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Are you a student at the University of Ottawa looking to seize a golden opportunity that could shape your future? The deadline for Lambda’s new scholarship applications is just around the corner! The Lambda Scholarship Foundation Canada Common Law Scholarship will support up to five undergraduate Black students in the Common Law program at theContinue reading “ATTENTION! The New University of Ottawa Award Application Deadline is Fast Approaching!”

Congratulations to Megan Arnold for winning the Lambda Foundation Scholarship in LGBT Studies at the University of Guelph! Her biography: Megan Arnold is a Filipinx-Canadian artist who wants to make you laugh and cry and cringe. She makes affective performances, videos, pop songs, and drawings that collapse the divisions between humour/pathos, amateurism/mastery, play/labour, and art/entertainment.Continue reading “Congratulations to Megan Arnold for winning the Lambda Foundation Scholarship in LGBT Studies!”

Congratulations to Morgan Stirling for winning the Lambda Foundation for Excellence – Les McAfee Memorial Award at the University of Manitoba! Their biography: Morgan is a queer, nonbinary PhD candidate at the University of Manitoba. They have over 10 years of experience working in the area of health equity and 2SLGBTQ+ people. Prior to theirContinue reading “Congratulations to Morgan Stirling for winning the Lambda Foundation for Excellence-Les McAfee Memorial Award!”

With the new school year fast approaching we are proud to announce two new Lambda Scholarship awards for students, the Lambda Scholarship Canada Graduate Award Fund at McMaster University and the Lambda Scholarship Foundation Canada Common Law Scholarship at the University of Ottawa. We have strived to create action items from our 2020 statement andContinue reading “Introducing Two New Lambda Scholarship Awards This Fall!”

With great pleasure, we are thrilled to see and congratulate Cameron Aitken, the President of the Lambda Scholarship Foundation in a recent feature published in the Ottawa Business Journal. Throughout this feature, Cameron was able to express and share his experience undergoing the RBC’s AFP Ottawa’s Future Leaders Program alongside two other protégés. This programContinue reading “Check out this feature on Lambda’s President in the Ottawa Business Journal!”

Congratulations to Maii Fallara for winning the Lambda Scholarship Tuition Award at Concordia University! Their biography: My name is Maii. I chose this name as it feels eclectic to me, a wave of sunshine coursing through one’s veins, a force that is unstoppable even with the most impossible outcomes. I had begun my university journeyContinue reading “Congratulations to Maii Fallara for winning the Lambda Scholarship Tuition Award!”

Félicitations à Alexis Paquette-Lacasse pour la réussite de la Bourse Fondation Lambda pour l’excellence! Dans ses propres mots aimables: Je désire par la présente vous remercier chaleureusement pour cette bourse dont l’octroi survient à un moment où je débute sous peu la rédaction de mon mémoire et que ma bourse des FRQSC arrive à sonContinue reading “Félicitations à Alexis Paquette-Lacasse pour la réussite de la Bourse Fondation Lambda pour l’excellence !”

Congratulations to Sydney Carter, this year’s winner of the Jack Hallam Human Rights Award at Gulf Islands Secondary School! In her own words: As a part of the community, I care deeply for the protection of rights and the well-being of 2SLGBTQ+ people. I want to bring positive change to our society’s treatment and perceptionContinue reading “Congratulations to Sydney Carter for winning the Jack Hallam Human Rights Award!”

An exciting announcement from one of our notable partners, the Native Women’s Association of Canada! The National Apprenticeships Program connects Indigenous women, Two-Spirit, transgender, and gender-diverse people with paid apprenticeship opportunities in the trades. This program was developed to facilitate Red Seal apprenticeship opportunities with companies who share that women’s economic empowerment is vital inContinue reading “The NWAC National Apprenticeships Program Information Session”