| July 20, 2006 Volume 46 Edition No. 11 |
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Windsor-Essex County Millennium Scholarship winners
by Staff Writer |
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 Eleven students in the region are among the winners of the 2006 Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation Entrance Awards. The awards recognize university- and college-bound students for their leadership skills, community involvement, and academic achievement, as well their ingenuity and talent for implementing new ideas.The following students have been rewarded for their good citizenship, fresh ideas and academic excellence: Amherstburg, ON Cassandra Janisse, General Amherst High School - Local award Amherstburg, ON Justin Mackie, General Amherst High School Provincial/Territorial award Chatham, ON Julie Kettle, Chatham-Kent Secondary School Local award Lasalle, ON Cynthia Tran, Sandwich Secondary School Local award McGregor, ON Erica Anderson, Ιcole Secondaire E. J. Lajeunesse (Windsor) Local award Tecumseh, ON Robert Carnevale, Kennedy Collegiate Institute (Windsor) National award Wheatley, ON Travis Coulter, Leamington District Secondary School Local award Windsor, ON Brett Ashley, Walkerville Collegiate - Local award Windsor, ON Nicolas Francis, Vincent Massey Secondary School - Provincial/Territorial award Windsor, ON Sana Chaker, Vincent Massey Secondary School - Provincial/Territorial award Windsor, ON Amy Kishek, F. J. Brennan High School Local award Local award winners will receive a one-time $4,000 award. Provincial/territorial award winners will receive a $4,000 award, renewable up to three times (for a possible total of $16,000). National award winners will receive a $5,000 award, renewable up to three times (for a possible total of $20,000). The Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundations entrance awards are more than just money in the bank, said Andrew Woodall, Director of the Millennium Excellence Award Program. The Foundation offers support, guidance and a community for these remarkable individuals who have the potential to assume leadership positions in all walks of life. The Foundation is pleased to recognize them for their past successes and is proud to help them reach their future goals. The Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation awarded a total of 1,051 entrance awards this year. Ontario is home to 399 laureates - 42 national, 89 provincial/territorial and 268 local. The Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation is a private, independent organization created by an Act of Parliament in 1998. It encourages Canadian students to strive for excellence and pursue their post-secondary studies. The Foundation distributes $340 million in the form of bursaries and scholarships each year. Since its inception, it has awarded 700,000 bursaries and scholarships, with a total value of more than $2 billion, to Canadian post-secondary students. In Ontario, over the same period of time, it has distributed 266,810 bursaries and scholarships at a total value of $790,585,660 million. 
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