Students win scholarships

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Fifteen Aboriginal students from across the country won $1,000 each to put toward their post-secondary educations.

The 1995 recipients were awarded Canada Trust Partnership for Youth scholarships, announced the Foundation for the Advancement of Aboriginal Youth.

"Through the FAAY post-secondary scholarship program, Canada Trust is striving to provide the means for today's young people to realize their full potential," said Dianne Smith Sanderson, Canada Trust spokesperson.

The scholarship program is part of a three-year commitment to FAAY,.

The foundation was created by the nonprofit Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business in 1993 as a resource base to provide Aboriginal youth with guidance and financial help.

The scholarship winners are:

Kevin Charles Koe, Yellowknife, NWT

Donna Ward, Whitehorse, Yukon

Charmaine Seymour, Vancouver

Desmond Johnnie, Prince George, B.C.

Alan Duffy, Saskatoon, Sask.

Sarain Lafond, Marcelin, Sask.

Tammy Gleich, Winnipeg, Man.

Guy Delaurier, St. Rose Du Lac, Man.

Melanie McKenzie, Lake Temagami, Ont.

Duncan Lee, Kanesatake, Que.

Lysane Cree, Kanesatake, Que.

Steve Girard, Mistassini, Que.

Lana Marie Pratt, Montreal, Que.

Jennifer Ward, Newcastle, N.B.

Tina Turnbull, Victoria, Nfld.