Schulich Leader Scholarships
Supporting academic excellence in Canada and Israel for undergraduate studies in STEM subjects: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
Julie Wong
York House School
Nominated by:
Anita Irani
Nominated in:
2012
Vancouver, BC
McGill University
Blog posts:
Q&A with Julie:
Julie
What STEM area are you studying starting in Fall 2012?
Engineering
What is your favourite inspirational quote?
"We are very, very small, but we are profoundly capable of very, very big things" -Stephen Hawking as portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch in Hawking (2004)
What is a little known fact about yourself?
My first passion is pretending to be "Iron Chef"! I love to experiment with recipes and various forms of cuisine.
Why do you think you make a great Schulich Leader?
Constantly pursuing excellence through hard work and dedication, I’m never complacent and am always challenging the status quo.
Announcements
- All Canadian Schulich Leader Nominee applications are being reviewed by the 20 university partners in the program. Announcements of an offer or acceptance of a 2013 Schulich Leader award will be posted in real-time on our Facebook page.
- April 8 - Queens University has made offers to 2 Schulich Leader Nominees - we will let you know if/when these offers have been accepted
- April 10 - University of Ottawa has made offers to 2 Schulich Leader Nominees
- April 11 - University of New Brunswick has made offers to 2 Schulich Leader Nominees
- April 11 - Simon Fraser University has made offers to 2 Schulich Leader Nominees
- April 12 - Dalhousie University has made offers to 2 Schulich Leader Nominees
- April 23 - University of Victoria has made offers to 2 Schulich Leader Nominees. One offer has already been accepted
- April 25 - University of Calgary has made offers to 2 Schulich Leader Nominees
- April 29 - We can confirm the following two Schulich Leaders: Sophia Miao - Queen's University, Junhyuck (Paul) Kim - University of Victoria
- May 1 - York University has made offers to two potential Schulich Leaders
- May 1 - Adesewa Oloko and Magdalena Richardson have accepted offers from the University of Ottawa to be their Schulich Leaders
- May 2 - University of Toronto has made offers to two potential Schulich Leaders
- May 2 - Nadia Kashetsky is a Schulich Leader at the University of New Brunswick
- May 2 - Jamie-Lee Freeston is a Schulich Leader at Queen's University
- May 3 - Xiongyi Cui and Jonah Zankl are the Schulich Leaders at the University of Calgary
- May 3 - Western University has made offers to two potential Schulich Leaders
- May 8 - Michael Gilbert is the second confirmed Schulich Leader at the University of New Brunswick
- May 8 - Ben Shachar is a confirmed Schulich Leader at York University
- May 9 - Sarah Khan is the second confirmed Schulich Leader at the University of Victoria
- May 10 - Memorial University has made offers to two potential Schulich Leaders
- May 14 - McGill University has made offers to two potential Schulich Leaders
- May 14 - Ella Thomson and Jayden McKoy are the confirmed Schulich Leaders at the University of Manitoba
- May 14 - University of British Columbia has made offers to two potential Schulich Leaders
- May 14 - University of Waterloo has made offers to two potential Schulich Leaders
- May 14 - McMaster University has made offers to two potential Schulich Leaders
- May 14 - University of Alberta has made offers to two potential Schulich Leaders
- May 17 - Taylor Rocque and Michelle Liu are the confirmed Schulich Leaders at the University of Alberta
- May 17- Yuan (Jake) Bian and Gurman Khera are the confirmed Schulich Leaders at University of British Columbia
- May 17 - Daniel Kapustin and Frank Battaglia are the confirmed Schulich Leaders at McGill University
- May 17 - Akanksha Joshi and Maike van Niekerk are the confirmed Schulich Leaders at Dalhousie University
- May 21 - Deven Azevedo and Andy Zeng are the confirmed Schulich Leaders at Simon Fraser University
- May 22 - Emma Hansen and Joan Miguel Romero are the confirmed Schulich Leaders at the University of Toronto
- May 22 - Miguel Gagnon is the confirmed Schulich Leader at Université de Montréal – Polytechnique Montréal
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May 23 - Lucas Palmer and Chloe Simms are the confirmed Schulich Leaders at the University of Waterloo
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Designated Canadian Universities 2013
University of Alberta is one of the 20 participating university partners of the 2013 Schulich Leader Scholarship. The universities are responsible for selecting the Schulich Leaders for their respective institution.
