The closing date for the 2012 OACRS Scholarship Awards was March 31, 2012.
Applications are now being reviewed by the Selection Committee. Successful applicants will be notified of the results in May 2012.
Ontario Association of Children's Rehabilitation is pleased to offer the OACRS Scholarship Award Program in recognition of students who have been served by Ontario's Children's Treatment Centres and who are pursuing a post secondary education or career goal.
Applications for the Scholarship Awards will be accepted through an on-line application process, starting in January each year.
2011 OACRS Scholarship Recipients
Samantha Fraser - $1000 Scholarship
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From left to right: Hon. Laurel Broten - Minister of Children and Youth Services, Samantha Fraser, Linda Kenny - CEO of OACRS |
Samantha Fraser aspires to become a Social Worker. An academically strong student, Samantha has shown tremendous maturity in overcoming any challenge she faces. She is an active volunteer with her church, the United Way, a local shelter and The Dream Centre in Lindsay. She even finds time for horseback riding and violin lessons. Samantha credits the team at Five Counties with providing her with a support system to help her see her full potential. Planning to practice social work in the field of youth addiction, Samantha’s own words are “I believe that if I help at least one person …this makes the job worth every second”. Samantha, I think your nominators, Social Worker Elizabeth Carmicheal and Physiotherapits Felicity Lyon would agree with me in thinking you are destined to help a lot more than one person. Congratulations and best wishes for your studies.
Hayley Burrett - $500 Scholarship
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| From left to right: Hon. Laurel Broten - Minister Children & Youth Services, Hayley Burrett, Linda Kenny - CEO of OACRS |
Five Counties first met Hayley Burrett when she was 20 months old.
Like many young people her age, Hayley will leave home for the first time this fall. She has been planning for this for several years in order that she might be completely independent in her new city. She spent a great deal of time touring each of the campuses she was accepted to and I believe she will be entering Centennial College in Toronto in the Child and Youth Worker Program. In addition to her own experience, Hayley has proven to be a tireless volunteer. She has accumulated over 400 of community service work with seniors, children and youth. Most recently has assisted the “Girl’s Club” at Five Counties. In the nomination, Colleen Ristok, Recreation Therapits and Diane Murtha, Social Worker describe Hayley as “communicating in a genuine and natural manner, easily building rapport. She understands the individual needs of the youth in the program and these are skills that will contribute to her success in her chosen field of study.
Talor Hyatt - $500 Scholarship
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| From left to right: Taylor Hyatt, Occupational Therapist Alicia Wuben, Linda Kenny - CEO of OACRS |
A client of Quinte Children’s Treatment Centre since the age of 15 months, Taylor credits the team here with giving her the skills to live her life in an independent way – complimented by her personal characteristics of being goal oriented and hard working. In addition to school, Taylor has served as the Quinte Region ambassador for Easter Seals and also speaks publically on behalf of The Quinte CTC and Rotary Club of Belleville. She has held a part time job with Quinte SailAbility for the past three years. From September 2010 to January 2011 Taylor completed her high school co-op placement here. This convinced her that she wanted to pursue her goal of becoming a Speech Pathologist to help young people find a voice – very fitting considering her nominator, Alicia Gould, describes her as “a role model of many of her peers.” In September, she will begin a 4 year BA program in Linguistics at Carleton.