Affiliated Distributors to Award 43,500 EFC Scholarship
As part of Electro-Federation Canada (EFC)’s 2015 scholarship program, Affiliated Distributors is offering a $3,500 scholarship to either a family member of current Affiliate employees or a family member of any AD Canada Affiliate customer. The successful applicant will be a student in any post-secondary institution across Canada who has successfully completed at least the first year of any degree, diploma or electrical apprenticeship program. Priority will be given to students who have an electrical or electronics concentration. The successful student will have above-average marks in their current program and will have shown leadership in their school and community.
Now in its 20th year, the EFC scholarship program will award a record $120,500 across 52 scholarships.Engaging university and college students is critical to our industry, says Joris Myny, Chair of Electro-Federation Canada (EFC)’s scholarship program and a senior vice president of Siemens Canada Limited. Myny describes the scholarship program as more than funding students. “It is an opportunity to promote our industry in every Canadian university and college and showcase the electrical industry as a viable career choice in Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Management, Operations, Information Technology and Human Resources.”
For a complete list of the AD Canada Distributors who serve the electrical supply needs of contractors and industrial customers from coast-to-coast throughout Canada, visit http://bit.ly/UZm8YD; for more information on Affiliated Distributors, http://www.adhq.com.
Find out more about EFC’s scholarship program: http://www.electrofed.com/scholarships/.
