A student at Waterloo Engineering has won a $10,000 scholarship through a Hydro One program designed to increase educational and employment opportunities for young Indigenous people.
Callum Perrault, an electrical engineering undergraduate and a member of the Métis Nation of Ontario, is one of 20 winners of 2022 Leonard S. (Tony) Mandamin Scholarships, which also offer the chance to do a paid work term at Hydro One.
Open to Indigenous students enrolled in recognized university and college programs, the scholarships are named after one of the first Indigenous electrical engineering graduates in the province.
Recipients are selected by a panel composed of First Nations, Inuit and Métis professionals. The winners were announced this week to mark National Indigenous Peoples Day.
“We congratulate these Indigenous leaders for their achievements and celebrate the bright futures ahead of them,” Penny Favel, vice president of Indigenous relations at Hydro One, said in a media release.