FIRST SCHOLARSHIP GRANTED TO AMY STROTHARD IN 2021

In August 2021, Professor Stoyles announced  that Amy Strothard was chosen as the first recipient of the APMC scholarship. A thank you letter from Amy is attached.  

In his words: “Amy is an ideal first recipient.  She has proven to be one of the stars of our program in recent years and it is great to be able to recognize some of her success with this award. As you know, the award is designed to recognize excellent academic standing by requiring the recipient to have a minimum average of 80%.  Amy has exceeded this standard by an impressive margin.”

The award is also to recognize the best essay or project submission reflecting the importance of promoting peace, justice, understanding, or equality. Amy’s paper, “Decriminalizing Prostitution: A Liberal Feminist Approach”, was selected as the best submission by our prize committee.

Letter from Amy Strothard:

Association of Progressive Muslims of Canada Scholarship Fund

Dear Donors, 

Thank you so much for your donation! I greatly appreciate the recognition and financial aid you’ve provided. I’ve just completed my honours undergraduate degree in Psychology and Philosophy at Trent. I’m now taking a year off school to work and study for the LSAT, and to hopefully attend law school in fall 2022. This scholarship will help tremendously with the fees associated with the application process (which are steeper and more numerous than I had anticipated!). Thank you again for your generosity!

Best 

Amy Strothard

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ABOUT THE SCHOLARSHIP

The Scholarship Fund was officially in place at Trent University since July 2018. The Association has raised the $26,500 needed for our Scholarship and, Trent University will convert the fund into the Association of Progressive Muslims of Canada Scholarship. in 2020.

The scholarship is open to domestic undergraduate students of all faiths and cultures and will be merit based (80 percent and above). The funds will be held in perpetuity and the scholarship will be paid out using the interest earned on the principal.

Scholarships of $25,000 pay out $1000 per annum to the recipient.  Scholarship recipients are asked to write a letter to the scholarship donor thanking them for the scholarship and telling them a little bit about themselves and how the money will assist them in their studies.

Trent University has the distinction of being the #1 undergraduate university in Ontario (Maclean's Rankings) and #3 in Canada  (Maclean’s Rankings) and it has been a special place for students for over 50 years now.

People say you reward what you value and since the APMC was founded, its members have worked hard to prepare young people to get involved in all aspects of Canadian life by participating and fulfilling civic duties and obligations at the municipal, provincial and federal levels.

The future leaders of our country and our world are those young people who are in Trent University classrooms today.

The Honorable Maryam Monsef, Minister of Status of Women; the Honorable John Horgan, Premier of British Columbia; Jennifer May Alice Loten, Ambassador to the Organization of American States; the Honorable Laurie Peters, High Commissioner of Canada to Jamaica; Dr. James Orbinski, Doctors Without Borders; Yan Martell, writer and author of Life of Pi; Don Tapscott, author and business leader; and Mani Haghighi, Iranian filmmaker are all Trent University Graduates.

All donation towards the Association of Progressive Muslims of Canada Scholarship Fund are greatly appreciated and will make a difference. Tax receipts were issued directly by the University.

Donor Recognition

Any donations of $5000 or more will be recognized on the donor wall in the new Trent University Student Centre.