26 February 2018
De Beers Canada is pleased to announce that the first four scholarships in support of De Beers’ UN Women partnership commitment are now available to female students applying for first-year full-time studies in eligible Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics programs at the University of Waterloo, also a UN Women HeForShe IMPACT 10x10x10 champion. Through 2020, De Beers has committed to providing a total of USD$504,000 in STEM scholarships across Canada for female students, including 16 scholarships at the University of Waterloo. These four inaugural one-year scholarships will be for the September 2018 student intake, with additional support available in future years for incoming students. Unique to the program is a commitment to identify female Indigenous candidates from the Northwest Territories and northern Ontario in areas where De Beers Canada has mining operations.