The Trustees of The Rotary Foundation recently confirmed the award of two District 7070 Global Grant Scholarships for the 2021-2022 academic year. Global Grant Scholarships are US$30,500 scholarships for postgraduate work in any Rotary Area of Focus . Rotary International's Global Grant Scholarship program began as the Ambassadorial Scholarship Program in 1947. More than 40,000 men and women from over 100 countries have studied abroad under this program. Acknowledged as the world’s largest privately funded international scholarship program, today’s Global Grant Scholars are expected to be ambassadors for Rotary and Canada to their host countries. We are pleased to announce this year's recipients......
Angela Khakali was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Willowdale. Angela is a Toronto resident and received her Bachelor of Arts Business Economics (Bilingual) from York University and Master of Science Health Policy, Planning & Financing from the London School of Economics/ London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Angela will be pursuing a Master of Business Administration Degree through the University of Cambridge, in Cambridge, England. This scholarship was awarded under Rotary Area of Focus Economic and Community Development.
Angela, recently recognized by the BMW Foundation as a Responsible leader, hopes to leverage infrastructure investments to address socio-economic inequality, in the short-term with the Canada Infrastructure Bank and in the long-term with the International Finance Corporation. Over the past eight years Angela has worked for the Ontario provincial government on economic development initiatives, most recently as the Broadband Strategy Lead, and previously on health infrastructure programs, at the Ministry of Health, Treasury Board Secretariat and at the Ministry of Economic Development. Her vision as a Rotary Scholar will be to accelerate infrastructure investment across Indigenous communities, where the infrastructure gap directly contributes to poverty and lowers the quality of life for Indigenous communities.
Brandon Nguyen was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Etobicoke. Brandon is a Toronto resident, graduated from Martingrove Collegiate Institute, and is a graduate of University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business, where he received his Bachelor of Science in Economics and his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. Brandon will pursue a Master of Science in Environmental Policy and Regulation at the London School of Economics and Political Science. This scholarship was awarded under Rotary Area of Focus Economic and Community Development..
Brandon, recognized as a Top 25 Environmentalist Under 25, plans to continue his advocacy as an environmentalist, building on his experience working with governments of the Philippines, Ghana, Nicaragua, Chile and Canada, as well as the United Nations Environment Programme, to implement policies that prioritized green growth through sustainable economic development. He selected the LSE program as it recognizes the impact of climate change on economic development and as a risk to low-income communities; and that economic appraisal and valuation of climate risk align with Rotary’s goal of ‘’strengthening communities’ economic resilience and adaptive capacity in response to environmental and climate-related hazards and natural disasters.’’ His goal is to pursue a PhD in public environment policy and become a policy maker at a multilateral institution, the Canadian government or an NGO
District 7070 is very proud to have been awarded Global Grant Scholarships for these two motivated candidates. They represent Rotary’s motto of Service Above Self and their long term goals align with the respective Rotary Area of Focus.
For more information on the Global Grant Scholarship Program , please contact Ross Bowser, Co-Chair, District 7070 Global Grant Scholarship Committee , 905-471-1706, bowser21@sympatico.ca