Gary Esslinger
The Honours and Awards Committee met in Ottawa on July 23-25, 2024. Present were Gary Esslinger Chair of the Committee, Eddy Aristil Co-Chair of the Committee, Darlene Bembridge President’s Representative of the Committee and Louise Dorion Advisor to the Committee.
The Committee reviewed all the applications received and awarded all National and Regional Scholarships as well as the Personal Scholarships which will be shared with Executive Council during the presentation of this report.
The Committee also reviewed two referrals, a nomination for the Al Lough Award and a UTE life membership. The Committee was unanimous in supporting these recommendations.
m/s Gary Esslinger / Eddy Aristil
Recommendation #1
That André Michaud be awarded the Certificate of Achievement (Al Lough Award)
Note: with the approval of the National President this recommendation was adopted via an email vote prior to the Executive Council meeting.
HONOURS AND AWARDS COMMITTEE SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS 2024
National Scholarships
Robert “Bob” Campbell National Scholarship – Boyd Bembridge / Local 60005
Diana Gee National Scholarship – Belinda Che / Local 30022
Regional Scholarships
Al Rollins Atlantic Regional Scholarship – Jase Thistle / Local 80003
Quebec Regional Scholarship – Leila Gauthier/ Local 10110
Jean Bergeron Montreal Regional Scholarship – Fatoumata Binta Diallo / Local10008
Shane O'Brien National Capital Regional Scholarship – Lindsay Côté / Local70011
Linda Collins Greater Toronto Regional Scholarship – Anish Neethi Ganesh / Local 00048
Nick Stein Southwestern Ontario Regional Scholarship – Markus Ptak / Local 00015
Kent McDonald Northern and Eastern Ontario Regional Scholarship – Ethan Thompson / Local 00042
Prairies Regional Scholarship – Haley Linaker / Local 50021
Don Davoren Rocky Mountains Regional Scholarship – Dishan Burad / Local30022
Pacific Regional Scholarship – Riya Arora / Local 20007
Personal Insurance Group
Olivia Duvall / Local 60008
Maya McNeil / Local 80004
Alexandre Charron / Local 70004
Sehrish Hoodbhoy / Local 70000
Tian Zhang U / Local 70004
Samantha De Blasio / Local 00051
Fabian van der Merwe / Local 00011
Gabriella Beauvais / Local 40022
Olaoluwa Omolewa / Local 50031
Emily Wong / Local 20050
Respectfully submitted,
Gary Esslinger
Chair of the Committee