2011 loran scholars annual report

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Letter from CEO & Chair 4

Results 6

Selection Process 8

2011 Scholars 9

University Partnership 11

Mentoring 12

Summer Program 14

Scholar Gatherings 16

Orientation Expedition 18

Volunteers 20

Donors 24

Financial Information 31

Board & Staff 34

The Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation, founded in 1988, is a national charity that works in partnership with Canadian universities, donors and volunteers throughout the country to invest in young Canadians who demonstrate character, commitment to service and leadership potential. The foundation is governed by an independent board of directors.

MISSION STATEMENTWe are committed to the greatest of Canada’s natural resources: our youth.

We work to identify and support talented students who show promise of leadership and a strong commitment to service in the community.

We fund these citizens to study on Canadian campuses, to the benefit of their future and ours.

mission


UNCONVENTIONAL SELECTION PROCESS

We look for qualities in our scholars that a transcript alone cannot show: personal integrity and character; commitment to service and an entrepreneurial spirit; breadth in academic and extra-curricular interests; strongly developed inner-directedness; and outstanding overall potential for leadership. Through a series of assessment and personal interviews, we select the top 30 of approximately 3,500 applicants as Loran scholars. We also grant 80 one-time entrance awards.

LONG-TERM INVESTMENT IN POTENTIAL

We provide Loran scholars with a renewable award comprising an $8,000 living stipend matched by a tuition waiver from one of our 24 partner universities. We encourage scholars to resist the temptation to take easy or conventional paths and to seek out, instead, how they can most effectively contribute to society. To this end, we provide $7,500 in funding for three kinds of scholar-initiated summer internships (private sector, public policy and personal/community development). We also pair scholars with mentors who will challenge them and introduce them to their new community. We expect scholars to use these opportunities to broaden and enrich their academic studies.

EXTENSIVE NETWORK

We welcome Loran scholars into an extended family of volunteers, donors, staff, and past and present scholars. The incoming class of Loran scholars spend five days together in Algonquin Park as part of their orientation expedition before they begin university. All scholars are invited to our annual four-day national scholars’ retreat and our past scholars organize their own Connexion weekend every two years. We know the value of these relationships and take care to nurture them.


Over the past five years, we have maintained the size of our national awards program at 30 Loran scholars per year. We have expanded the range of opportuni-ties available to scholars and grown the network of Canadians involved in our work. In particular, we have refined our enrichment programs in order to foster an accelerated and fuller realization of the potential of each Loran scholar.

The summer program, which remains focused on maximizing the value of the time between academic terms, is proving to be very effective. With the help of our donors and volunteers, scholars have initiated in-ternships at new and established businesses or started their own businesses; they have worked at leading public policy organizations, non-profit organizations and federal, provincial and municipal governments; and they have sought out a variety of personal and community development opportunities throughout Canada and the wider world.

We recruited another group of 30 outstanding Canadians as mentors for Loran scholars, for a total of 222 people who have participated in our mentoring program. Our current group of mentors includes CEOs of businesses and non-profits, public sector execu-tives, artists, members of the Order of Canada, entrepreneurs, academics and professionals in a wide variety of other fields. They exemplify our values of character, service and leadership and are wonderful role models for our scholars.

LETTER FROM CEO & CHAIR

Peter George, C.M., O.OntChair

Franca Gucciardi (Loran ‘90)Executive Director & CEO


The five-day orientation expedition, funded by a multi-year gift totaling $500,000 from Nancy and Bob Young, is helping to build strong relationships among the members of the incoming class of scholars. Feedback from the scholars who have participated has been consistently positive. Attendance at the scholars’ retreat is increasing year-over-year, with 76 scholars attending the retreat in summer 2010, due largely to the introduction of the orientation expedition.

Our nationwide network of volunteers continues to be one of our organization’s most important assets. We rely on the keen insight, knowledge and judgment of our volunteers in order to select students of outstanding character who demon-strate significant potential for leadership. Based on the quality and volume of applications we have received, we will be adding additional regional selection committees in Vancouver, Hamilton and Ottawa in the next two years. Thank you to the 430 assessors, interviewers, mentors, speakers, internship hosts, directors and other volunteers who provided more than 8,000 hours of volunteer service over the course of the year. Our program would be a shadow of itself without your contributions.

It is thanks to our donors that we have been able to grow and improve our program over the years. After 15 years of underwriting W. Garfield Weston Loran Awards for young Canadians, our principal supporter, The W. Garfield Weston Foundation, has decided to wind down its support over the next four years. We are thankful for their cumulative investment in young Canadians and we look forward to continuing to work with them to invest in college students through the W. Garfield Weston Awards program.

Looking ahead over the next few years, we have a significant fundraising challenge ahead of us. We are heartened that several of our longtime and more recent donors have decided to increase their financial contribution. With their continued and growing support, and especially that of our alumni, we expect to be able to grant 30 Loran Awards for the foreseeable future.

Having granted more than $20 million in scholarships to more than 2,000 students over our first two decades, we are optimistic that we will do even better over the next two decades.

Warm regards,

Franca & Peter


RESULTS SO FAR

We invest in young Canadians during their undergraduate studies in order to provide them with opportunities to maximize their potential and their contributions to Canada over their lifetimes. Taking a long-term view, we support students in a wide variety of undergraduate programs who demonstrate outstanding leadership potential.

The track-record of our scholars is excellent. Ninety-three per cent graduate in good standing, not just aca-demically but in terms of their leadership and service on- and off-campus. More than 80% pursue graduate studies, many as tenants of major scholarships. Notably, 13 Loran scholars have been selected as Rhodes scholars and others have received Chevening, Trudeau, Vanier, Baxter, Fulbright, NSERC and SSHRC scholarships for graduate studies.

We are quite encouraged by the careers of our alumni. Although more than half of past Loran scholars are under the age of 30, they are taking on leadership re-sponsibilities beyond their years. They include the CEO of IRPP, the executive directors of local and national charities, entrepreneurs in real estate, health, theatre, dance, biomedical devices, financial services and photography, the CEO of Redknee, a half dozen clerks at the Supreme Court of Canada, the director of the clinical teaching unit at McGill University Health Centre and the CFO of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.

Our alumni are also working for leading organizations in diverse fields, including federal, provincial and municipal governments, the Bank of Canada, the World Bank, the Canada Pension Plan, RIM, Google, Apple, Microsoft and various hospitals, law firms, school boards, management consulting firms and universities.

Our alumni are active as volunteers, serving on the boards of local charities such as the Ten Oaks Project in Ottawa, shelters for the homeless in Fredericton and Camp Triumph in PEI. They are also volunteering with larger institutions such the United Way of Winnipeg and Girl Guides of Canada and are active internationally, providing water treatment in Cambodia, promoting reconciliation in Bosnia-Herzegovina and participating in international climate change negotiations.

% of scholars who meet or exceed our expectations in terms of academics, leadership and service

93%

% of alumni who feel a sense of commitment and loyalty to CMSF

93%

% of alumni who intend to support the Loran Awards financially

98%

% of alumni who intend to volunteer for CMSF 97%

% of alumni who have already made a donation to CMSF 66%


PROFILE : GRAHAM FOX

In April 2011, Graham Fox (Loran scholar ‘93) became the youngest person ever selected as President & CEO of the Institute for Research on Public Policy in Montréal, one of Canada’s leading public policy think tanks. Previously, he served as strategic policy advisor with Fraser Milner Casgrain in Ottawa, where he brought a broad range of experience in politics and public policy to bear on the issues facing his clients. Earlier in his career, he was vice-president at the Public Policy Forum, where he worked towards improving the quality of government in Canada through open dialogue on democracy, prosperity and sovereignty.

A graduate of Queen’s University, Graham earned an MSc from the London School of Economics. Quite active in politics, he served as chief of staff to the Rt. Hon. Joe Clark for two years and, more recently, campaigned during the 2007 provincial election as a candidate for the riding of Ottawa-Orléans.

For Graham, the link between his formative years as a Loran scholar and his involve-ment in politics is clear: “The values most dear to the Loran Awards - leadership, character and service - are exactly what politics, at its best, should be about. That is the lesson I draw and what motivates my involvement today.”

Outside of work, Graham is very active in his community. Graham serves on the board of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and was a member of the board of Monfort Hospital in Ottawa. As president of the Festival franco-ontarien, he led a fundraising campaign that greatly improved the festival’s financial strength; he is now past president. He has interviewed and chaired both regional and national selection committees for the Loran Awards.

Graham is committed to the continuing success of the Loran Awards and his fellow scholars. In addition to being a donor, he has served as a mentor and created summer internship opportunities for scholars.

The field of politics and public policy is full of opportunity for a young person who has drive and initiative. The support and encouragement I have received as a Loran scholar over the years has given me the opportunity to develop my leadership skills and gain valuable experience to perform at a high level. Graham Fox


THE SELECTION PROCESS

We believe that a young person’s character is a better indicator of overall potential than standard academic measures are. As a result, our rigorous and thorough selection process involves personal interviews with a talented and diverse group of volunteers.

We send our application materials to more than 4,000 high schools and CEGEPs in Canada, and we encourage each school to select and nominate the candidates who best match our selection criteria. The nomination process reinforces our core values in the schools: this year, 1,851 young Canadians were recog-nized by their schools for their character, commitment to service and leadership potential. An additional 1,614 students applied directly.

We have established 27 regional committees and one national direct pool committee in 21 cities across Canada. More than 250 volunteers, drawn from business, education and the wider community, are involved as assessors or interviewers.

This year, our regional committees selected 340 semi-finalists for personal inter-views from an original pool of 3,465 applicants. In February, the top 74 candidates attended our national selection weekend in Toronto, where our six national committees and two national co-chairs selected our 30 newest Loran scholars. We also granted 39 finalist awards ($3,000 ea.), 34 provincial awards ($2,000 ea.) and recognized students with honour citations (52) and semi-final-ist certificates (152).

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Loran scholar group photo on facing page: back row (l to r): Jiawen Zhou, Ariel Charney, Allie Carew, Madeleine Pawlowski, Ana Boskovic, Jérémy Boulanger-Bonnelly, Laura Thorne, Armin Rezaiean-Asel, Hans Krause, Carly Welham, Rishita Apsani, Sarah Burns, Devon Jackson, Christina Klassen, Sivakami Mylvaganam, Mairead Ferguson, Cameron Revington; front row (l to r): Madeleine Brown, Benjamin Carr, Tushar Dhoot, Alexander Verge, Fiona Emdin, Shannon King, Aaron Bailey, Samuel Gregory, Benjamin Copeland, Julianna Tan, Kimia Sorouri, David D’Arienzo, Cherie Chen. Photo by Edge Imaging.

’10-’11 3-year average

# of applicants 3,465 3,306

% of applicants who are sponsored 53% 55%

est. volunteer hours for selection process 6,000 5,500


CLASS OF 2011

W. Garfield Weston Loran scholarsRishita Apsani Brampton Centennial Secondary School, Brampton, ON

Aaron Bailey Saint Michael Catholic High School, Niagara Falls, ON

Jérémy Boulanger-BonnellyCollège François-Xavier-Garneau, Québec, QC

Benjamin CarrCitadel High School, Halifax, NS

Cherie ChenSir Winston Churchill SS, Vancouver, BC

Tushar DhootSugarloaf Senior High School, Campbellton, NB

Fiona EmdinNicholson Catholic Collegiate, Belleville, ON

Samuel GregoryDr. E.P. Scarlett High School, Calgary, AB

Devon JacksonFenelon Falls Secondary School, Fenelon Falls, ON

Hans Krause Parry Sound High School, McKellar, ON

Sivakami Mylvaganam Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute, Scarborough, ON

Cameron Revington John Diefenbaker Secondary School, Hanover, ON

Armin Rezaiean-Asel Dr Charles Best Secondary School, Coquitlam, BC

Alexander Verge Charles P Allen High School, Bedford, NS

Carly Welham Charles P Allen High School, Gimli, MB

Ana Boskovic, Michael Young Foundation Loran scholarPort Moody Secondary School, Port Moody, BC

Madeleine Brown, BMO Loran scholarAdam Scott C&VI, Peterborough, ON

Sarah Burns, Ralph M. Barford Loran scholarBill Crothers Secondary School, Unionville, ON

Allie Carew, Loran scholarCorner Brook Regional HS, Corner Brook, NL

Ariel Charney, BMO Capital Markets Loran scholarDawson College, Montréal, QC

Benjamin Copeland, Loran scholarElrose Composite School, Elrose, SK

David D’Arienzo, Loran scholarJohn Abbott College, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC

Mairead Ferguson, Loran scholarCobequid Educational Center, Truro, NS

Shannon King, Loran scholarLisgar Collegiate Institute, Ottawa, ON

Christina Klassen, Belzberg Loran scholarKelowna Christian High School, Kelowna, BC

Madeleine Pawlowski, John Lindsay Morehead Loran scholar

Ecole Secondaire Sainte Marguerite d’Youville, St. Albert, AB

Kimia Sorouri, Young Fund Loran scholarGordon Graydon Memorial Secondary School, Mississauga, ON

Julianna Tan, BMO Capital Markets Loran scholarBiggar Central School 2000, Biggar, SK

Laura Thorne, Scace Loran scholarArgyle Secondary School, North Vancouver, BC

Jiawen Zhou, BMO Capital Markets Loran scholarJarvis Collegiate Institute, Toronto, ON

For the past 14 years, The W. Garfield Weston Foundation has funded 15 new W. Garfield Weston Loran scholars annually.


PROFILE : JAMES APPLEYARD & TAMARA REBANKS

James Appleyard and Tamara Rebanks are two of our most dedicated and experienced volunteers, with more than 29 years of volunteer service between them as directors, interviewers and mentors. And they have a unique history with the Loran Awards: now married, they first met when interviewing together on a Toronto regional selection committee in the autumn of 2000.

Tamara is Vice-President, Community Affairs at George Weston Ltd, one of Canada’s largest public companies, where she is responsible for a charitable giving program that helps Canadian children to become more healthy and active. Vice-Chair of CMSF’s board of directors, she also serves on the board of Connect Legal.

Tamara takes a long, broad view of CMSF’s work. “Character is a difficult thing to define and look for in a teenager. When I interview, I look for candidates that have stepped outside their comfort zone and taken on a challenge or solved some issue. If someone is doing that at 17 or 18, just think of what they will do when they are 30 or 40. CMSF doesn’t care if you are going to be a future business entrepreneur, scientist or leader in the charitable sector. We need leaders in all those fields to be successful as a nation.”

James, who is Chairman & CEO of Artez Interactive, a leading provider of online fundraising solutions for non-profit organizations, is Past Chair of CMSF and has been interviewing candidates since 1994. He is a director of the Gardiner Museum and taught management and business strategy for several years at University of Toronto Mississauga.

He is a strong believer in the non-monetary aspects of the enrichment program. “When I speak with prospective CMSF donors, our conversations focus on the ‘end-game’ of what CMSF is actually pursuing. We are aiming to build a greater country with our scholars as contributors in a host of different ways. The scholar-ship money is no more than the necessary fuel. The aspects of program enrichment —summer program, mentoring, orientation expedition & retreat, the wider network—are what make all the difference.”

James and Tamara are members of our Founders’ Circle, jointly underwriting Applebanks Loran Awards. They also individually mentor two Loran scholars at University of Toronto.

Even though I have read hundreds of applications and interviewed scholars for more than ten years, I still feel so excited and optimistic at the end of interviewing. There are so many young Canadians doing so much for their communities, I know I am going to be boasting that I met them when they were 17. Tamara Rebanks


UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP

Unique in Canada, our university partners demonstrate their trust in our selection process by waiving tuition for Loran scholars. They also join us in stewarding scholars throughout their undergraduate studies by designating a staff member who serves as an advisor on campus. Universities with a significant number of Loran scholars on campus host receptions for past and present scholars, volunteers, mentors and supporters.

Atlantic CanadaDalhousie UniversityMemorial UniversityMount Allison UniversityUniversité de MonctonUniversity of King’s CollegeUniversity of New Brunswick

QuébecMcGill UniversityUniversité LavalUniversité de Montréal

OntarioMcMaster UniversityQueen’s UniversityUniversity of GuelphUniversity of OttawaUniversity of TorontoUniversity of WaterlooUniversity of Western OntarioYork University

PrairiesUniversity of AlbertaUniversity of CalgaryUniversity of ManitobaUniversity of Saskatchewan

BCSimon Fraser UniversityUniversity of British ColumbiaUniversity of Victoria

Over the past two decades, I have seen the Loran Awards grow from a good idea into a vital national investment in young people who demonstrate integrity, entrepreneurial energy and commitment to serving their communities. We are proud to be a long-term partner with the foundation in providing an excellent Canadian option for these young people.

Tom Traves, president, Dalhousie University

Kathryn Dingle (‘07), Jesse Robson (‘06), Elizabeth Miazga (‘07) and Beth Hong (‘06) at a reception at McGill University, hosted by Morton Mendelson, deputy provost (student life & learning).


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MENTORS FOR THE CLASS OF 2011David Bell, Professor, York University, Thornhill

Dinu Bumbaru, Policy Director, Heritage Montréal, Montréal

Helen Burstyn, Chair, Ontario Trillium Foundation, Toronto

Wendy Cecil, Chancellor, Victoria University, University of Toronto, Toronto

Kit Dalaroy, Managing Director, Corporate & Investment Banking, National Bank Financial, Montréal

Sarah Dickson, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton

Vaughn Dowie, Executive Head, Public Affairs, McGill University, Montréal

David Eaves, public intellectual, Vancouver

Scott Gilmore, Executive Director, Peace Dividend Trust, Ottawa

Ida Goodreau, Director, Centre for Healthcare Management, UBC, Vancouver

Darlene Hammell, Assistant Dean, University of Victoria, Victoria

Leanne Hammond Komori, Executive Director, Central Okanagan Foundation, Kelowna

Robert Hawkes, Professor, Physics, Mount Allison University, Sackville

Sharon Manson Singer, President, Canadian Policy Research Networks, Vancouver

Jaymie Matthews, Professor, Astrophysics, UBC, Vancouver

William Morneau, Executive Chairman, Morneau Shepell, Toronto

Landon Pearson, Senator (retired), Ottawa

Susan Scace, President, Henry White Kinnear Foundation, Toronto

Vicki Schmolka, Lawyer & Plain Language Consultant, Kingston

Hersh Sehdev, Executive Director, Kingston Community Health Centre, Kingston

Nola-Kate Seymoar, President & CEO, International Centre for Sustainable Cities, Vancouver

Duncan Sinclair, Dean of Medicine (retired), Queen’s University, Inverary

Peter Sweeney, Founder & Co-President, Primal, Waterloo

John Swift, Lawyer, Vancouver

Bhavana Varma, President & CEO, United Way KFLA, Kingston

Christl Verduyn, Professor, English, Mount Allison University, Sackville

Bilkis Vissandjée, Professor, Nursing, University of Montreal, Montréal

Rose Wilson, Halifax

Sarah Young, Principal & Co-Owner, MT & L Public Relations, Halifax

Our growing national network of donors, alumni and volunteers is one of our greatest assets. Since 2005, the one-on-one mentorship program has involved 222 mentors, 112 of whom are mentoring current Loran scholars. Mentors commit to sharing their experiences and networks with the scholars and also act as role models and advisors.

To build connections between mentors and scholars, senior fellows have convened gatherings for more than 100 mentors and scholars in Vancouver, Toronto, Kingston, Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax.


PROFILE : JOANNE CAVE & BILL YOUNG

Originally from Sherwood Park, Alberta, Joanne Cave (W. Garfield Weston Loran scholar ‘09) is now a third-year student at University of Toronto, where she majors in sociology and women’s studies. On campus, she has served on the editorial committee for her program’s undergraduate journal and is currently external director. As a peer mentor, she has also delivered workshops on time management, academic success and getting involved on campus to first-year students as part of the First in the Family program. Off campus, she has volunteered with the Empire Club of Canada, the Centre for Social Innovation and Endeavour, a consulting group for non-profits.

Joanne was paired with Bill Young, President of Social Capital Partners, a national non-profit organization that facilitates growth financing and provides advisory services to businesses that integrate a community hiring model into their HR strategy to expand career opportunities for motivated individuals outside the economic main-stream. Bill, who had a successful career as an entrepreneur in the private sector before founding SCP ten years ago, is also a major donor to CMSF, underwriting several Loran Awards over the past few years through the Hamilton Community Foundation.

“Bill and I connected almost immediately, and he offers a very different perspective that challenges me to think critically about the choices I’m making - academic, ex-tra-curricular, or otherwise,” says Joanne.

In first year, when planning her public policy summer, Joanne turned to Bill for advice. “He has been so generous with his networks. In my first year, despite having no policy analysis experience, Bill connected me with the highly regarded Caledon Institute of Social Policy. He supported me in finding a challenging opportunity I wouldn’t have been able to find otherwise, and I benefited so much from that experi-ence,” says Joanne.

“I’d absolutely recommend being a mentor to a Loran scholar,” says Bill. “I think all of us older folks can benefit from a close inter-generational relationship and it’s an opportunity to learn as well as to hopefully teach. It’s also an opportunity to derive more passion and energy for our own work because we are inevitably influenced by the passion and energy of the Loran scholar. I am pretty sure the mentor gets more out of it than the mentee – at least, that is true in my particular case!”

I think the best part is just how great it is to see the world of possibilities through a smart, caring, ambitious young person’s eyes like Joanne. It makes you really believe that the world is going to be in good hands if she is representative of our future leaders.

Bill Young, president, Social Capital Partners


The summer program is meant to enrich the undergraduate experience for our scholars by encouraging productive use of summers. Scholars have access to up to $7,500 and extensive networks to create three different summer internships. Staff work with scholars to develop objectives for each summer and also steward relationships with organizations that provide outstanding internship opportunities.

1. An enterprise internship: scholars develop skills in a for-profit environment and learn about leadership in the business world. For example, 2008 W. Garfield Weston Loran scholar Connor Bays worked in Toronto in corporate strategy at Loblaw Companies and 2010 W. Garfield Weston Loran scholar Priya Koipillai (top right) interned at Immunovaccine, a clinical stage vaccine company in Halifax.

2. A public policy internship: scholars gain experi-ence with Canada’s policy-making process, in its partisan or non-partisan forms, and are exposed to some of the institutions that influence public policy in Canada. For example, 2010 W. Garfield Weston Loran scholar Alexander Harmsen secured an internship with Defense Research & Development Canada in Valcartier and 2009 BMO Capital Markets Loran scholar Ellie Jin interned with Philanthropic Foundations Canada, researching tax policy and regulatory regimes affecting charities.

3. An opportunity for personal and/or community de-velopment. In Canada or abroad, scholars work or volunteer on projects that take them outside of their academic and personal comfort zones. For example, 2010 Scace Loran scholar Adam Hasham (middle right) studied Swahili and vol-unteered on an architectural restoration project in Zanzibar and 2007 Young Fund Loran scholar Sylvia Wu (bottom right) volunteered with Samaritan’s Purse in Cambodia, conducting ex-periments on water filters to study the chemical content of the filtered water.

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PROFILE : DANNY HERTZ

Danny grew up on a beef cattle farm and was quite actively engaged in his school and local community in Duchess, Alberta.

Since the day he was selected as a Loran scholar in 2008, he has made the most of the opportunity. He moved across the country to study commerce at Queen’s University. He is active on campus in the investment club, serves as director of policy for a campus political club and is president of the class of 2012 for the Commerce Society. He also remains engaged with his local riding association in Alberta. On Fridays, Danny helps to deliver food from campus to a homeless shelter in Kingston.

Danny has put the funding available for summer internships to excellent use. As a first-year student, he interned at the Canadian embassy in Washington, DC. He prepared market briefs for Canadian businesses and attended Congressional hearings and think tank sessions to further his understanding of the field.

After second year, Danny volunteered for 12 weeks with Seed Finance, a micro-fi-nance organization in the Philippines, as a finance intern. He was responsible for conducting a feasibility study on microinsurance, creating recommendations for how to improve the organization’s mobile banking initiatives, and putting together a financial model and suggestions for how to boost the reliability and profitability of ATMs that were being used by people in rural and remote areas.

While on academic exchange at HEC in Paris, France, Danny arranged to meet with Lyle Schwartz (Loran scholar ’96), who is an executive director at Goldman Sachs, to discuss the possibility of working for Goldman in New York City. With Lyle’s help, Danny was introduced to the Goldman recruiters and secured a summer internship in the natural resources group in NYC.

Being selected as a Loran scholar has given me the chance to embark on a life-altering journey over the past three years. Already I am realizing that through the network of committed students, volunteers, staff and donors that are involved with CMSF, I have been encouraged to step outside of my comfort zone and pursue my academic interests while continuing to be involved with my community, at home and abroad. Danny Hertz


With more than 110 scholars studying throughout Canada at 17 different universities, we believe strongly in the value of establishing a national community of scholars who inspire and motivate each other. To this end, we bring scholars together for an orientation expedition, national scholars retreats, regional events and our national scholars forum. We also provide an online space for past and present scholars at www.loranscholar.ca.

We send the incoming class of scholars on a five-day orientation expedition in Algonquin Park. Immediately following the orientation expedition, the incoming class joins their fellow scholars at our four-day retreat at Crieff Hills, near Guelph. Participation at the retreat has steadily increased since we introduced it in 2006, with 76 scholars participating last year.

Past Loran scholars Diane Nalini de Kerckhove (‘92), David Sandomierski (‘97), Wojciech Gryc (‘04), Marie-Renée Lajoie (‘04) and Joshua Monk Vanwyck (‘04) led workshops on effective leadership, meaningful risk-taking, balancing a well-rounded undergraduate career and setting and accomplishing goals. Staff also led discussions about the mentoring and summer programs, drawing on the experiences of the older scholars.

Our incoming and graduating scholars gathered during national selections weekend in February to assist with interviews and participate in a scholar forum.

The morning session for first year scholars featured David-Martin Milot (W. Garfield Weston Loran scholar ‘07), a fourth-year scholar and student of medicine who recently changed his career path to focus on public health. The fourth-year scholars’ session consisted of an alumni panel, which discussed the transition from under-

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graduate studies and was moderated Mark Schaan (Loran scholar ’97, Senior Policy Analyst at Industry Canada). The panel included Amy Cervenan (W. Garfield Weston Loran scholar ’99, PhD candidate in Geography at the University of Toronto), Warren Tranquada (Loran scholar ’92, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer with the New Jersey Performing Arts Center), and François Tanguay-Renaud (BMO Loran scholar ’98, Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School). The afternoon included scholar-to-scholar presentations on their summer experiences and advice from fourth-year scholars to first-year scholars.

In a morning keynote, mentor Scott Gilmore, founder and Executive Director of Peace Dividend Trust and a fellow at the World Economic Forum, challenged scholars by criticizing “voluntourism” and giving examples of effective and ineffec-tive international aid projects. It was a spirited and fruitful discussion.

In the evening, we gathered for dinner to celebrate the graduating class of scholars and welcome the first-year scholars. Galen G. Weston, Executive Chairman of Loblaw Companies, gave a keynote address on how responsible businesses can respond quickly and effectively to many of the world’s most pressing environmental problems, especially those related to global food.


Thanks to a multi-year pledge from Nancy Young, we were able to introduce a week-long orientation expedition, led by Outward Bound Canada, that provides scholars with an opportunity to challenge themselves physically, gain confidence in taking risks and work productively in a team setting. The week is also intended to generate a shared sense of identity amongst the incoming class of Loran scholars before they disperse across Canada to begin their first term at university.

Based on our evaluation of last year’s orientation, this year we moved the launch location from Burk’s Falls to the Evergreen Brick Works in Toronto. Scholars were divided once again into three groups. Each scholar started the trip carrying all their personal belongings, food and sleeping gear in packs that weighed one-third of their body weight. But for the first time, one group undertook a five-day hike in Algonquin Park, while the two other groups went off on a five-day canoe trip.

We also added a greater emphasis on reflection before, during and after the expedi-tion. This included a 24-hour solitary period in the middle of the expedition to allow the scholars time to reflect and to integrate their learning.

As in 2009 when we launched the program, the scholars unanimously recommend-ed that the experience be continued in future years.

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I think that the orientation expedition is a great tradition; thank you for all you have contributed to the program to make it what it is! It really is life changing! Evelyn Wainewright, Oakville, ON

The experience was absolutely amazing! I learned an incredible amount about myself and my fellow scholars. It is the perfect experience to have before entering the first year of university. I cannot put to words how thankful I am to have been able to be a part of it this year. Jenna Gall, Montmartre, SK

I had an incredible opportunity to work with a group of actively engaged young leaders. This experience was unforgettable and I am thankful that I was able to take part in it.

Sarah Lone, Montréal, QC

It really is incredible how seven days in the bush can bring a group of near-strangers together. We were forced to let go of all our inhibitions in order to help each other through a totally new and challenging experience.

Stephen Brophy, Conception Bay South, NL


Kariann Aarup

Megan Adams

Alice Adelkind

Amanda Affonso

Dorinne Ah-Kam

Lauren Albrecht (‘01)

Dominic Allain (‘95)

Brent Allison

Warren Allmand

Teresa Alm

Iris Almeida-Coté

Anne Andermann

Amy Andrews Alexander (‘96)

Mark Angelo (‘99)

James Appleyard

Nick Arkle

Nisard Aroquiaraj

Lydya Assayag

Janice Astbury

Mary Lou Babineau

Anne Catherine Bajard

Lauren Baker

Sharon Balfour

Karim Bardeesy

Stéphanie Barker

Katie Barnes-Prior

Allison Barrett-George

Mischa Bartkow (‘99)

Jeff Baryshnik (‘98)

Christian Bauta

Michel Bazinet

Cynthia Beaudry (‘07)

David Bell

Vali Bennett

Teresa Bennett (‘94)

Louis Bernatchez

Lyle Best

Bridget Beswick (‘99)

Mebrat Beyene

Benoit Bisaillon

Bill Black

Rob Black

Pat Bogstad

Madeline Boscoe

Julie-Claire Boudreault

Marina Boulos

Andreea Bourgeois

Yves Bourgeois

Marg Bowman

Gurpreet Brar (‘00)

Jeff Brison

Scott Brittain

Alan Broadbent

Patrice Brodeur

Tim Brodhead

Ken Broekaert

Elizabeth Bronson

Kyla Brophy (‘06)

Katherine Brown

Joe Brubraker

Lyse Brunet

Dinu Bumbaru

Erika Burger (‘91)

David Burgess

Kate Burke

Helen Burstyn

François Cadieux (‘05)

Kelsey Cameron (‘98)

Lindsay Cameron

Vickie Cammack

Wendi Campbell

Valerie Campbell

Ray Cantwell (‘98)

Myrosia Cap

Mel Cappe

Derek Carlisle

Brant Carson (‘99)

Sharon Carstairs

v o l u n t e e r sSince inception, our selection process has relied on a network of dedicated volun-teers who assess and interview candidates. We recruit volunteers from a variety of sectors and careers who are demonstrating in their own lives the very values we look for in our scholars. Our small staff of eight employees works at the centre of this national network.

From the directors on our board to the interviewers and assessors to the mentors who commit to four years of advising a scholar, it is only through the work of volunteers that we are able to deliver such an effective enrichment program. Last year, more than 400 volunteers gave more than 8,000 hours of their time. We thank the indi-viduals listed below for giving their time and for believing in the value of making long-term investments in young Canadians who demonstrate character, service and leadership potential.


Sheila Casgrain

John Cawley

Wendy Cecil

Amy Cervenan (‘99)

Kevin Chan

Shirley Chan

Owen Charters

Robert Chatelain (‘01)

Tameeza Chatur

Priscilla Chen

Marc-Antoine Chiasson

Alison Chick (‘01)

Jerome Chomos

Jeeshan Chowdhury (‘00)

Jennifer Clapp

Jennifer Clark

Kevin Clark

Meghan Clarke

Andrew Clement

Robert Cluett

Ruth-Ann Companion

Calee Comstock (‘98)

Alexandra Conliffe (‘99)

Meg Connell

Megan Conway

Sean Conway

Aline Cool

George Cooper

Michele Corbeil

Priscilla Corcoran Mooney

Dave Cormier

Christine Corston

Stephen Couchman

Lindsay Coulter

Yvan Couture

Chris Cowperthwaite (‘99)

Philip Cowperthwaite

Jane Craighead Bob Crawford

Purdy Crawford

David Crombie

Patrick Cronin

Sheela Curley

Michael Currie (‘05)

Ruth daCosta

Michelle Dagnino (‘98)

Kit Dalaroy

Linda Ann Daly

Lisa Dalziel

Julie Danielse

Jack Darville

Patrick David (‘99)

Elaine Davies

Paul Dekar

Lisa Demers

Rose-May Demore

Janet Dench

Donald Dennie

Jean Dennie

Melanie Derynck Lightstone (‘02)

Brian Desbiens

Mohamed Dhanani

Cam di Prata

David Dibbon

Sarah Dickson

Adrienne DiPaolo

Lauren Dobell

Chris Dobranzski

Alix Dostal

Vaughan Dowie

James Downey

Andrea Drager

Jacques Dubé

Peter Dueck

Wendy Duff

Martin Dumas

Carly Dunster

Kim Dupre

Erin Eacott (‘93)

David Eaves

Kim Echlin

Lyle Eide

Susan Eide

Pearl Eliadis

Wanda Elliot

Michael Emes

Kirstin Erickson (‘01)

Vince Escanlar

Paul Fahey

Maggie Fairs

Kevin Fairs

Johnny Fansher

Sarah Farrell

Kevin Farrell

Marta Filipski (‘02)

Janice Filmon

Mary Ann Finn

Normand Fortier

Catherine Fowler

Graham Fox (‘93)

Renzo Francescutti

Anne Fraser

Graham Fraser

Diane Freeman

Charlotte French

David Friesen

Virginia Froman

Rick Frost

Guy Fuller

Kathleen Gallagher

Carolina Gallo Richer La Flèche

Brian Gardner (‘93)

Peter George

Frances Gertsch

Natalie Gerum (‘05)

Melissa Gibaldi (‘04)

Julie Gibson (‘95)

Mark Gifford

Scott Gilmore

Eric Gionet

Patrick Giroux

Jonathan Glencross

Steve Glickman

Patricia Gloudon

Nicki Glowacki

Jane Good

Ida Goodreau

Douglas Grant

Jerry Gray

Loree Gray

James Gray

Shari Graydon

Kelly Grindrod

Harry Grossmith

Marie-Josée Guénette

Bill Guest

Edmund Haakonson

Luther Haave

Lori Hale

Frederick Hall

Louise Hamel

Darlene Hammell

Leanne Hammond Komori

Lucy Hanes Chatham

Debbie Hanlon

Ian Hanna

Rick Harcourt

Dylan Hardy

Patricia Harris

Lucia Harrison

Robert Hawkes

Anne Hebert

Gerard Heffernan

Cheryl Heinzl

Meghan Henry

Claire Hepburn

Hillary Higgins (‘03)


Garry Hilderman

Alex Himelfarb

Terrence Ho

Cheryl Hodder

Karen Hoffmann

Laura Hogan (‘99)

Jonathan Holmes (‘07)

Grant Hopcroft

Renée Hudon

Michelle Hurtubise

Andrea Iaboni (‘94)

Yaacov Iland (‘97)

David Ingram

Patricia Irving

Nicole Israel (‘99)

Tim Jackson

Don Jaffray

Francine James (‘94)

Ed Jernigan

Ginette Jeudy

Michael Johnston

Patrick Johnston

Craig Jones

Seth Kay

Carol Kehoe

Kevin Keough

John Keuper

Ekta Khemani

Kosar Khwaja (‘94)

Candace Kielbiski

Jennifer King (‘98)

Emilie Knoechel (‘96)

Sara Knowles (‘98)

Francoise Ko

Audrey Kobayashi

Amy-Lee Kouwenberg (‘01)

Norman Labrie

David Laidley

Kapil Lakhotia

Viviane Lapointe

Jane Lapointe

Paul Larocque

Laurie Lashbrook

Sylvie Lauzon

Tracy Lavin

Doug Lawson

Stéphane LeBlanc

Marie Leblanc-Kerr

Linda Leith

Richard Lemon

John Lennox

Richard Lessard

Pat Letizia

Peter Leuprecht

Leah Levac

Christopher Li (‘93)

Grace Li (‘06)

Wendy Lill

Abby Lippman

Alison Loat

Nancy Lockhart

Wayne Ludlow

Gaétan Lussier

Emma Lyndon (‘98)

Jeanette Lynes

Kurt Lynn

Mary MacDonald-Pickering

Rhiannon MacDonnell

Sandra MacGillivray (‘94)

Jim Mackey

Roderick MacLennan

Michael MacMillan

Antonia Maioni

Roopen Majithia

Beth Malcolm

Sharon Manson Singer

Judith Marcuse

Verlie Martin

Richard Martin-Nielsen

Marilyn Mason

Jaymie Matthews

Judy Matthews

Ashif Mawji

Donald Mazer

Alex Mazer (‘97)

Jill McCaw

Rosemarie McClean

Kim McConnell

Helen McEvoy

Sandy McFadden

Désirée McGraw

Sheri Lee McKenna

Helen McLean

Christy McLeod

Sandi Meilitz

Klara Michal (‘97)

Christian Michaud

Heather Millar (‘00)

Andy Mills

Diane Minichiello

Sam Minniti

Eliza Mitchell

Usha Mittoo

Jessica Moe (‘04)

Mary Moran Michael Moreau (‘98)

Elizabeth Morey

Isabelle Morin

David Morin

William Morneau

William Morris

Françoise Morrisette

David Mosher

Susan Murley

Patrick Nadeau (‘00)

Ted Needham

Byron Neiles

Naheed Nenshi

Jennifer Newcombe

Martha Nixon

David Noble

Donna Noonan

Caroline North

Daryl Novak

Wesley Novotny (‘96)

Mark Nyvlt

Kara O’Brien (‘01)

Daniela O’Callaghan (‘01)

Shane O’Dea

Niall O’Dea

Jeremy O’Krafka

Liz O’Neill

Vivienne Ojala

Catharine Ouimet

Mark Ouseley (‘06)

Terry Owen

Sevaun Palvetzian

Marc Paquin

Gilles Patry

Sandra Patterson

Lianne Paturel

Martin Pearce

Matthew Pearce

Hilary Pearson

Landon Pearson

Kate Pereira (‘04)

Laura-Julie Perreault

Ann Peters

Tara Phillips (‘96)

John Phillips

Cathy Phillips

Craig Pho

Kelly Pitaoulis

Lawrie Pollard

Gail Prasad (‘98)

Deborah Preston

VOLUNTEERS cont inued


Chris Proctor (‘06)

Ene Querney

Jennifer Racine

Karen Radford

Christian Ragusich

Tamara Rebanks

Wendy Rebanks

Merike Remmel

Grant Reuber

Sidney Ribaux

Bill Richard

Emma Richardson

Lindsey Richardson

Norman Riddell

Mike Ridley

Nada Ristich

Joy Roberts

Meghan Roberts (‘98)

Reynold Robertson

Peter Robic

Peter Robinson

Bruno Rocca

Ryan Rodrigues

Wendy Roe

Rhonda Roffey

Tina Rogers

Richard Rooney

Cheryl Rose

Jane Rounthwaite

Kate Rounthwaite

Anthea Rowe

Jane Roy

Lucie Saint Gelais

Abigail Salole

David Sandomierski (‘97)

Matthew Sardina

Meredith Saunderson

Philip Savage

Roberta Sawatzky

Natasha Sawh

Susan Scace

Mark Schaan (‘97) Mike Shaver

Vicki Schmolka

Albert Schultz

Lyle Schwartz (‘96)

Gen Scott

Rudy Sedlak (‘97)

Hersh Sehdev

Nola-Kate Seymoar

Steve Shannon

Mike Shaver

Karen Sheriff

Yafang Shi

Michael Simmonds

Merilyn Simonds

Andre Simoneau

Elliot Sims (‘04)

Duncan Sinclair

Michael Singh (‘07)

Lucas Skoczkowski (‘92)

Beth Skuy

Janet Smith (‘95)

Malcolm Smith

Michael Smith

Robert Smithson

Jerry Spiegel

Andrea Stack

Kim Steele

Erin Steuter

Jon Studiman

Judy Stymest

Lynn Sully

Peter Sweeney

John Swift

Shauna Sylvester

Lyn Tait

Greg Tallon

Amy Tan (‘96)

François Tanguay- Renaud (‘98)

Karen Tanner

Deborah Taylor

Peter Taylor

Leah Temerty Lord

Ken Teslia

Joel Thibert (‘00)

Patricia Thiel

David Thompson

Ian Thompson

Wendy Thomson

Chantal Tie

Tiffany Tingley (‘02)

Martha Tory

Warren Tranquada (‘92)

Beatrice Traub-Werner

Moreen Tremblay

Marilyn Trenholme Counsell

Ilse Treurnicht

Janet Tryhuba

Linda Tunney

Edna Turpin

Chris Umiastowski

Michael Urlocker

Steven Uster (‘97)

Barbara Uteck

Beth Vader (‘99)

Stéphane Vaillancourt

Valérie Valiulis

Tony Valle

John van Nostrand

Ryan Van Wert (‘98)

Jason van Eyk

Colleen Varcoe

Bhavana Varma

Christine Vaughan

Manon Vennat

Christl Verduyn

Lynda Vézina

Bilkis Vissandjée

Roman Viveros-Aguilera

David Vlemmix (‘05)

Nancy Vogan

Kevin Waller

Richard Walling

Gary Warner

Madina Wasuge

Joy Weismiller

Frances Westley

W. Galen Weston

Galen G. Weston

Karen Wilson

James Wilson

Michael Wilson

Rose Wilson

Peter Wong

Sue Wong

Chuk Wong

Cornell Wright

Fred Wright

John Wright

Arash Yazdani

Elizabeth Yeo

Sarah Young

Bill Young

Nancy Young

Erica Zarkovich (‘98)

Yin Ying Zhang (‘05)

Pierre Zundel


CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION ANNUAL GIVING ( f rom 1 May 2010 to 30 Apri l 2011)

Since our earliest days, the Loran Awards have benefited from the support of Canadian companies and foundations that are aligned with our mission of investing signficantly in young people who demonstrate character, service and leadership potential.

Pr inc ipa l Suppor te r - $1 ,000 ,000+

Sponsor of the W. Garfield Weston Loran Awards & exclusive sponsor of the W. Garfield Weston Awards.

Primary Supporter - $500,000+

Major Supporter - $150,000+

Assoc ia te Suppor te rs - $75 ,000+

Pr inc ipa l Benefacto rs - $50 ,000+

The Henry White Kinnear Foundation

The Michael Young Family Foundation

Anonymous

Ralph M. Barford Family Foundation

school and sports photography

Morrison Foundation


Pr imary Benefacto rs - $25 ,000+

Avana Capital Corporation Friends of Canadian Education Great-West Life, London Life, Canada Life Loran Alumni AssociationScotiabank WestJet (30 in-kind flights)

Majo r Benefacto rs - $10 ,000+

Anonymous donor Burgundy Asset Management Ltd.Burns Family Fund at Winnipeg Foundation Friesens Corporation Future Leaders Fund Nexen

Benefacto rs - $5 ,000+

2 anonymous donors E.W. Bickle FoundationDeloitte & Touche Foundation

Majo r Donors - up to $4 ,999

The Berlind Foundation CanadaHelps.org Goldman Sachs Foundation Kitchen Sync Inc.Loran Scholars’ Association Morneau ShepellMicrosoft Corporation National LeasingR.H. McCrae Charitable Foundation Robertson Stromberg LLPThe Taligent Group TD Private Giving FoundationUniversity of Guelph, Biomedical Sciences United Way OttawaWalter & Duncan Gordon Foundation

We need leaders in every domain and every organization, which is why BMO Capital Markets is a proud supporter of the Loran Awards. Through our Equity Through Education initiative, we have invested $1,364,000 in a diverse group of scholars, all of whom show potential as leaders. Eric Tripp, Co-President, BMO Capital Markets


INDIVIDUAL ANNUAL GIVING

We thank the individuals listed below for their financial contributions in support of our mission. A denotes a donor who also gave travel miles to mitigate the costs of national selections.

(from 1 May 2010 to 30 April 2011)

Founders ’ C i rc le - $75 ,000+

Estate of Ora Adeline Abraham Anonymous Samuel Belzberg Craig CasgrainNancy & Bob Young

Founders ’ C i rc le - $25 ,000-$75 ,000

Anonymous Gerald & Geraldine Heffernan John & Cathy Phillips Tamara Rebanks & James AppleyardDonald & Fay Simmonds Robert & Louise Simmonds

Founders ’ C i rc le - $10 ,000-$24 ,999

Wendy M. Cecil Patrick & Ramona CroninA

Robert Cluett Craig PhoA & Mireille Moors William Morneau Richard RooneyQuynh-Thuyen Tan (‘92) Wendy & Leslie RebanksBen A. Young Rose Wilson Fred Wright

Chai r ’s C i rc le - $5 ,000-$9 ,999

Doug & Ruth Grant Joanne & Joe HoussianRoderick MacLennan Rudy NorthHeinz & Margaret Rieger Joseph SegalLyle Schwartz (‘96) Lucas SkoczkowskiA (‘92) & Erica Wong

Chai r ’s C i rc le - $2 ,500-$4 ,999

Corey Centen (‘03) Mary Ann FinnFranca Gucciardi (‘90) & Alex Usher L.O. PollardMark Schaan (‘97) Cornell Wright & Sarah McEvoy


Execut ive D i rec to r ’s C i rc le - $1 ,000-$2 ,499

Gail Asper & Michael Paterson Jeff Baryshnik (‘98)George Cooper Patrick David (‘99) & Michael SmithBryan P. DaviesA & Andra Takacs Elaine DaviesAlan T. Dickson Paul FaheyBrian Gardner (‘93) Peter GeorgeWojciech Gryc (‘04) Robert W. KorthalsJohn C. Madden Don & Rosemarie McCleanKaren McRae Klara MichalA (‘97)Bill & Betty Morris Richard PhillipsShayan Rahnama (‘01) Brandi Read (‘98)Lionel Schipper Steven Uster (‘97)

Execut ive D i rec to r ’s C i rc le - $500-$999

Dominic Allain (‘95) Mark Angelo (‘99)Alison & David Appleyard Patricia ArroyoTeresa Bennett (‘94) Marjorie Blankstein C.M.Pierre Boudreault Gupreet Brar (‘00)Robert Chipman Jennifer ClarkPurdy & Bea Crawford Michelle Dagnino (‘98)Brian Desbiens Erin Eacott (‘93)Virginia Froman Marianne Hawkins (‘93)Adina & Jesse Helmer Michael LaineGaetan Lussier Emma Lyndon (‘98)Sandra (‘94) & Rodney MacGillvray Sarah Michael (‘93)Wesley Novotny (‘96) Neil Peet (‘04)Joanne Pooley Meghan Roberts (‘98)Wendy Roe Tara & Rudy Sedlak (‘97)Heather SprattA Amy Tan (‘96) Chantal Tie Martha J. ToryWarren Tranquada (‘92) Ryan Van Wert (‘98)Karen Wilson


AnonymousAinsley Alexander (‘03)Stephanie Arbez (‘01)Anne Aubut (‘04)Mischa Bartkow (‘99)Joe & Marie BellonJoan & Richard BeswickBridget Beswick (‘99)Esha Bhandari (‘01)Rick Bhullar (‘00)Calee Blanchard (‘98)Emily Boehm

Kate BoyleErika Burger (‘91)Brant Carson (‘99)Brianna Caryll (‘91)Brianne Castonguay (‘03)Amy Cervenan (‘99)Danielle Chahine-Iny (‘98)Robert Chatelain (‘01)Doug & Kaireen ChaytorPriscilla ChenGreig & Carolyn ClarkCalee Comstock (‘98)

Aline CoolCaroline Crawford (‘06)Don CurrieMichael Currie (‘05)Ruth daCostaRita Devlin (‘03)Kelly Doctor (‘99)James DowneyRebecca Davis (‘00Hammond DuganKaitlin Dupuis (‘02)David Ellis

Scho la rs ’ C i rc le - up to $249

Scho la rs ’ C i rc le - $250-$499

AnonymousTrevor AllinStephanie BarkerAmy BodmanKenneth BroekaertRay (‘98) and Christine CantwellAllison Chick (‘01)Helen CluettStephen Cosman (‘03)Chris Cowperthwaite (‘99)Annabelle DeGouveiaMelanie Derynck (‘02)Kim EchlinGeorge FowlieSamir Gupta (‘95)Holly Gwynne-Timothy

Ian HemberyJason KerrJohn Watt LennoxJennifer LordingHelen McLeanPatrick Nadeau (‘00)Janet (‘00) & Richard Martin-Nielsen Marian Nemec (‘91)Kara O’Brien (‘01)Ann PetersLauren Phillips (‘99)Greg RobinsonHarold RobinsonEric SandersonDavid Sandomierski (‘97)Bill Young


Ann FalveyThe FamuyidesMaya Fernandez (‘08)William FinnFrances GertschIn Memory of Ora AbrahamJane GoodThe Hon. L. Gotlib

Adela Gotz (‘03)Angelo GuidoRobert HarrisEric Haywood-Farmer (‘96)Hillary Higgins (‘03)Jonathan Hoddenbagh (‘02)Laura Hogan (‘99)Heather Holland (‘98)Jonathan Holmes (‘07)Michelle HurtubiseNazim Hussain (‘01)Yaacov Iland (‘97)David IngramMathieu Isabel (‘06)Faisal Ismail (‘03)Francine James (‘94)Sheryl Johnson (‘05)Charlotte JonesShannon Jorgensen (‘00)Jean-Philippe Julien (‘01)Sean JunorJennifer King (‘98)Emilie Knoechel (‘96)

Sara Knowles (‘98)Marlaine KoehlerAmy-Lee Kouwenberg (‘01)Ben Kunz (‘98)Marie-Renée Lajoie (‘04)Courtney Lancaster (‘04)Hyla LaPointe (‘08)Janet Lewis

Christopher Li (‘93)Grace Li (‘06)Nyranne Martin (‘97)Maria Maute (‘06)Alexander Mazer (‘97)Marcus McCannLeora Morris (‘02)Nicolas Nadeau (‘02)Barbara NelsonTerry NickersonKevin O’RiellyMark Ouseley (‘06)Natalie Parks (‘03)Konnie PeetJohn Pegg (‘06)Aimee Pelletier (‘00)Jay Potter (‘02)Richard PowersSuzanne (‘95) & Neil PozakGail Prasad (‘98)Matthew Reid (‘05)Haley Robinson (‘08)Jesse Robson (‘05)

Barnaby RossJane RowlandNatasha SawhVicki SchmolkaAlexandra Schwabe (‘09)Gail ScottRoberta SeedKate Sheenan

Graham Smith (‘05)Emilie Stevens (‘02)Judy (‘99) & Brian SukeKailea Switzer (‘05)François Tanguay-Renaud (‘98)

Myriam TheriaultJoël ThibertJamie Thomas-Pavanel (‘05)David & Jennifer ThompsonLaura Thomson (‘04)Hoai-An Tran (‘08)Chris TrendallNina TuJoshua Monk Vanwyck (‘04)David Vlemmix (‘05)Christine Wadsworth (‘06)Alex Way (‘04)Kate Welwood (‘04)Brian WilsonChuk WongSam Wong (‘90)Stephen Young (‘03)Erica Zarkovich (‘98)


PROFILE : NADIA SALVATERRA

When Nadia Salvaterra (W. Garfield Weston Loran scholar ‘00) headed to Iqaluit for her public policy summer, she did not suspect that it would be the start of a long-term fascination with the North. Almost a decade later, as she begins her career as a physician in Vancouver, her commitment to Nunavut shows no signs of abating.

The Loran Awards played a key part in making it possible for Nadia to pursue her interest. The Foundation provided Nadia with encouragement and support to continue her work. “They were so interested in what I was doing and helped me to stay up North,” she recalls. “That was a very formative moment.”

While working for the Government of Nunavut Department of Health, she was in-strumental in drafting and tabling a tobacco control act in a region with one of the world’s highest smoking rates. At the time, it was the the first legislation in the country to prohibit smoking in all restaurants and bars throughout a province or territory.

Having since finished medical school at McMaster University, Nadia’s sights have returned to the North. She recently returned from a stint in Rankin Inlet, where she provided primary care and family medicine to the town of 3,500 and smaller outlying communities. Now, she’s planning to return for an extended time.

Despite an interest in other countries—she taught English in India after high school and recently volunteered with a local NGO in Haiti—Nadia feels an obligation as a Canadian to focus on her own nation for now. “It’s hard to go to Northern Canada,” she says, “and see how great the need is, and decide to put your energy into another country.”

Nadia remains committed to the Loran Awards. In 2010, she became one of our leading alumni donors, making her first Executive Director’s circle gift.

I feel a responsibility to give back. The support I have received is so much greater than money, but I feel it is important to start chipping away on my ‘debt’ to the foundation now. Nadia Salvaterra


f i n a n c i a l sWe established the Tomorrow Fund in 2009-2010 to provide existing and new donors with a means of making a long-term gift in support of the Loran Awards; at year end, the fund was valued at approximately $1.2 million. One of our goals over the next few years is to fund a modest proportion of our annual ex-penditures from income earned on invested capital, and the Tomorrow Fund is an important aspect of this strategy.

We are also focused on increasing the total value of multi-year gifts in support of the Loran Awards. Most recently, we received such a donation of $500,000 from the Morrison Foundation. Due to a very disciplined approach to expendi-tures and a strong annual fundraising campaign, we posted an operating surplus of $434K, which will be used to fund future Loran Awards. This brings our total assets to $5,561,285 (+24.3% over the previous fiscal year).

We encourage you to review our audited financial statements, which are available at www.loranaward.ca. Below is summarized financial information for the year ended April 30, 2011.

ASSETS 2011 2010 $ $

Current assets 839,804 469,341

Long-term assets 4,717,854 4,000,733

Other 3,627 4,534

5,561,285 4,474,608

L IAB IL IT IES AND NET ASSETS

Current liabilities 1,304,950 1,070,714

Long-term liabilities 1,243,556 835,795

2,548,506 1,906,509

NET ASSETS

Tomorrow Fund 1,227,249 1,176,181

Unrestricted 1,785,530 1,391,918

3,012,779 2,568,099

5,561,285 4,474,608


INCOME (Lo ran Awards) 2011 2010 $ $

Donations 2,020,498 1,844,584

Interest and other income 123,922 88,500

2,144,420 1,933,084

EXPENSES

Stipend grants 985,000 990,244Enrichment program

Summer 202,695 215,899

Mentorship and stewardship 51,729 60,367

Gatherings (retreat, conferences, orientation expedition, etc.) 137,867 140,366

Selections 144,470 143,885

1,521,761 1,550,761

General and administration 187,891 153,296

1,709,652 1,704,057

Excess of revenue over expenses 434,768 229,027

Note: Our partner universities waive tuition for Loran scholars. Total cost of $590,040 is based on the national average tuition of $4,917.

INCOME (Lo ran Awards)

wiTh TUiTiON - SEE NOTE, ABOvE

The W. Garfield Weston Foundation 29%

Corporations 21%Foundations

11%

Individuals 12%

Interest & other income 5%

Universities (Tuition) 22%


EXPENDITURES (Lo ran Awards)

wiThOUT TUiTiON

wiTh TUiTiON - SEE NOTE, OPPOSiTE PAgE

Stipend Grants 58%

Summer Program 12%

Mentorship & Stewardship 3%

Gatherings 8% Selections

8%

General & Administration 11%

Tuition 26%

Stipend Grants 43%

Summer Program 9%

Mentorship & Stewardship 2%

Gatherings 6%

Selections 6%

General & Administration 8%


JamesAppleyard(PastChair)Chairman & CEO, Artez Interactive

GeorgeT.H.Cooper,C.M.Partner, McInnes Cooper

PatrickCroninExecutive Managing Director & Head,Financial Products, BMO Capital Markets

BrianDesbiensPast President, Sir Sanford Fleming College

CamdiPrataExecutive Vice-President & Head, Corporate & Investment BankingNational Bank Financial

PeterGeorge,C.M.(Chair)Past President, McMaster University

FrancaGucciardi(Loranscholar’90)Executive Director & CEO, CMSF

MaryAnnFinn(Treasurer)Partner, Deloitte & Touche

NancyLockhartCAO, Frum Development Group

RosemarieMcCleanSenior Vice-President, Member Services,Ontario Teachers Pension Plan

BillMorneauExecutive Chairman, Morneau Shepell

TamaraRebanks(Vice-Chair)Vice-President, Community Affairs, George Weston Ltd

MeghanRoberts(W.GarfieldWestonLoranscholar’98)

Vice-President, Brainmaven Research

SusanScacePresident, The Henry White Kinnear Foundation

MichaelWilson,C.C.Chairman, Barclays Capital Canada

CornellC.V.WrightPartner, Torys LLP

FredWrightPartner, Capital West Partners

ValiBennett(Secretary)Director of Administration, Avana Capital Corporation

ExecutiveCommittee

James Appleyard, Mary Ann Finn, Peter George (Chair), Franca Gucciardi, Bill Morneau, Tamara Rebanks

AuditCommittee

Rosemarie McClean (Chair)

John Phillips, CEO, Klister Credit Corp

Patrick Cronin

Martha J. Tory, Senior Partner, Ernst & Young LLP

InvestmentCommittee

James Appleyard

Paul Fahey, Vice-President, Pension Investments, Nav Canada

Bill Morneau (Chair)

Craig Pho, Senior Vice-President, Burgundy Asset Management

Chuk Wong, Vice-President & Portfolio Manager, Goodman & Company

COMMITTEES

BOARD OF D IRECTORS & OFF ICERS


R.AlanBroadbent,C.M.Chair, Avana Capital Corporation

RobertCluettFounder of CMSF

DavidCrombie,P.C.,O.C.Former Mayor of Toronto and Member of Parliament

KimEchlinAuthor

DavidFriesenChairman, Friesens Corporation

J.DouglasGrantFounder, Sceptre Investment Counsel

JamesK.Gray,O.C.Founder, Canadian Hunter Exploration

LucyHanesChathamChairman, The Morehead-Cain Foundation

RodMacLennan,C.M.President, Tribune Holdings

GrantReuber,O.C.Former COO, Bank of Montreal; former Chair, Canadian Deposit Insurance Corporation

W.GalenWeston,O.C.Chairman, George Weston Ltd

KarenE.WilsonSolicitor

HONOURARY COUNCIL

STAFF

FrancaGucciardi(Loranscholar’90)Executive Director & CEO416.646.2120, [email protected]

EmilyBoehm(W.GarfieldWestonscholar‘08)

Executive Assistant416.646.2120, [email protected]

KateBoyleAssistant Director, Programs & Operations416.646.2120, [email protected]

JesseHelmerDirector, Communications & Development416.646.2120, [email protected]

KaraO’Brien(W.GarfieldWestonLoranscholar‘01)

Development & Alumni Relations Officer416.646.2120, [email protected]

HeatherSprattDirector of Programs & Operations416.646.2120, [email protected]

MyriamThériaultProgram Officer416.646.2120, [email protected]

AnnabelWongProgram Officer416.646.2120, [email protected]

The Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation 416.646.2120460 Richmond Street West 866.544.2673 (toll-free)Suite 502 416.646.0846 (fax)Toronto, ON M5V 1Y1 www.loranaward.ca

Charitable registration number: 855-132643-RR0001. We invite you to donate on-line at www.loranaward.ca/donate

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