OTTAWA - November 22, 2006 - Export Development Canada (EDC) today announced its International Business Scholarships for the 2007-2008 academic year. Twenty-five scholarships are offered to top undergraduate students in business and/or economics, based on their demonstrated interest in finance and international business, as well as their leadership potential and academic achievement. In addition to the $3,000 award, scholarship recipients will be invited to apply for a summer 2007 internship at EDC's head office in Ottawa.
"EDC is a firm believer in our scholarship program's contribution to the development of Canada's capacity to engage in international trade," said Eric Siegel, Acting President of EDC. "By providing Canada's youth with the means to advance their studies and offering hands-on mentoring from EDC specialists through EDC work terms, EDC hopes to create an important advantage for the future leaders of Canadian business."
Since 2000, 168 students have benefited from EDC scholarships and many have used their work term experience with EDC to explore careers in international trade. University of Ottawa student and EDC Scholarship winner, Natasha Lymburner said her participation in last year's program has "given me a level of expertise I could not gain through school alone and will help guide my future career decisions, as well as my general understanding of international business."
The scholarship program is a key component of EDC's Education and Youth Employment (EYE) Strategy, through which EDC transfers its expertise in the areas of international trade, risk management and corporate social responsibility. For additional information about EDC's EYE Strategy and International Business Scholarship, please visit: www.edc.ca/youth.
EDC congratulates our most recent scholarship recipients:
Name
University
Home Town
Shahmeer Ansari
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
Helen Frances Burnett
Carleton University
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Lydia Li-erh Chang
University of Waterloo
Markham, Ontario
Richard Anthony Chou
York University
Mississauga, Ontario
Amy Fisher
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, Newfoundland
Kenneth Gregory Fox
University of New Brunswick
Upper Kingsclear, New Brunswick
Leandro Freylejer
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Gloria Gagalis
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta
Valerie Caroline Gibbs
Simon Fraser University
Vancouver, British Columbia
Stéphanie Haché
University of Moncton
Savoie Landing, New Brunswick
Shan He
Concordia University
Ville St-Laurent, Quebec
Olivier Lacourse
University of Sherbrooke
Chambly, Quebec
Valérie Laferrière
Université du Québec à Montréal
Montreal, Quebec
Colin Keith Richard Lynch
Queen's University
Toronto, Ontario
Brian James MacInnes
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Russell MacSween Cooper
Saint Mary's University
Bathurst, New Brunswick
Karine Marion
HEC Montréal
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Isabelle Melançon
Université du Québec à Montréal
Saint-Lambert, Quebec
Vivian H. Poon
University of Western Ontario
Toronto, Ontario
Bradley James Prince
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
Daniela Princip
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario
Andrea Nicole Reynolds
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia
David Sanmiguel
McGill University
Laval, Quebec
Simon-Alix Tremblay
Laval University
Sainte-Foy, Quebec
Courtenay Jo-Dean Vermeulen
University of Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia
Vladimir Zivkovic
Ryerson University
Toronto, Ontario
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