HORATIO ALGER ASSOCIATION OF CANADA
85 remarkable young Canadians awarded scholarships

The Horatio Alger Association of Canada unveiled the names of the 85 students chosen to receive its post-secondary scholarships on January 10th.

The winners include five recipients of the $10,000 Horatio Alger National Entrepreneurial Scholarships, awarded to students who demonstrate a desire and ability to be entrepreneurial in a chosen field, and 80 Horatio Alger Canadian Scholarships valued at $5,000 each.

Horatio Alger scholarships are awarded annually to deserving high school and CEGEP students in financial need who have overcome significant adversity while demonstrating strength of character, strong academics, a commitment to pursuing higher education as well as a desire to contribute to society.

Funds can be used for both post-secondary vocational or university studies. Since 2012, close to $2 million in scholarships have been awarded to 387 deserving young Canadians.

Prem Watsa, the President of the Horatio Alger Association of Canada and a Member of the organization since 2012, congratulated this year's winners.

"Each year, our Association looks for the hardest working, most deserving Canadian students to award our post-secondary scholarships. Our 85 scholarship recipients for 2017 make us proud, and we are honoured to help them as they strive to overcome adversity," said Mr. Watsa. "On behalf of the Members of the Horatio Alger Association, I want to congratulate them on their inspiring achievements."

The Association received thousands of applications from coast to coast to coast, with each submission confirming the necessity of these needs-based scholarships. The average annual family income of the recipients was $22,297. The adversities faced by these applicants include death of a parent or guardian, incarceration of a parent or guardian, abandonment by a parent or guardian, living in foster care, various forms of abuse, and physical or mental disabilities. At the same time, recipients maintain exceptionally high grades, with many of them still finding the time to work during the school year.

The five (5) Horatio Alger National Entrepreneurial Scholarship recipients are as follows:

• Sukhmanpreet Bajwa, Surrey, British Columbia
• Kwaze Gayle, Toronto, Ontario
• Joshua Hewa Batuwitage, Toronto, Ontario
• Phillip Kelly, Collingwood, Ontario
• Coltyn Liu, Vancouver, British Columbia

The eighty (80) Horatio Alger Canadian Scholarship recipients are as follows:

• Ryanne Adams, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
• Shadia Adekunte, Vaughan, Ontario
• Eva Alie, London, Ontario
• Namratha Badawadagi, Calgary, Alberta
• Kayla Beals, Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia
• Marie-Gabrielle Béchard, Courtenay, British Columbia
• Sarah Berod, Victoria, British Columbia
• Anna Boukina, Gatineau, Quebec
• Nathaniel Brown, Shelburne, Nova Scotia
• Savannah Campbell, Elmira, Ontario
• Annaleise Carr, Simcoe, Ontario
• Wesley Chang, Surrey, British Columbia
• Jennifer Chou, Surrey, British Columbia
• Umrin Chowdhury, Toronto, Ontario
• Jessie Christie, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
• Vivian Chu, Toronto, Ontario
• Gabriella Contrino, Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot, Quebec
• Sasha Decker, Toronto, Ontario
• Jaskarn Dhaliwal, Abbotsford, British Columbia
• Michaela Dickens, Springfield, Nova Scotia
• David Doan, Surrey, British Columbia
• Nadeen Elshawish, London, Ontario
• Chantel Findlay, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
• Élexie Francis-Prescod, Mississauga, Ontario
• Samantha Fuller, Armstrong, British Columbia
• Megan Glover, Bay Bulls, Newfoundland and Labrador
• Alexandria Green, Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Jimmy Gu, Edmonton, Alberta
• Michelle Guimond, Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Rahel Gunaratne, Ottawa, Ontario
• Rayanne Gwilliam, Wolseley, Saskatchewan
• Chevy Halvorson, Spruce Grove, Alberta
• Harmeet Hans, Windsor, Ontario
• Rosemarie Hartman, Elmira, Ontario
• Khansa Hasan, Scarborough, Ontario
• Nathalia Herrera, Coquitlam, British Columbia
• Becky Herzog, Kelowna, British Columbia
• Yufeng Huang, Edmonton, Alberta
• Husayn Jamal, Kitchener, Ontario
• Salisa Jatuweerapong, Richmond, British Columbia
• Luna Kawano, Banff, Alberta
• Maheen Khan, Surrey, British Columbia
• Eimaan Khan, Niagara Falls, Ontario
• Kalea Kirsh, Newmarket, Ontario
• Dylan Kryskow, Smiths Falls, Ontario
• Marie-Soleil Leclerc, Granby, Quebec
• Cathleen Leone, Scarborough, Ontario
• Georgia Masaki, Maple Ridge, British Columbia
• Erin McCubbin, Thunder Bay, Ontario
• Rayanne McLuskey, West Kelowna, British Columbia
• Christine Nguyen, Bradford, Ontario
• Iqra Nisa, Toronto, Ontario
• Emily O'Leary, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
• Michael Ong, Oshawa, Ontario
• Joanne Ong, Toronto, Ontario
• Emma Palmer, Bracebridge, Ontario
• Ajay Patel, St. Catharines, Ontario
• Rachel Penman, Putnam, Ontario
• Anna Phipps, East Gwillimbury, Ontario
• Marguerite Poyton, North Bay, Ontario
• Nadeea Rahim, Ottawa, Ontario
• Zohreh Rezaiemanesh, Coquitlam, British Columbia
• Alexis Riley, Toronto, Ontario
• Olivia Rocha, Pickering, Ontario
• Cecilia Rozario, Toronto, Ontario
• Ivan Sadovsky, Surrey, British Columbia
• Salma Saleh, London, Ontario
• Nga Yi (Kelly) Sit, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
• Sharon Smith, Windsor, Ontario
• Jessica Sparrow, Kenton, Manitoba
• Spencer Spiegelman, Toronto, Ontario
• Grace Stickle, Penticton, British Columbia
• Victoria Stock-Belanger, Bowmanville, Ontario
• Julian Stokes, New Hazelton, British Columbia
• Tommy Tang, Toronto, Ontario
• Thomas Terpstra, Brantford, Ontario
• Julie Thibodeau, Burnt Church, New Brunswick
• Brianna Vuong, Toronto, Ontario
• Shanice Walters, Toronto, Ontario
• Julia White, Kaslo, British Columbia