the joyce family foundation makes $1 million donation to lakehead’s aboriginal mentorship program
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the joyce family foundation is donating $1 million to a unique program at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 that mentors indigenous high school 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 from northwestern ontario.
lakehead’s president and vice-chancellor dr. brian stevenson said that thanks to this significant contribution, lakehead’s aboriginal mentorship program (amp) will continue to remove barriers to access post-secondary education for young people, in perpetuity.
“the joyce family foundation’s gift is more than a financial gift,” said dr. stevenson. “the joyce family has made an investment in the future generations of indigenous 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 by providing 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ’s amp program with the means to continue to make their university dreams possible.”
dr. stevenson also thanked the foundation’s board, including ron joyce, grant joyce, steven joyce, the hon. edward lumley, rob macisaac, aileen o’rafferty, and michele allison-thornley.
“amp’s success depends on our ability to connect with high school 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 on an annual basis as they move through their studies,” said lisa harris, amp coordinator.
“this contribution allows us to focus on fulfilling our commitment to indigenous youth,” she added.
when lakehead started amp in 2013 there were 40 indigenous youth enrolled in the program. last year (2016/2017), the program worked with over 2,750 youth from grade one to 12 through outreach programming both on and off the thunder bay campus; of these youth, 250 were high school 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 who worked exclusively with the amp program.
“that incredible growth in numbers really demonstrates the need for programs such as this,” harris said.
dr. peggy smith, lakehead’s interim vice-provost, aboriginal initiatives, thanked the joyce family foundation for recognizing the value of amp reaching out to indigenous high school 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 .
“this is another significant piece in our efforts to improve indigenous student enrolment at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ,” dr. smith said.
amp allows high school 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 to visit the lakehead thunder bay campus to compare healthy versus cancerous skin cells, tour the paleo dna and chemistry labs, learn about the human body using the school of nursing and northern ontario school of medicine manikins, do archaeological digs on campus, participate in outdoor scavenger hunts using gps, and more.
“the joyce family foundation recognizes 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 as a leader in first nation education attainment through its aboriginal mentorship program, and we are happy to offer this support,” said the joyce family foundation founder ron joyce.
“i believe that education can unleash great potential, and this program is doing just that,” he added.
the joyce family foundation (formerly the joyce foundation) is a private, family foundation created by canadian entrepreneur ronald v. joyce, who co-founded tdl group ltd. which licenses tim hortons restaurants in canada and around the world. through its strategic philanthropic work, the joyce family foundation is dedicated to supporting the social, economic and emotional well-being of children and youth by empowering them to develop into healthy, confident, independent contributors to canadian society. visit www.joycefamilyfoundation.com.
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media: for more information or to arrange interviews, please contact:
brandon walker, media relations officer, 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 , at 807-343-8177 or mediarelations@lakeheadu.ca.
maureen o'neill, foundation administrator, the joyce family foundation, at 905 336-6993, or moneill@joycefamilyfoundation.com
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