The annual awards night at Massey Vanier High School took place on Wednesday night, marking the 44th year that the Massey-Vanier Scholarship and Bursary Fund (MVSBF) has handed out support for young graduates heading off to make their way in the world. This year the fund was able to hand out $119,835 in 147 different scholarships, bursaires and prizes to 70 different students
In their opening remarks, MVSBF Committee co-chairs Roxanne Charette and Susan McLean underlined the importance of financial support to helping graduates get started on the next step of their educational careers. Charette pointed out that English-speaking high school graduates in rural areas have to travel further from home to seek higher education than their urban or francophone counterparts, and said that the scholarships and bursaries, while not giving students a “free ride” do help offer a leg-up year after year. See full story in the Friday, May 31 edition of The Record.
