CHFT: Diversity: Scholarship Program

Mission Statement

Removing Barriers

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Opportunities for Youth

CHFT Diversity Scholarships

General
Scholarships and
Bursaries

2012

2012 CHFT Diversity Scholarship Sponsors

The Co-operative Housing Federation of Toronto and the CHFT Charitable Fund are proud to announce this year’s sponsors.

Presenting sponsors

Scholarship sponsors

CHF Canada Ontario Region

CMS Building Consultants

Ontario Property Management Group

Precision Property Management

Rogers

Housing Services Corporation

Urban Strategies Inc.

Program Sponsors

CAW

CMS Building Consultants

EnerStream Agency Services

Prentice Yates & Clark

Ricoh

The Co-operators

The Daniels Corporation

Event Sponsors

Community First Developments Inc.

Ganesh Community Development Co-operative

Intelligarde

JTM Property Services Inc.

Karimjee-Greene LLP

Sack Goldblatt Mitchell

Community Sponsors

Credit Canada

YMCA of Greater Toronto

Academic Partners

Centennial College

George Brown College

Humber College

Ontario College of Art and Design

Ryerson University

Seneca College

University of Toronto

York University

Co-op Sponsors

Atkinson Housing Co-operative

Bleecker Street Co-operative Homes Inc

Charles Darrow Housing Co-operative Inc

Campden Green Housing Co-operative Inc.

Eamon Park Housing Co-operative

Hugh Garner Housing Co-operative

Don Area Co-operative Homes

Local 75 (Hospitality Workers) Housing Co-operative

New Hibret Co-operative Homes Inc.

OWN Housing Co-operative
Tamil Co-operative Homes Inc.

Taylor Creek Co-operative Homes

Ontario Black History Society President

Rosemary Sadlier presents Mehedi Khan

with his scholarship plaque.

In 2004, the Co-operative Housing Federation of Toronto (CHFT) launched the CHFT Diversity Scholarship Program.

The program is for people living in CHFT member housing co-ops. An important element of the scholarship is the strong commitment to diversity shown by the applicants in their communities. Students are awarded their scholarships largely based on their community involvement in their schools, co-op communities and in a variety of community based organizations. To date people from over 60 co-ops have won scholarships.

The CHFT Diversity Scholarship Program has two community partners, Credit Canada and the YMCA. Both these community partners offer additional services to successful scholarship students. Credit Canada provides workshops on financial planning and budgeting. YMCA helps students with life skills training, job interview preparation and developing strategies to secure summer employment.

In 2007, CHFT in partnership with the Peel-Halton Co-operative Housing Federation (PHCHF), began to award diversity scholarships. The PHCHF awards a scholarship each year at a ceremony in the spring. This year CHFT will also work in partnership with the Golden Horseshoe Co-operative Housing Federation to introduce a new scholarship in the Hamilton and Niagara area. . CHFT will also work with the Co-operative Housing Federation of British Columbia to introduce a new scholarship.

CHFT Diversity Scholarship recipients have graduated from the following schools:

Centennial College	Ryerson University
George Brown College	Seneca College
Guelph University	Trent University
McMaster University	University of Toronto
Queen’s University	Wilfrid Laurier University

	York University

CHFT awards the Dexter Johnston Scholarship recognizing a young person who has shown exceptional leadership in their school and community.

We also award the Randy Padmore Scholarship. This scholarship recognizes an individual who takes an active role in mentoring young people.

Scholarship winner Nneka Perry celebrates

with Campden Green Co-op members and staff.

David Miller has sponsored a scholarship titled the Success Becomes You Scholarship. This scholarship provides an opportunity for people who have their education interrupted

Students entering first year of university or college receive a $5,000 scholarship. Students receive $2,000 in first year, and $1,000 in second, third and fourth years.

In 2012, the Penny Bethke Scholarship will be awarded to someone who is working on social justice issue including women’s issues.

The following colleges and universities provide additional funding of up to $3,000

CentennialCollege	George Brown College
Humber College	Ontario College of Art and Design
Ryerson University	Seneca College
University of Toronto	York University

The Scholarship Program has brought together over 30 business and community sponsors to ensure that young people have an opportunity to pursue educational opportunities.

To date, over $700,000 has been awarded to over 140 CHFT Diversity Scholarship recipients. The CHFT Charitable Fund enables us to fundraise through our annual scholarship event which is held in the spring.

There are 48 students who have graduated from college

and university. This fall there will be over 80 students

attending school on scholarship in various cities in

Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia.

Krishan Mehta from Seneca College presents

Hailey Pacitto with her scholarship plaque.

Scholarship winners are showing a growing commitment to taking on leadership positions in their own co-ops and sector organizations. To date, there are 24 scholarship winners who have been elected to boards of housing co-ops and sector organizations.

The CHFT Diversity Scholarship Program supports students to complete their first 4 years of post secondary education. Five students have achieved a second degree after completing their undergraduate program. These second degrees were awarded by York, University of Toronto, Queen’s and Oxford University in England. Three more students are returning to school this fall for post graduate studies.Recently, one of the students was accepted into a PhD program at Columbia University in New York.

The CHFT Diversity Scholarship Event was held on June 16, 2011 at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts. At this event we awarded 27 scholarships. New scholarship winners were joined by past winners who are currently part of our program. The event provided an opportunity for close to 400 people to celebrate the accomplishments of the scholarship winners.

Scholarship award presentations will take place

Wednesday, May 2 - Peel-Halton CHF in Mississauga

Saturday, May 5 - CHF BC Burnaby, British Columbia

Wednesday, May 9 - Golden Horseshoe CHF in St. Catharines

Wednesday, June 27 - CHFT at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, Toronto.

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