New students win $30K scholarships from Amazon

Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Three first-year students at Waterloo Engineering are starting their studies with support from a technology giant.

Shivam Jindal of Mississauga, Mulei Mao of Scarborough and Sophia Nguyen of Toronto are among the first 10 recipients of $30,000 scholarships from Amazon.

The new Amazon Future Engineer Canada program was created to help graduating high school students in underserved and underrepresented communities cover their university tuition.

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