Meridian Credit Union in June will award $25,000 in scholarships to high school graduates with community spirit who are heading to college or university.
Applications are being accepted for the Good Neighbour Scholarship program. Students should demonstrate the qualities of a good neighbour to qualify — leadership in community spirit and social responsibility.
The program will provide [...]
Engineers from New Jersey American Water shared their expertise with aspiring seventh and eighth grade engineers from across the state at the National Engineering Week Future Cities Competition, held on Saturday, January 17, on the Busch Campus at Rutgers University.
“Water and the Economy” is the focus of this year’s Future Cities Competition. The students, who [...]
Fifteen students enrolled in the mechanical techniques/marine engine mechanic program at Georgian College this fall will each receive a $1,000 scholarship from the Ontario Marine Operators Association (OMOA).
A shortage of skilled workers in the industry has prompted the association to offer the scholarships.
“For every graduate of the Georgian program, approximately 10 jobs are available,” said [...]
A Trent University student has won a US$14,000 scholarship to study lynx in Ontario.
Megan Hornseth will use the Wildlife Conservation Society scholarship to cover her costs as she traps and collars lynx with global positioning system hardware near Thunder Bay.
The Wildlife Conservation Society is a U.S.-based group that saves wildlife and wildlands through science, international [...]
The race for the brawniest and brainiest is on.
Ontario universities — the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier among them — are breaking new ground in their efforts to attract top-rated student athletes. Come September, for the first time ever, they will offer athletic scholarships of up to $3,500 to qualified freshmen.
Currently, such scholarships are [...]
Vanita Sharma has donned the ceremonial White Coat at the prestigious DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Vanita was the recipient of the John D. Schultz Heart and Stroke Research Scholarship and the Canadian Hypertension Society Scholarship Award for 2006.
Vanita was actively involved with Research teams as a summer student [...]
Following a very successful introduction of their Arrive and Drive Rookie Series in 2006 and their most recent announcement of becoming the official Canadian Importer for INTREPID Racing Karts, Daniel Di Leo, President of Goodwood Kartsport Inc. is very excited about this new announcement.
“Last season, with the introduction of the Canadian Rookie Karting Championship, we [...]
The quiet campaign to renew the controversial Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation is going public this week with the first major push to save the program.
Foundation executive director Norman Riddell will be on Parliament Hill today to warn MPs that the $2.5-billion scholarship endowment will be exhausted by 2009 and the government will have to make [...]
Each will receive $40,000 towards participation in the 2007 Formula BMW USA championship and automatic free enrollment in Formula BMW USA Education and Coaching Program.
Returning from the two-day scholarship shoot-out held at the Formula BMW Racing Center at the Circuit de la Communitat in Valencia, Spain on September 18 and 19 are Ian Costa (17), [...]
The league formerly known as the Western Junior B Hockey league was once a gold mine for NCAA schools seeking Canadian talent.
Not any more.
With a paucity of college scouts prowling what is now known as the Western Ontario Hockey League, there was not a single player in the nine-team loop who obtained a scholarship [...]