Saturday 30 November 2019
Over two hundred people were at the St. Anthony’s Banquet Hall on Saturday to support the Black Canadian Scholarship Fund at its annual December dinner-dance. Under the leadership. Under the leadership of President Elizabeth December-Lovell, the BCSF has been providing scholarships to African-Canadian youth from disadvantaged families, enabling them achieve their dream of college and university education on the road to a successful career. To date, the BCSF has awarded a total of 59 scholarships since its inception in 1996, under the leadership of its late founder, Dr. Horace Alexander. This year, five outstanding young people received scholarships of $6,000 each. Past recipients have gone on to graduate as physicians, one Ph. D, lawyers, scientists, social scientists, information and communication specialists. The 2019 award winners were: Nicole Kamanzi, Precieux King, Adenike Adeyefor, Anael Youssaint and Souban Yousouf.
Special awards in recognition of outstanding volunteerism and philanthropy were given to Rolf Christenson and Deryck Beckles.
For more information on the Black Canadian Scholarship Fund, visit: http://bcsf.ca/
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Ted Guillaume was one of my favourite teachers. I went to Henry Munro Middle school in Ottawa. He has a beautiful singing voice, great smile and was a great teacher. I still remember some of his lessons. So nice to see a photo of M. Guillaume here.