CN Pensioners Associations, Inc.
CN PENSIONERS ASSOICATION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 2015-2016
Our CN Pensioners Association has now completed our third year of scholarship awards in the amount of $1,000 to children , grand-children and great grand children of "contributing" members of the CNPA. Since our first offering in 2013-2014 was so successful, the National Directors voted to increase our scholarships progressively from 10 awards, to 20 awards, and this year 2015 to 25 awards of $1,000 each.
In addition to the CNPA National Council awards, Moncton Council has opted to fund 2 additional scholarships for great grand and grand children of sponsors who are contributing members of Moncton Council No. 1. A similar Bursary is funded by Manitoba council. In total, your association is awarding $28,000 in 2015 which is benefiting the pensioners community.
Our 2015 CN Pensioners Scholarship awards are now complete and the funds have been distributed to the winners. The most difficult job was selecting the better candidates among the very strong applications which were received.
This year there was a total of 104 applications received of which 4 were rejected because the sponsors were not "contributing" (paid up members of our association) Dues, are $1.00 per month, as you know and can easily be arranged by Payroll Deduction by contacting any executive member of your council or region.
All information required on our scholarship awards is contained and easily found on our web site: cnpensioners.org
Applications received in 2015
Applications by Region:
- Atlantic 33 (0 rejections)
- Quebec 6 (0 rejections)
- Ontario 19 (2 rejection)
- Prairie 31 (2 rejections)
- Mountain 15 (0 rejections)
Total Applications: 104
Scholarship recipients in the same Regional order:
| Region | Student | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic | Claire Richardson | Marina Whelan |
| Myryn Steeves | Marjorie Wells | |
| Neal Lemoine | John Ferguson | |
| Lynn Courteau | Roger Hebert | |
| Samuel LeBlanc | Leo Roach | |
| Moncton Council Awards | Mitchell Cassidy | Russell Campbell |
| Garrett Tingley | Carol Nelson | |
| Quebec | Cassandra Guérette | Charles-André Baillargeon |
| Noémie Payette | Robert Payette | |
| Lydia-Marie Frenette | Juliette Voyer | |
| Jérémie Paré | Raymond Bérubé | |
| Justine Frenette | Juliette Voyer | |
| Ontario | Melanie Wong-King-Cheong | Philippe Chong |
| Alexander Rotondo | James G Spencer | |
| Haley Gallant | Robert Gallant | |
| Carson Craig | Carmel Craig | |
| Alyssa Janes | Paula Janes | |
| Prairie | Jessica Scott | Hermina Konstantynowicz |
| Hannah Keenes | Douglas Keenes | |
| Leia Toppozini | Kenneth Toppozini | |
| Amy Johnson | Kris Jensen | |
| Cassandra Sullivan | William Sullivan | |
| Mountain | Christine Frances Rose Dyck | Gerald Russell |
| Kelsey Allbee | Dale Lloyd | |
| Jilian Handfield | Alexander Bentt | |
| Maximillian Johnson | Valerie Covey | |
| Kaylan Burns | Karen Andrus |
The Scholarship Committee would like to take this opportunity to thank CN Pensioners/survivors and their children/grand-children for their interest in this project. We thank all those applicants who took the time and effort to prepare their professional submissions.
The success of this project will be discussed thoroughly at our Annual General Meeting in Montreal this coming November with the possibility of offering it once again for the 2016-2017 scholastic year. Win or lose, we wish you all success in your future educational endeavours. If you were not successful this year please do not hesitate to apply again at a future date.
Thank you also goes out to the Scholarship Committee Members who performed the difficult task of evaluating the applications and ensuring that their decisions conformed to the strictest, non-prejudiced evaluating methods as follows:
| Region | Committee Member |
|---|---|
| Atlantic: | Reg Hebert |
| Myron Matheson | |
| Wanda Garland | |
| John Bailey | |
| Paul McGrath | |
| Peter Belanger | |
| Quebec: | Yves Bourdon |
| Claudette Hudon | |
| Louis-Francois Garceau | |
| Ontario: | Roger McDevitt |
| Mike Englehart | |
| Phil Grundie | |
| Maureen Smyth | |
| David Simpson | |
| Prairie: | Janet Lewis-Anderson |
| Connie Chrichton | |
| Gary Heasman | |
| Mountain: | Blake Olsen |
| Al Vodden | |
| Gordon Wheatley | |
| Ted Haupt |
We also want to show appreciation to National Director Wayne Greenland who received all the applications, screened them and distributed them to the appropriate Regional Committee Members. Also to National Treasurer Bruce Peacock who ensured that each sponsor was a qualified contributing member of our association and issued the cheques to the successful applicants.
Respectfully submitted,
Reginald Hebert, Scholarship Committee Chair
