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Inspirational stories

Meet Emily Mulroney: a Lyme disease champion achieving her goal to improve society thanks to scholarship giving

Emily Mulroney harvesting from a garden - RRU Budh Singh and Kashmir Kaur Dhahan Scholarship scholarship recipient

Emily Mulroney comes from an average Canadian, close-knit family with strong family values. She was a well-rounded student and competitive athlete in

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Meet Kamlesh and Meenu: the mother-daughter duo who defied norms to fight for a girl’s education

Kamlesh and meenu - a mother daughter fought for a girl's education in Punjab

One evening in 1984, Kamlesh, a new mother, held her four month old daughter, Meenu, in her arms. Sitting in a rural Punjabi village, she admired her

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Meet Sieuwke Stoppel: a single mom achieving independence as a “servant leader,” thanks to scholarships and community support

Sieuwke Stoppel - RRU Budh Singh and Kashmir Kaur Dhahan Scholarship scholarship recipient

Sieuwke (pronounced “shoe-ka”) Stoppel is the Operations Director with Braeside Community Association in Calgary. Prior to joining the organization,

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Meet Reena: the working widow determined to improve her daughter’s future

Reena - working widow at Guru Nanak Mission Hospital

When Reena was a child, she was taught the value of honest and hard work. She adopted the life philosophy that, “regardless of the type of work you

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Meet Rebecca Sketchley: a struggling single mom who found her dream job thanks to scholarship giving

Rebecca Sketchley - children at beach - Royal Roads University scholarship recipient

Rebecca Sketchley is an avid community volunteer and the Regional Lead, Mental Wellness for Northern Health in Smithers B.C. The latter is her “dream

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Meet Chris Marks: the multi-talented, quadriplegic father working on his master’s degree, thanks to scholarship funding

Chris Marks - scholarship recipient - blog featured image

Chris Marks is a born-and-bred, European-Canadian who grew up on fishing boats off of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia (B.C.). By the time he was

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Meet Kulwinder Singh: a farm boy who became a charity leader in rural Punjab

Kulwinder Singh Dhahan - General Secretary of Guru Nanak Mission Medical and Educational Trust

Kulwinder Singh is the voluntary, full-time general secretary of Guru Nanak Mission Medical and Educational Trust (GN Trust) in Punjab, India, which

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Meet Anita Rodrigues, the Indigenous biochemistry major whose life was changed thanks to a self-identifying scholarship

Anita portrait - UBC Centennial Scholarship recipient

Anita Rodrigues, a biochemistry major at the University of British Columbia (UBC), knows she has First Nations blood on her father’s side. It can be

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