UBC students are invited to apply for the 1998 Canadian Cambridge Scholarship.
The Cambridge Canadian Trust, a group of Cambridge alumni, will award fully
funded scholarships for two undergraduate and two graduate students to pursue
degrees at the 800-year-old English university.
The competition is open to high school and university students across Canada.
The winners must combine academic merit, extra-curricular activities and the
potential to contribute to Canadian life after they complete their studies in
England. Reference letters and a 500-word essay on why the applicant wants to
attend Cambridge University must accompany the application which is due Oct.
9, 1997.
More information and an application form is available on the World Wide Web
at www.techmedia.ca/ccs or by calling
the Cambridge Canadian Trust at (416) 964-2569.
A special CBC Television program on Sunday, Oct. 5 will capture the excitement
of a Vancouver gala honouring the 10th anniversary of Rick Hansen’s Man in Motion
World Wheelchair Tour.
Rita MacNeil, David Foster, Ashley MacIsaac, Roch Vosine, Jeff Hyslop and
Amy Sky are part of the special tribute which also includes video appearances
by Celine Dion, Wayne Gretzky, David Suzuki and Christopher Reeve.
Hansen, executive director of the Rick Hansen Institute at UBC, says the 10th
anniversary tour was a chance to get a message of thanks, hope and new challenges
out to hundreds of thousands of Canadians.
The Rick Hansen Institute helps meet those challenges by providing leadership
and support to the disabled through collaborative efforts in education, research,
rehabilitation, health promotion and leadership training.
