Scholarship winners

On March 1st, CFUW-Ottawa hosted an online evening meeting to congratulate the winners of this year’s scholarship awards: students from the University of Ottawa, Carleton University and Algonquin College. 

Numerous CFUW members were there, and some of the students’ brought family members along. In the past, this annual event, usually held in a church hall, always included short recitals by the music students. On this occasion a single video recording replaced those, an undergrad from Carleton University giving a multiple-voice rendition of the rock song Edge of Seventeen, by Stevie Nicks (1982). I can't say I liked it but she did all the voice parts and carried it off with aplomb. "Ooo baby... ooo... said ooo / Just like the white winged dove... / Sings a song... / Sounds like she's singing... / Ooo baby... ooo... said ooo" etc. for 12 verses.

We also honoured a musician from Mexico, studying the cello with Paul Marleyn as her tutor (it would have been nice to hear her perform) and a student of Nursing, and young women working towards degrees or further qualifications in Law, Criminology, Fine Arts, Political Science and Sociology, Forensic Psychology, Mental Health, Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, Acting, Information Systems, Women’s Studies, Applied Linguistics and Aerospace. A few of the award recipients had made video recordings of their thanks; others expressed their gratitude “live” during the meeting, telling us something about their studies, their career goals and their background. A few of the young women CFUW-Ottawa supports are furthering their education while also raising a family, an impressive achievement. One of them was a few days away from giving birth!