2019 Award Winners

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Award Winner	Location	Sponsor	Relationship
Spencer Christie	Winnipeg	Raymond Gordon Billows	Uncle
Olivia Erickson	Brandon	Conrad Erickson	Grandfather
Marissa Claire Hamlin	Winnipeg	Ellen Hamlin	Grandmother
Alexander Iwanchysko	Dauphin	Nadia Yakielashek	Grandmother

The RTAM Endowment Fund was established with The Winnipeg Foundation in 2013 with an initial contribution of $50,000 enabling four awards of $500. The Fund has grown to provide support this year for four $850 awards to our very deserving young relatives. Endowing the RTAM Fund at the Winnipeg Foundation allows us to enlarge the size of the award available to each student over time. LET’S STRIVE FOR FOUR $1000 AWARDS NEXT YEAR!

Please consider adding capital to the growth of the RTAM Endowment Fund. Contribute to The RTAM Endowment Award Fund at the Winnipeg Foundation by phone, mail or internet with an In Memoriam gift or in your will or just your charity of choice for next year. ALL DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE. Check our website at: www.rtam.mb.ca or www.wpgfdn.ca.

Brief description of post-secondary plans provided by the award recipients

Spencer Christie
I intend on pursuing a degree in Physics at the University of Manitoba. Afterwards, I am interested in entering a medicine school in order to enter the medical field, although that is far along in the future.

Olivia Erickson
I am currently attending Brandon University and working towards completing my Bachelor of Science degree. After I finish my first degree my plans are to attend medical school, hopefully at the University of British Columbia and pursue Dermatology and/ or Plastic surgery. My end goal would be to eventually own my own dermatology and low level plastic surgery practice.

Marissa Claire Hamlin
Marissa Claire Hamlin is currently attending the University of Ottawa in the Faculty of Science pursuing an undergraduate degree in biology. She was also accepted into the House of Commons Page Program for the 2019-2020 year. As an avid lover of nature and the environment, Marissa plans to use her post-secondary education in biology in order to pursue field research that will contribute to issues of environmental and social significance.

Alexander Iwanchysko
I am attending the University of Manitoba in the Faculty of Engineering. In my second year I hope to get accepted into the Department of Electrical Engineering and earn my degree in that field. After I get my degree I plan to work somewhere in rural Manitoba.

RTAM MEMBER BENEFITS	STUDENT BENEFITS
1. The project will provide the means and incentive to increase communication between RTAM members and their family high school students they are sponsoring.	1 Portfolios encourage the collection of artifacts and evidence by the student to support their successful writing of award and scholarships applications.
2. Recognizing the importance of a post-secondary education, RTAM members can feel pride in the role they will play in supporting their family members to be awarded funding to help with the high costs of today’s world.	2 Portfolios help students focus on their knowledge, skills and attitudes to support their successful applications for bursaries and scholarship.
3. This project will provide RTAM members with an opportunity to experience renewed passion in their roles as teacher and mentor working with their family members.	3 Portfolios help students track their changes and growth in important leadership skills through their high school experience.
4. RTAM member involvement with their family members will promote positive mental health opportunities during a time when COVID has caused many to experience social and physical isolation.	4 Portfolios assist the student in becoming more aware of their own learning experiences and history.
5. RTAM member involvement will support a sense of purpose in their lives and offer them a sense of social value to society.	5 Portfolios provide a framework to encourage students’ self-assessment leading to a more accurate choice of how they want to spend their future, their career aspirations.
6. RTAM members will increase their opportunities to know and understand their youth family members’ challenges and issues while developing a relationship and creating a sense of trust.	6 Portfolios provide a framework with resources for building a resume and completing university/college entrance applications as well as job applications.
7. RTAM members can offer direct input into the writing of the applications to enhance the students’ chances of being successful.	7 Portfolios save the student the time and agony of trying to recall their experiences and gather all their information to complete applications in their graduating year.
	8 Portfolios provide students support to practice informed decision-making regarding their personal and professional opportunity selections.

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