2005 Harry Jerome Scholarships presentation ceremony
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At the 2005 Harry Jerome Scholarships presentation ceremony hosted by the BMO Financial Group on October 21, 2005, thirty students with Black African ancestry were awarded scholarships for academic excellence, demonstrated financial need and recognized contribution to the community.

The Harry Jerome Scholarship Fund is made possible through the support of its sponsors and donors including the Black Business and Professional Association.

The keynote speaker at the event was Jamaican born, Windsor University Graduate, Larry Johanson, speaker/trainer and seminar leader on communications. Larry has designed a series of workbooks based around his experiences gained at ’the university of life’.

Among the scholarship recipients were MBA students Everton Lewis, Tamara Seales and Michael Murray; each with a different background and going into a different specialization.

Everton Lewis is enrolled in the second year of the MBA program at the Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, and received a Royal Bank of Canada Scholarship. Toronto born with roots in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Everton makes periodic visits to SVG and has ‘been enjoying it very much’. “I am in the second year of my MBA degree. I am coming from a background in Education. I worked for the Toronto School Board. Then I worked for the Ministry of Education. I traveled overseas and worked in the United Arab Emirates, for the Ministry of Education there. I am still looking down the road to be involved in the public sector, specifically education. In the short term though, possibly, I may go into a consulting role. So that when I go back, I can really create that impact that I am hoping will result down the road”. Mr. Lewis said.

Tamara Seales is enrolled in the second year of the MBA program at the Schulich School of Business at York University and received a Royal Bank of Canada Scholarship. Tamara told Carib Weekly that she is engaged in extra curricula activities in the community. “One of the things that I am currently doing is running an event called, Mind the Gap. It is focused specifically towards visible minority professionals. It is a half day seminar and is specifically targeted towards the gap that currently exists between the current demographics of corporate Canada and the demographics of up and coming executives. In our school, 40% of the students are international, many are also visible minorities and there is a lot of talk at school about diversity but it is not sufficiently addressed. So I am particularly looking at addressing that issue,” said Ms Seales.

“I am really happy to be an award recipient. I think it’s wonderful to celebrate the success of the Black people in the community. And I continue to make every effort possible to make a contribution back to the community”, she added. Tamara is specializing in Entrepreneurial Studies and plans to return to the family’s Pharmaceutical business. Her father who is Grenadian will retire soon and Tamara hopes to assume the reigns one day. She feels that it is really important to keep it in the family.

Michael Murray, in the second year of the MBA program at the Schulich School of Business at York University, received a scholarship from the Urban Financial Services Coalition. Michael with Jamaican roots grew up in Toronto and did his undergraduate degree in music at McGill University. He is specializing in arts and media administration.

Michael told Carib Weekly, “I hope to go into either cultural policy in the Government, such as Canada Council for the Arts, or I am also taking a specialization in Marketing and looking at the private sector”.





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