Award Endowments

Our Education Awards Program currently offers 7 awards at BC Universities and Colleges thanks to our generous donors who have established the Education Endowment Funds with Minerva. They are as follows:

Janet Fleck Ladner Education Endowment Fund (Award offered at UBC)
Jocelyne Bourassa Education Endowment Fund (Award offered at Okanagan College)
Nancy Harrison & Paul Buitenhuis Education Endowment Fund (Award offered at SFU)
Phillips, Hager & North Education Endowment Fund (Award offered at BCIT)
Randy Sung Education Endowment Fund (Award offered at UBC)
Rix Family Foundation Education Endowment Fund (Award offered at any accredited college or university in BC)
Suzanne Lee Teacher’s Education Endowment Fund (Award offered at any accredited college or university in BC)

We are pleased to announce that the Jacqueline Frewin Endowment Fund was established in September 2009 for a BC woman pursuing a post-secondary education in the field of Construction, Architecture or Building Technology with preference to students in the carpentry program.

Jacqueline Frewin’s Story

If you would like to establish an Education Endowment Award, or have any questions, please contact Carrie-Ann Goodfellow, Resource Development Manager, at 604.683.7635 ext. 223 or at carrieanng@theminervafoundation.com

When I moved to Canada in 1998, I was pregnant and all alone. I was scared as to how I would take care of my daughter without a decent standard of education. I realized that without English I would be useless so I focused on improving my English by attending ESL classes at Vancouver Community College. When my English level improved, I was confident enough to go for science courses. And in 2003, the Minerva Foundation offered me the Minerva Foundation Award For BC Women in recognition of my excellent grades at school.
This scholarship changed my life as it offered me the opportunity to take post secondary course. Then when I entered the Licensed Practical Nursing Program in 2006, I faced financial problems. Again, it was Minerva that helped me with funds to solve my financial problems. Now I am working as an LPN and have solid hopes of furthering myself in this field.
Thanks so much to Minerva for giving me a life of hope. Thank you so much Minerva for helping me by believing in my abilities.

Sasiratha Uthayakumar, LPN