob­al com­mu­ni­ty. This coun­try has already pro­duced excep­tion­al Schulich Lead­ers since its found­ing in 2011. Every year, our mis­sion is to sup­port out­stand­ing stu­dents in pur­suit of their dreams”.

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 2012 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 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 vis­it: www.schulichleaders.com

For media inquiries con­tact:

Car­men Sebert
Stu­dent Awards Offi­cer
Uni­ver­si­ty Advance­ment
Tel: 416–978-5701
carmen.sebert@utoronto.ca
www.adm.utoronto.ca

Or

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

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