24 May 2018
De Beers Canada is pleased to announce that, as a HeForShe Thematic Champion, six new STEM-related scholarships for female students are now available at the University of Calgary. HeForShe is the United Nations solidarity movement engaging male leaders as champions for gender equality. These new scholarships are part of the De Beers’ commitment to providing a total of USD$504,000 in STEM scholarships across Canada by 2020 that are dedicated to female students with an interest in full-time studies in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
Four scholarships will be awarded to undergraduate students entering the Schulich School of Engineering, while two scholarships will be awarded to undergraduate students entering the Faculty of Science. A unique component to the program is a commitment to identify potential female indigenous applicants from the Northwest Territories and northern Ontario.