Aboriginal Students earn CN scholarship awards

Two highly promising Canadian Aboriginal students have been awarded scholarships by CN to further their post-secondary education. This year’s recipients are:

Candis Callison, completing Masters of Science, Comparative Media Studies at MIT in Boston, and Richard Nelson, studying Mechanical Engineering at Concordia University in Montreal.

"I would like to congratulate Candis Callison and Richard Nelson for outstanding academic and personal achievements," says CN President and Chief Executive Officer Paul M. Tellier. "They are inspiring many in First Nations communities to take advantage of the opportunities available through colleges and universities," he said. "We are proud to lend a helping hand in their pursuit of higher education."

The scholarships are provided by CN’s Aboriginal Awards program, established in 1988 to help Aboriginal post-secondary students in financial need. The program encourages Status Indians, Non-Status Indians, Inuit and Metis students to pursue post-secondary studies and is based on a student’s income and grades.

The National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation (NAAF), administers the CN program, including receipt and review of scholarship applications, approval and granting of the scholarships.

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