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MCCALL MACBAIN SCHOLARS
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Orillia Secondary School graduate Hannah Beddow (Queen’s University BSc’22) is one of 50 finalists across Canada for the McCall MacBain Scholarship, a full graduate scholarship to attend McGill University in Montréal. In March, Hannah will advance to final interviews for the program’s second cohort.
If Hannah is selected as one of only 20 McCall MacBain Scholars, the award will cover her McGill master’s program tuition and fees, plus a living stipend of $2,000 per month for the duration of the program as well as a relocation grant. For a two-year master’s degree, the tuition, fees, and living stipend could be approximately $60-70K. In addition to their studies, McCall MacBain Scholars are given opportunities to connect with mentors and to develop their leadership skills.
Hannah was chosen from a pool of nearly 700 outstanding Canadian applicants following a rigorous application and interview process which considers character, community engagement, leadership potential, and entrepreneurial drive on top of academic strength.
If not selected as a McCall MacBain Scholar, Hannah is eligible for $10,000 finalist award.
More about Hannah:
Hannah Beddow
Queen’s University (BSc’22)
Graduated from Orillia Secondary School in 2018
Hannah was a founding member and serves as community outreach coordinator of a genetics and genome biology student club at Queen’s University, where she is studying life sciences as a Chernoff Family Scholar. She helped organize a neuroscience conference, participated in her school’s International Genetic Engineered Machine (iGEM) design team, and has worked for three years in a student residence. Hannah also volunteers weekly at the Queen’s peer support centre.
She has worked in a variety of research and clinical settings, in addition to a part-time job at a movie theatre. Hannah is applying for master's programs in health sciences at McGill.
About the McCall MacBain Scholarship:
The McCall MacBain Scholarships, announced in 2019 by John and Marcy McCall MacBain, are Canada’s first comprehensive leadership scholarships for master’s and professional degree studies. The scholarship program brings together a diverse cohort of promising Canadians who demonstrate leadership potential and an inner drive to make a positive impact on the world.
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