Hydro One honours eight students as recipients of the Leonard S. (Tony) Mandamin Scholarship
News Release
TORONTO, June 16, 2014 – In celebration of National Aboriginal Day, today Hydro One recognized eight students selected for the Leonard S. (Tony) Mandamin Scholarship. Scholarship recipients receive a $5,000 award and are offered a work term with Hydro One.
“The Leonard S. (Tony) Mandamin Scholarship helps to encourage First Nations, Métis and Inuit students to consider a career within the electricity sector,” said Judy McKellar, Vice-President, People and Culture.
The award recipients are:
- Taylor Attwood, Métis, Mechanical Engineering Technology – Conestoga College
- Jarett Carter, Saugeen First Nation, Power Engineering Technology – Georgian College
- Shane Flamand, Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve, Electrical Engineering Technologist – Cambrian College
- Summer Wawia, Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek, Business Human Resources – Confederation College
- Trevor Pelletier, Dokis First Nation, Electrical Engineering Technician – Georgian College
- John Jonassen, Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation, Civil Engineering – Lakehead University
- Katie-Lynn Boulard, Métis, Electrical Engineering Technician – Northern College
- Taylor Tabobondung, Wasauksing First Nation, Conservation Biology and Environmental Science – University of Toronto.
The award is named after the Honourable Justice Leonard S. Tony Mandamin, one of the first Electrical Engineering graduates in Ontario of First Nations ancestry. The Honourable Justice Leonard S. Tony Mandamin, an Anishnawbe, is a member of the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve on Manitoulin Island. The annual scholarship, established in 2011, is awarded to First Nations, Métis and Inuit post-secondary students enrolled in electricity-related programs.
Hydro One delivers electricity safely, reliably and responsibly to homes and businesses across the province of Ontario and owns and operates Ontario’s 29,000 km high-voltage transmission network that delivers electricity to large industrial customers and municipal utilities, and a 123,000 km low-voltage distribution system that serves about 1.3 million end-use customers and smaller municipal utilities in the province. Hydro One is wholly owned by the Province of Ontario.
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For more information, contact Hydro One Media Relations 24 hours a day at 1-877-506-7584 (toll-free in Ontario only) or 416-345-6868. Our website is www.HydroOne.com.
