Fleming College

Emma Kempe, a second-year Ecosystem Management student at Fleming College’ s Frost Campus, has won a 2006 Garfield Weston Merit Scholarship for College Scholars. Ms. Kempe, from Thunder Bay, Ontario was one of 48 students from across Canada selected for the prestigious scholarship, which was established in 1999 with the generous support of the W. Garfield Weston Foundation. A member of the Youth Volunteer Corps, Ms. Kempe has also worked with the Therapeutic Riding Association. She founded and is a steering committee member of Cattails Community Farm, a community shared agriculture project through which the members provide organic food for themselves and seven other families. Ms. Kempe has also fundraised for the Northwest Writer’s Workshops. Ms. Kempe will receive funding for her tuition and $8,000 for each year remaining in her program as a stipend. Additionally, she will have access to $3,500 in funding for summer experience projects in Canada or abroad and she will receive $4,000 to cover costs she may have already incurred during her studies. "These college students are demonstrating the qualities our future leaders need to have for our country to thrive," says Franca Gucciardi, Executive Director of the Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation, which administers the awards on behalf of the W. Garfield Weston Foundation. "I am impressed with the integrity, initiative and commitment to volunteerism demonstrated by this year’s class."The Garfield Weston Merit Scholarship for Colleges is available to students entering a multi-year college program or to those who are already enrolled in a multi-year program. The selection process for these scholarships is the most intensive and personalized in the country. Coming from all over Canada, the applicants are assessed through individual and panel interviews by volunteer leaders from the business and academic communities.