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Key people | Seymour Schulich |
Endowment | $200 million |
Website | schulichleaders.com |
The Schulich Leader Scholarships is a Canadian and Israeli undergraduate award program that provides scholarships for students enrolled in STEM areas of study. Established in 2011 following a $100 million gift from Canadian businessman and philanthropist Seymour Schulich [2] and co-administered by the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, [3] the program was initiated with the goal of producing STEM leaders to strengthen the economic competitiveness of Canada and Israel. [4] In the inaugural year, 977 high schools and CÉGEPs across Canada put forward a nominee to compete in the annual award competition. [5] In 2015, 1,250 students were nominated, fifty of whom were selected for the scholarship by one of the twenty participating universities. [6] In 2020, the size of the program doubled in Canada, offering 100 scholarships annually totalling $11 million CAD.
In Canada, all secondary schools may submit a single nominee for the award each year, with the exception of CÉGEPs in Québec, which may submit four. To be eligible for the scholarship, nominees must meet two criteria: (1) academic excellence, (2) leadership, charisma and creativity. Strong consideration will be given to students with financial need. Nominees must also be entrepreneurial-minded and intend to pursue a career in one or more of the following focus areas: (a) Technology; (b) Engineering; (c) Entrepreneurship and business enterprise; (d) Applied scientific research. [7]
Choosing from the pool of nominees who have applied to their institution, each of twenty participating universities select two students to become Schulich Leader Scholarship recipients - one student pursuing undergraduate studies in engineering receives a scholarship valued at $120,000 CAD, while the second scholarship, allocated to a student in one of the other three STEM disciplines, has a $100,000 CAD value. [8]
In addition to the Canadian program, Schulich Leader Scholarships is being carried out at five participating universities in Israel. [9]
In Israel, nominees are evaluated based on similar attributes: leadership, academic standing, and financial need. [10]
Each university selects ten Schulich Leaders annually: five engineer-based Leaders and five science, technology or mathematics-based Leaders. [11] In 2020, Technion - Institute for Technology launched a custom Schulich Leaders Entrepreneurship Program that awards 15 annual scholarship recipients through an independent in-person screening process. Applicants are eligible after year one of undergraduate study, receiving financial support for two to three years of their Bachelor's degrees and are immersed in a valuable entrepreneurship enrichment program. [12]
The following university partners distribute Schulich Leader Scholarships:
Year / University | Simon Fraser University | University of British Columbia | University of Victoria |
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2012 | Jessie Russell Jeff Chen [13] | Cassandra Elphinstone [14] Jen-ai Lai [15] | Jennifer Borchert Aliya Khan |
2013 | Deven Azevedo [16] [17] | Jake Blan [18] [19] Gurman Khera [19] | Paul Kim [20] [21] Sarah Khan [21] |
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2018 | Antonia Kowalewski Bradley Schellenberg | Emily Cross Ronin Cunningham Rebecca Lim Mateo Pekic | Spencer Hancock Karlee Zaruk |
2019 | Erin Flood Philip Stachura | Nika Martinussen Lauren Moody Aidan Mundle Helen Zhang | Elise Coates Sacha Stipec |
2020 | Chloe Ma Tejash Poddar | Kailey Beckie Susan Chung Aidan Eglin Yosamin Esanullah Adam Gurbin Rita Jin Ethan Lodermeier Romina Mahinpei Niki McIntosh James Ropotar | Victor Kamel Sean Lee |
2021 | Sierra Carmichael Tyler McClellan | Mohammed Al-Seragi Raven Caron Mina Chong Carlos Georgescu Xavier Lam Solenne Le Billon Emilie Ma Sarvesh Singh Robin Yadav Rowan Zawadzki | Denaisha Kraft My Huy Lim |
2022 | Evan Dyce Maya Rink | Ethan Chan Lyra Fletcher Manorama Joshi Raphael Kelly Edward Li Sarthak Tyagi | Sophie Pavlik Renata Kamel |
2023 | Alexander Charnetski Lilian Pham | Shailah Aggarson Grace Gao Jeanette Guo Zachary Xie Leo Xu Alexander Zhong | Mohammad Awwad Evan Warburton |
2024 | Tarnjot Singh Aujla Emily McKinnon | Maya Achuthan Emma Creelman Jenna Hamilton Patrick Huynh Anush Mutyala Nathan Zhao | Cohen Cheetham Mahir Singh |
Year / University | University of Alberta | University of Calgary | University of Saskatchewan | University of Manitoba |
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2018 | Gillian Besko Anoushka Gaekwad | Maria Baclig Rylan Marianchuk | Vaidehee Lanke Joel Pollak | Michael Kehler Alex Kitt |
2019 | Aakankshya Kharel Anna Mueller | Elian Dupre Sarmiento Allison Guthrie | Morgan Beattie Ashim Dhital | Mia Battad Nikolaus Reichert |
2020 | Jessica Hammal Grafton Hopkins Shubhkarman Jaura Rajan Maghera Benjamin Sharp Jeffrey Sinclair | Michael Kohlman Philippa Madill Jenna Murphy Shubh Patel Cole Roberts Raunak Sandhu | Arliss Sidloski Olivia Stewart | Joshua Bond Shubhneet Thind |
2021 | Cynthia Cui Jennifer Huynh Jordan Kurtzweg Sandra Taskovic Kevin Uzomechine Tomas Walter | Lujaina Eldelebshany Malana Loxam Gabriel Rodriguez Aarsh Shah Michael Tan Finn Vamosi | Eva Sosnina Cole Willmann | Darlene Cuevas Jordon Hong |
2022 | Colin Chan Divya Prasad Geli Ferriss Hunaid Khan Muhammed Shareef Rion Schulz [57] | Alison Stanley Ana DuCristea Caleb Melin Iliana Hodgins Nabihah Hussaini Nikko Po | Ami Rai Sarah Ens | Marina Caracas Le-Fort [58] Rebekah Soneye |
2023 | Ashbani Kaur Maxwell Nganyadi Peter Menghesha Sofia Sejutee Stephen Squires | Albert Kalayil Ayden De Neve Kiana Urekar Morteza Faraji Silas Mertz Tori Rose | Aurora April Talia Iwanchysko | Cody McDonald Simar Ubhi |
2024 | Charlise Bruchet Oliver (Youdong) Chen Chaeeun Lee Selena Pang Gabriel Thacker Shen Zhou | Rumeza Fatima Abigail Kyliuk Zalia Lee Olivia McAuley Zachary Morden Timothy Sears | Sahas Mittal Rowan Redekopp | Gregory Petryk Landon Reid |
Year / University | McMaster University | Queen's University | University of Ottawa | University of Toronto | University of Waterloo | Western University | York University |
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2018 | Julia Azzi Shannon Buck Emelyn Kupinski Nikola Petrevski | Angela Choi Sonal Gupta Sophia Ludovice Peter Matthews | Roslin Chen Angelica Paynter | Daniel Hoogsteen Markus Kunej Sidrah Rana Eli Scott | David Gu Atif Mahmud Advait Maybhate Robin Wen | Ryan Harlen Tony Xu | Katrina Carver Jack Wawrow |
2019 | Arielle Ainabe Henry Gage Jessie Meanwell Arjun Snider | Anthony Galassi Isabeau Lewis Andrew Stachow George Trieu | Neve Foreman Ellen Perry | Aidan Britnell Adam Glustein Caleb Lammers Thomas Moffat | Jason Amri Evangeline Dryburgh Zeel Patel Shahed Saleh | Katie Brown Liam Israels | Kathryn Chin Rebecca Werner |
2020 | Shathurshika Chandrakumar Erin Donahue-Boyle Magalie Durepos-Létourneau Tomas Frankovich Samuel Khzym Hayley Monson Tyler Ng Ahmed Raja Aaron Shannon Anthony Vu | Catherine Austin Rabab Azeem Emma Davison Abdellah Ghassel Sharaf Khan Liyi Ma Shashank Ojha Emanuel Piccininni Nazanin Soghrati Dajung Yoon | Angéline Lafleur Jeremy Leigh | Christopher Adolphe Mallory Bond Adele Crete-Laurence Aaron D'Mello Zack Fine Daniel Hocevar Aditi Misra Azeem Mohammad Jessica Ritter Matthew Toohey | Anish Aggarwal Tara Ferguson Christina Hanna Courtney Kates Jacob Mausberg Yashvardhan Mulki Dhruv Upadhyay Tyler West Jason Xiong Peter Zhu | Natalie Loewen Charlotte Motuzas Katja Murray Elizabeth Olsson Cole Sweet Christy Xie | Luca Filippelli Amen Okungbowa |
2021 | Sathurshan Arulmohan Jay Botham Nadia Breault Annika Culhane Michael Fedotov Erin Rebello Daniel Sampson Joseph Saturnino Alexander Vicol Nethra Wickramasinghe | Sabrina Button Cassie Douglas Julia Dyck Bono Eticha Hayley Galsworthy Nathan Gerryts Theo Lemay Simon Long Louise Turner Olivia Xu | Affaan Ali Madelin Rioux | Lisa Bera Lucas Crupi Jacob Kolyakov Anisha Latchman Andrew Magnuson Savanna Pan Kevin Qu Youssef Soliman Leanne Tran Emily Zhou | Shanaya Barretto Saptarshi Bhattacherya Alicia Bremer Andy Dong Heidi Hon Aung Khant Min Kushal Mujral Dina Orucevic Eric Pei Brianna Thomas | Christian Goff Andréa Jackson Aimée Petrea Chiripuci Mandric Sittaro Shaelagh Stephan Daniel Weppler | Kiara Mavalwala Aryan Soni |
2022 | Michelle Adams Rebecca Barbera Camille Gillespie Arnica Khaton Javayria Mudassar Kaylee Rich Ziqi Shang Tyler Smith Amanda Sullivan Kyle Sung | Gabrielle Barsky-Giles Michael Cassidy Emma Dafoe Liam Doris Ahmad El-Barbary Hussam Hayek Tacen Huezo Vivian Hughes Lucas Komljenovic Connor Leung | Ella Bigney Amanda Doku | Mahjabeen Ali Lauren Altomare Sheryl Buttar Kai Chen Armaandeep Dhanoa Robert Firsov Logan MacDonald Alexander Macri Azlan Naeem Lucy Shen | Subha Azrin Tudor Barsan Charlotte Brown Norman Chen Maggie Liu Krishna Patel Ashwin Roperia Sarah Wilson Michael Xu Jonathan Zhou | Alexander Chin Brent Davison Eric Hout Holly Morton Marianna Speranza Tina Xu | Hannah Alli Neill Botushanski |
2023 | Fireese Berg Ella Chow Riley Finnigan Matthew Kenney Jocelyn Kuntsi Edris Lutfi Timothy Morcombe Rachel Veldhuizen Julian Vesprini Amelie Zahoruk | Keegan Amos Torrin Bigrigg Qwin Goodwin Ishaan Grewal Raymond Guo Oliver Lynn Leila Salem Sarena Sandhu Elliott Vince Paul Wu | Steffen Zylstra Rachel Luo | Celina Chen Lucas Hilden Manroop Kalsi Tiana Kayemba Serewaya Latif Chloe Lee Adam Omarali Sanjit Neil Samanta Samantha Sedran Mark Xiang | Evangeline Bouganim Brandon De Lazzari Eric Gao Mikael Haji Scott Hao Caroline Huang Mahi Joshi Manasva Katyal Josephina Kim Ammielle Wambo Becker | Cole Branston Emma Harmos William Jamieson Kai Laugesen Khalad Osman Rezwan Sadeqi | Mitchell Clapperton Jasmine Gherman |
2024 | Julia Da Silva Muhammed Gangat Luca Iacovelli Andre Kim Taylor Knelsen Pari Markanday Isabel McDonald Timéo Puyet Darshan Shah Fatima Rain-Mariz Tolentino | Pooria Ahmadi Brigitte Armatys Charis Chang Allison Goodyear Kearin Gough Dolev Klein Harari Mykola Luty Cameron MacDonald Caitlin Roach Joyce Wong | Kevin Joseph Tchoutat Évence Laël Batobo | Ammar Ahmad Arkhyp Boryshkevych Samantha Chan Caleb Irwin Srijit Iyer Connor Jantzi Jonathan Li Phalguni Nandakumar Julia Sinclair Noah Vig-Fernandes | Johnnie Chen Salma El Gohary Elisa Gabriele Aditya Makkar Ronak Patel Evan Ralph Emma Shi Noah Sonser Pari Vansjalia Daniel Zhang | Viktoriia Bohomazova Jayabhishek Chaudhary Reuben DeBoer Mihir Dinavahi Keira Hanlon Himnish Kaila Ryan Marsh Oliver Ridge Rebecca Sirkin Davin Tapp | Bill Nhat Nguyen Krishiv Panchal |
Year / University | McGill University | École Polytechnique de Montréal | Université de Montréal | Université Laval |
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2018 | Miasya Bulger Raphael Hotter | Vlad Drelciuc | Robin Legault | Maria-Laure Filion Monica Gagnier |
2019 | Cyril Mani Marin Schultz | Danick Lamoureux | Alexanne Bisson | Maxime Langevin Samuel Lefançois |
2020 | Christopher Chong Anne Sarah Dickman Joey Koay Ana Eugenia Quintero Garcia Louis-Philippe Robichaud Maggie Xiong | Kathleen Lupien | Francis Clavette | Laurie Dauplaise Simon Gauthier |
2021 | Rianna Dutta Ivy Guo Jessie Kurtz Gabrielle Lavoie Stephen Lu Albert Nitu | Charles Iorio-Duval | Rose Malenfant-Poulin | Médéric Chalifour |
2022 | Aerin Brown Sasha Nicolas Dolgopolyy Tavio Ficaccio Josh Gertsvolf Eya Ibrahim Kristina Kerkelova Sophia Li Alexander Lyakishev Maya Foster Thompson Allison Tsypin | Victoria-Mae Carrière | Etienne Collin [98] [99] [100] | Yeva Côté-Paradis Félix Desroches |
2023 | Kini Chen Aviv David Victor Dekarli Kevin He Isabella Hensley Luke Heras Ryan Marshall Tanya Sohrabi Janelle Tam Erika Wu | Vincent Gagné | Marianne François | William Boissonneault Marianne Mercier |
2024 | Andreea-Nicole Calenciuc Nami Dwyer Allison Hutchings Yanni Klironomos Daniel Valentini Athanasios Wees | Stefanie Lee Milczarek | Béatrice Viscogliosi | Athena Ganesaratnam William Huang |
Year / University | University of New Brunswick | Dalhousie University | Memorial University |
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2018 | Gaia Noseworthy Anna Postill | Anna Minarik Kayla Thomson | Alex Janes Callie Melindy |
2019 | Ashton Grigg Vardaan Malhotra | Ethan Eastwood Maxwell Bauer | Kendra Burden Shiloh Burton |
2020 | Jessica Dean Stephen White | Kiara Bergagnini Corbin Bowering Rylan Cloney Zachary Fraser Soonmoc Kang Lauren La Porte | Tara Gover Tanisha Tucker |
2021 | Julien Haché Matthew Toms-Zuberec | Sundaram Biswas Ewan Glover Nicole Jones Mattie Leslie-Toogood Mary MacInnis Alexander Petkov | Jake Breen Hannah Claire Doyle |
2022 | Isaac Buckingham Micah Landry | Ispeeta Ahmed Mia Curry Emma McFarlane Ryan Neal Natha Paquette Ethan Yee | Jason Matthews Samantha Morgan |
2023 | Hannah Kamogawa Chelsea McKinley | John Michael Brown Xander Brown Matthew Gentleman Saul Hafting Liam Legge Layla Owens | Caleb Anstey Silas Moore |
2024 | Benjamin Bilsky Jacob Ledoux | Harrison Basquill Miriam Epstein Katya McBeth Jami McDowell Seth Morency Jules Owen-Pole | Annika Das-Pal Janaya Pittman |
Year / University | Technion - Israel Institute of Technology | Tel Aviv University | Bar-Ilan University | Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Ben-Gurion University |
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2017 | Shenhav Abitbul Gil Chikorel Gal Elfer Aya Fadool Eyal Finkelshtein Yoav Furer Sagi Lahav Anita Mayorov Eytan Meisner Philip Shakkour | Ido Alpern Matan Arble Danielle Bar Gaea Ehrlich Yarden Haskin Shir Krausz Alon Richter Rom Rosen Galia Shaham Shahaf Sigal | Michael Bash Tfila Berenson Nechama Kelter Tehila Matas Michal Rot Ariel Shapira Shani Shimol Sharon Shoob Halel Stolovitch Ariel Yaaran | Raghad Darawshy Michael Gershtein Kascharel Hronec Tzvi Michelson Inbal Miron Meira Reichenberg Or Tal Lian Tsvetkov Shaie Raul Wainschenker Brahan Wassan | Daniel Arviv Matan Avni Menahem Brenner Osher Gueta Dafna Heiman Gev Krieger Yarden Levi Ori Luwisch Shaked Segev Avihai Serfati |
2018 | Dese Bazonach Rivka Calinsky Elad Cohen Shahar Duani Omer Gliksman Alicia Petrunin Hadas Romov Gal Shenkar Maya Van Gelder Almog Yarom | Michael Alayev Lina Borsky Adi Cohen Katrina Erinchak Nir Kalif Babish Nir Maixner Yuval Malka Yosef Perlmutter Jonathan Svorai Sivan Zohar | Eliya Bronshtein Aryeh Friedman Romi Goldner Rachel Hen Shukrun Ori Karni Nerya Lifshitz Yeela Persky Yuval Sirotkin Alon Tomashin Yitzchak Weber | Shir Attias Meshi Djerassi Shir Halachi Hanan Lugassy Guy Oikawa Shira Oryah Oz Peretz Mohamad Sheme Eyal Yagel Daniela Yardeni | Aviad Ahrak Anna Axalrod Dvir Cohen Hadar Gamlieli Roi Horwitz Sapir Malik Katrin Nehin Deborah Russek Or Saar Yaely Segman |
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