OTA Education Foundation
Announces Scholarship Winners
(Toronto: Nov. 15, 2007) – The OTA Education
Foundation handed out more than $30,000 in scholarships to college and
university students last month. Twenty-five Ontario-based students who are
children of parents who work in the trucking industry each received funding to
go towards their post-secondary education tuition fees and other academic
expenses. (See attached PDF for complete list student
recipients).
“Nearly 75 students applied this year for
scholarships” notes the Foundation’s executive director, Betsy
Sharples. “As part of the Foundation’s recent review and modest
restructuring, this year’s applicants were asked to demonstrate a general
understating of the importance of Ontario’s trucking industry to the
province’s economy and our general standard of living”. In addition
to submitting an academic transcript, each student was asked to complete an
essay that answered “why is the trucking industry important to
Ontario’s economy?” in order for his/her application to be
considered for a scholarship.
“It was great to read the essays that were sent
in as part of the students’ application packages” say Scott Smith,
chairman of the OTA Education Foundation. “Our goal of enlightening some
Ontario post-secondary students about the trucking industry was clearly met with
respect to this year’s applicants. In some cases, the students really did
quite a bit of research to answer the question”.
All scholarship applications had to be sponsored by an
Ontario trucking or allied product/service company that employs one of the
student’s parents in order to be considered for an award. In addition, one
outstanding student entering university from high school was awarded the J. O.
Goodman Award, and one outstanding student entering college from high school was
awarded the C. V. Hoar Award.
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The OTA Education Foundation is a charitable
institution devoted to the furtherance of education for Ontario post-secondary
students. Established in 1958, the Foundation was founded with the goal of
providing assistance to Ontario students, regardless of their field of study,
who have demonstrated a commitment to academic success, community service and
who have or plan to have an affiliation with the trucking
industry.
Contact: Betsy
Sharples, Executive Director,
education.foundation@ontruck.org
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