Our partners investing in potential
Each year, the Loran Scholars Foundation benefits from the crucial support of hundreds of individuals, companies, and foundations aligned with our mission of investing in young people who demonstrate strength of character, commitment to service, and exceptional leadership potential. We thank those listed below for their financial contributions in support of our mission.
Thank
You!
In the past fiscal year (May 2024-April 2025), $4.1M was contributed by 563 donors to invest in Canada’s future leaders. More than $83.4M has been invested in the educational journeys of more than 3,500 students since 1988.
P indicates a donor whose listed amount reflects the total value of a multi-year
pledge; their annual contribution represents a portion of this commitment.
M celebrates a donor who chooses to give monthly or make recurring contributions.
A denotes a donor who also donated Aeroplan points to mitigate travel costs.
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Founders’ Circle$10,000,000+
McCall MacBain FoundationP
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Visionaries’ Circle$1,000,000+ / $500,000+ / $250,000+
$1,000,000+
The Ralph M. Barford FoundationP
$500,000+
The Azrieli FoundationP
The John Dobson FoundationP
Hewitt FoundationP
The Northpine FoundationP
$250,000+
James Appleyard & Tamara RebanksP
Catherine & Mark Graham
The William and Nona Heaslip FoundationP
Temerty FoundationP
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Innovators’ Circle$100,000+
The Birks Family FoundationP
BlackNorth InitiativeP
Diane Blake & Stephen SmithP
BMO Capital Markets
Career Essentials Inc (2005)
CIBCP
The Connor, Clark & Lunn FoundationP
Raffi Jewellers (’97) (1978-2026)P
The Johnston Family FoundationP
John & Nancy Kelleher FoundationP
The Michael and Sonja Koerner Charitable FoundationP
Lallemand Inc.P
The Molson FoundationP
Hilary Pearson & Michael SabiaP
Polar FoundationP
Power Corporation of CanadaP
Sabourin Family FoundationP
Sauvé FoundationP
Susan ScaceP
R. Howard Webster FoundationP
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Catalysts’ Circle$30,000
Patrick Duncan (’06)P
Brian Gardner (’93)
George Georghiades (’95) & Kara McGlynnP
Franca Gucciardi (’90)P
White Whale Analytics (’09)MP
Hillary Higgins (’03)P
Jennifer King (’98)P
Michael Kogon (’95)P
David-Martin Milot (’07)P
Meghan Moore (’98)P
Dr. Nadia Salvaterra (’00) and Mark PrinsMP
Mark Schaan (’97)P
Lyle (’96) and Katie Schwartz & FamilyP
Lucas Skoczkowski (’92)P
Ian Sunderland (’98)P
Warren Tranquada (’92)
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Chair’s Circle$25,000 – 99,999 / $10,000 – 24,999 / $5,000 – 9,999
$25,000 – 99,999
Donald K. JohnsonP
Anonymous
Sue & Biff MatthewsP
The Bruce H. Mitchell Foundation
Dhruv Patel (’18)
RBC
Richard Rooney & Laura Dinner
Armon Shokravi (’18)
Torys LLP (in kind)
Bill Young
$10,000 – 24,999
Jamie & Patsy Anderson
Deloitte Canada (in kind)
Jon Hountalas & Mary Archakis
Fatima & Azhar Laher
Locking Arms Foundation
Roderick & Robin MacLennan
$5,000 – 9,999
Alteen Investments Limited
The Chawkers Foundation
Fortis Inc.
Friesens Corporation (in kind)
Douglas & Ruth Grant
Brian Gray
The David H. Laidley Foundation
The Midloch Foundation
Wesley Novotny (’96)
Andra Takacs & Bryan Davies
Laura White (’00)
Bruce Munro Wright O.B.C.
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CEO’s Circle$2,500 – 4,999 / $1,000 – 2,499
$2,500 – 4,999
Gail Asper, O.C., O.M., LL.D. & Michael Paterson
Éric Beaudoin (’05)MP
Teresa Bennett (’94)
Oliver Cardoso
Bob Cluett (1932-2026)
Alexandra Conliffe (’99)
Patrick David (’99)M
Erin Eacott (’93)
Paulina Bogdanova (’10)
Jonathan Goodman
Wojciech Gryc (’04)
Richard & Donna Ivey
Gordon Martell
Protection Incendie GLB
Chris Newton-Smith (’95)
Jennifer Pereira (’01)
Pinnacle Autosales
Jay Potter (’02)M
Christopher Proctor (’06)
Deepak RamachandranM
Rudy Sedlak (’97)
E. Joel Wright
$1,000 – 2,499
Dr. Dominic Allain (’95)
Mark Angelo (’99)M
Michael Beaton (’96)
Jonathan Burke & Susan Yurkovich
Dr. Kelsey Cameron (’98)
Ray Cantwell (’98)M
Brant Carson (’99)
Corey Centen (’03)
Amy Cervenan (’99)
Shalom Cumbo-Steinmetz
Michael Currie (’05)M
Melanie Derynck Lightstone (’02)
Stephen & Karen Diamond Family Foundation
The Eph and Shirley Diamond Family Foundation
Graham Fox (’93)
Divya Pahwa (’09) & Sunil Garg
Dr. Anthony Graham
Samir Gupta (’95)
Eric Haywood-Farmer (’96)M
Bonnie & Hart Hillman
Heather Holland (’98)M
Constance Holman (’09)
Nazim Hussain (’01)
Kunaal Jindal (’01)
Keating Family Fund at Calgary Foundation (’04)
Dr. Kosar Khwaja (’94)
Sammy Lau (’10)
Susan Lawson
John Lennox
Gaetan Lussier
Emma Lyndon (’98)
John & Sidney Madden
Alex Mazer (’97)M
Louise MacCallum & Michael Barnstijn
Christina McLeod Fund
Sarah Michael (’93)
Gurnoor Minhas (’19)M
Sultana Qureshi (’99)
Shayan Rahnama (’01)
Cameron Revington (’11)
Matthew Reynolds (’17)
H. Sanford Riley
Natasha Sawh
Lionel & Carol Schipper
Janet Smith (’95)
Emilie Stevens (’02)M
Kenneth & Patricia Tolmie
Evelyn Wainewright (’10)M
Justine Wezenaar (’09)M
Sylvia Wu (’07)M
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Scholars’ Circle$500 – 999 / $250 – 499 / Up to $249
$500 – 999
Connor Anear (’12)
Anonymous
David C. Appleyard
Rishita Apsani (’11)M
Calee Blanchard (’98)M
Ana Boskovic (’11)
Sarah-Jo Briand (’07)
François Cadieux (’05)
Talitha Calder (’09)M
Dr. Ainsley Carry
Lindsey Carter (’02)
Brianna Caryll (’91)M
Dr. Brianne Castonguay Trecartin (’03)M
Joanne Cave (’09)
Danielle Chahine-Iny (’98)
Loretta ChangM
Chris Cowperthwaite (’99)
Kaitlin Dupuis (’02)M
Annamaria Enenajor (’02)M
Jenna Englot (’10)
Carson Falk (’10)M
Julie Gibson (’95)
Adela Gotz (’03)
Afzal Habib (’06)
Patrick Hickey (’15)M
Heather HinesM
Melissa Howatson
Yaacov Iland (’97)M
Soniya Jobanputra (’97)
Heather Kerr (’96)M
Sara Knowles (’98)
Paul LarocqueM
Alison Lee (’09)M
Christopher Li (’93)M
Sophia Lu (’07)
Marin Macleod (’09)M
Katie Mattina (’09)M
Jessica McCuaig (’09)
Adrian Mucalov (’97)
Patrick Nadeau (’00)M
Jenna Newman (’95)M
Dr. Laura O’Connor (’99)M
Justin Oake (’06)M
Gail Prasad (’98)
Brandi Read (’98)
Ryan Regier (’22)
Ali Schwabe (’09) and Marc-André Simard (’09)M
Gaurav Sharma (’10)
Evan Short (’93) & Catriana McKie
Linda Sun (’07)
Camilla Sutton
Dr. Amy Tan (’96)
Joel Thibert (’00)M
Martha Tory
Steven (’97) & Melissa Uster
Nathan Valsangkar (’12)
Christine Wadsworth (’06)
Kirk Wright (’14)
Zachary Young (’10)M
Yin Ying Zhang (’05)
$250 – 499
Connor Bays (’08)M
Nevon Brake (’98)
Erika Burger (’91)M
Jeeshan Chowdhury (’00)
Jennifer ClarkM
Daniela Corsetti (’10)
Max Deschner (’09)
Virginia Devine
Michael Douglas (’99)
Myriam Faucher (’13)M
Maya Fernandez (’08)
Allison Gacad (’16)M
Jack Gillies (’22)
Callen Hageman (’14)
Tyler Heal (’09)
Jesse HelmerM
Emily Hodgson (’12)M
James Hoffman (’09)
Anthony Hope (’15)
Andrea Iaboni (’94)M
Francine James (’94)
Aneil Jaswal (’07)
Alison Jeffrey
Ilakkiyan Jeyakumar (’16)
Dr. Jean-Philippe Julien (’01)
Tanisha Kadia (’21)
Soheil Koushan (’13)
Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster (’04)M
Grace Li (’06)M
Chedi Mbaga (’17)
Turner McKay (’12)
Amita Misir (’98)
Coriann Mizzi
Victoria More (’07)
Kate Morrison (’12)
Kimberley Mullins (’98)
Kathryn Norman (’07)
Nicole Nuttall (’12)
Kaitlyn O’Shaughnessy (’08)
Mark Ouseley (’06)
Konnie Peet
Jane Pegg (’06)M
Tara Phillips (’96)M
Lauren Phillips (’99)
Adrienne PiggottMA
Caroline Quinn (’06)M
Roxy Rae
Matthew Reid (’05)M
Karen Roberts (’00)M
Callista Ryan (’16)M
Graham Smith (’05) & Vanessa van den Boogaard
Carly Sotas (’12)M
Robert Sparrow (’07)M
Heather SprattM
Elizabeth Sully (’04)
Chantal Tie Ten Quee
Kaitlyn Rose Tonary (’22)
Janet Vivian-Walsh
Connor Watrych (’20)
Joanne Zhou (’11) & Harris ChanM
Up to $249
Nain Abdi (’22)
Maryam Ali (’22)
Mikie Allan (’13)
Béatrice Allard (’19)
Nicole Alphonso
Dhanishta Ambwani (’20)
Hubaib Amin (’21)
Dr. Amy Andrews-Alexander (’96)
Andrew Antoniadis
Stephanie Arbez (’01)
Mahdi Azarmi (’22)
Marie-Renée B-Lajoie (’04)
Alexa Bailey (’22)
Carolyn BaileyA
Adithi Balaji (’20)
Joanne Banh (’15)
Jessé Barke matched by Hillsdale Investment Management Inc.
Abnash Bassi (’19)
Lily Bateman (’17)
Chloe Batista (’15)
Jérémie Bédard (’17)
Rebecca Best (’98)
Esha Bhandari (’01)
Ev Bilske (’12)M
Mostafa Bondok (’18)
Luka Bordeleau (’22)
Éric Boucher (’14)M
Galen Boulanger (’15)
Jérémy Boulanger-Bonnelly (’11)M
Kayleigh Bowes (’22)
Madeleine Brown (’11)M
Daniel Brown (’15)M
Cheyenne Brown (’17)
Ryan Brown (’19)
Milton Calderon Donefer (’15)
Georgia Campbell (’22)
Ila Campbell (’22)
Christina Campisi (’99)
Allie Carew (’11)
Benjamin Carr (’11)
Cam Carter (’17)
Simone Cavanaugh
Katherine Chamandy (’14)
Ariel Charney (’11)
Karl Chastko (’12)
Alison Chick (’01)
Anonymous
Vladimir Chindea (’18)
Heather Chisholm (’20)
Kai Chow (’22)
Christie and Joseph Chua
Emma Clark (’14)M
Katie Clarke (’17)
Maurane Cloutier (’12)
Erica Commons (’09)
Catherine Côté (’16)
Blair Crawford (’17)
Taylor Lynn Curtis (’16)
Kieran Cyphus (’17)
Laura D’Angelo (’01)
Jenna D’Aurizio (’15)
Tin Dao (’22)
Sean Davidson (’14)M
Brigette DePape (’07)M
Sheiry Dhillon (’08)
James Di Paolo (’08)M
Awa Hanane Diagne (’20)
Dr. Kiet Mieu Do (’02)
Kelly Doctor (’99)
Geneviève Doiron (’19)
Rebecca Doole (’02)
Laura Doyle Péan (’19)
James Drover (’22)
Francis Dubé (’01)M
Lucas Dubelt (’22)
Catherine Dufort-Cusson (’18)
Juliette Dupre (’09)
Alain Dupuis (’06)M
Sarah Ens (’10)M
Rafael Escalante Franco (’22)
Lynden Evers (’12)
Conor Falvey (’06)M
Amar Farkouh (’20)
Adam Fearnall (’08)M
Emma Feltes (’04)
Giovanni Ferraresso (’20)
Danica Fisher (’98)
Nicole Flanagan (’15)
Michael Flood (’14)
Gwyneth Foster (’17)
Chanel Fournier (’12)M
Sofie Fournier (’22)
Jes Francis (’17)
Catherine Gagné (’08)M
Émilia Gagné (’22)
Emelie Gagnon (’16)
Dr. Lianne Gerber Finn (’00)M
Zaneb Ghfar (’22)
Alexander Gillis (’16)
Parnika Godkhindi (’17)
Brendon Goodmurphy (’03)
Caitlin Grady (’15)
Spencer Graling (’17)
Atlas Guo (’22)
Adam Guthrie (’17)
Marylise Habiyambere (’18)
Finn Hafting (’19)
Danika Hammond (’13)
Tommy Hana (’13)
Kailyn Hanke (’19)
Emma Hapke (’03)
Emma Harris (’21)
Ayden Harrison (’20)
Allison Harrod (’17)
Adam Hasham (’10)
Noubahar Hasnain (’16)
Marianne Hawkins (’93)M
Scott Henry (’13)M
Meghan HenryM
Younseo Heo (’21)
Aishwarya Heran (
Emma Herrington (’10)M
Daniel Hertz (’08)
Tessa Hill (’19)
Anonymous (’98)
Anonymous (’13)M
Kai Hollett (’22)
Jonathan Holmes (’07)M
Beth Eun Hee Hong (’06)
Robyn Hooper (’07)M
Everett Horner (’19)
Jena Hudson (’14)M
Lindsey Hummel (’01)
Anna Irwin (’22)
Mathieu Isabel (’06)
Devon Jackson (’11)
Melinda Jacobs (’08)
Ryan Jamula (’14)M
Sarah Janes (’22)
Ta’Ziyah Jarrett (’19)
Braeden Jones (’10)
Janelle Joseph (’97)
Kinsley-Marlie Jura (’20)
Wadii Karfali (’22)
Ravneet Kaur (’22)
Haley Kawaja (’10)M
Hilus Keay (’22)
Mahum Khawaja (’22)
Alexander KillbyM
Shannon King (’11)M
Christina Klassen (’11)
Bethany Kolisniak (’19)
Amy-Lee Kouwenberg (’01)
Beth Kuijpers (’99)
Andrew Kushnir (’98)
Fiona Labonté (’22)
Jillian Lamb (’14)
Anonymous (’00)
Braden Lamoureux (’16)
Anonymous (’19)
Hannah Lank (’15)
Hyla LaPointe (’08)M
Janique Lariviere (’14)
Jocelyn LeBlanc (’15)
Danyka Leclair (’14)
Kim Lefort (’19)
Kathryn Lennon (’06)M
Lindsey Lenters (’05)
Anthony Létourneau (’21)
Lindsey Li (’10)
Maya Linsley (’20)
Hannah Liu (’22)
Joanne & David Lloyd
Sarah Kristi Lone (’10)M
Samuel Lowe (’21) (2002-2026)
Gracie Lowes (’16)
Iryna Luchak (’15)
Adam Luoma (’20)M
Peeha Luthra (’17)
Clare Lyle (’14)
Marie-Hélène Lyonnais (’16)
Alexandra MacLean
Esha Mahmood (’19)
Vivian Mak (’18)
Yasmina Male (’16)
Lillian Manea
Justina Marianayagam (’14)
Nyranne Martin (’97)
Hannah Martin (’15)
Bianca Matthews (’19)
Jack McCrossin (’16)
Zoe McDaniel (’18)
Meagan McLavish (’09)M
Faris Mecklai (’17)MA
Mesgna Mesgna (’19)
Heather Millar (’00)M
Kerri-Rae Millar (’01)
Sarah Millman (’14)
Andrew Mills (’03)
Max Moloney (’16)
Miranda Morgan (’99)
Samantha Morin (’18)
Leora Morris (’02)
Sebastian Meurmann (’13)M
Nicholas Murray (’18)
Nicolas Nadeau (’02)
Kabir Nadkarni (’14)
Tanya Neumeyer (’01)
Barbara Newbegin
David-Dan Nguyen (’16)
Kara O’Brien (’01)
Barbara O’Rielly (’02)
Liam O’Brien (’18)M
Peter O’Rielly (’09)
Mischa Oak (’99)
Linda Oland
Livia Ottisova (’03)
Margaret Ovenell (’17)
Natalie Pallisco (’18)
Léa Papillon (’18)
Jonathan Paradis (’08)
Avery Parkinson (’22)
Alexander Parsan (’20)
Emma Patchett (’22)
Madeleine Pawlowski (’11)
Leilani Pearson (’20)
Leon Picha (’19)
Hannah Prins (’22)
Christine Pu (’14)
Hailey Radigan (’17)
Aanchal Ralhan (’12)
Maria Rauch (’06)
Vanessa Redditt (’03)
Salma Rehimini (’16)
Armin Rezaiean-Asel (’11)M
Chan-Min Roh (’19)
Margaux Roncière (’20)
Mariam Sabbah (’18)
Taim Saeed (’20)
Mehera Salah (’19)
Zia Saleh (’10)
Anonymous (’97)
Katie Sardinha (’06)
Leah Secord (’10)
Kevin Shahbazi (’07)
Sabah Sharif (’20)
Sam Sharp (’19)
Sidney Shaw (’21)
Emily Simon (’19)
Elliot Sims (’04)
Anonymous (’07)
Anamjit Singh Sivia (’12)
Mariana Sklepowich (’01)M
Cole Smith (’13)M
Ford Smith (’17)
Kylee Smith (’20)
Feodor Snagovsky (’09)
Sumaya Soufi (’20)
Aditi Sriram (’16)
Cole Stainer (’20)
Sydney Strocen (’20)
James Sully (’02)
Kailea Switzer (’05)M
Leah Switzer
Tanya Taggart-Hodge (’09)
Eloise Tan (’00)
Julianna Tan (’11)
François Tanguay-Renaud (’98)
Darcy Taylor (’15)
Kaia Thauberger (’22)
Ryan Thauberger
Kaiden Thompson (’20)
David Thompson
Taron Topham (’19)
Jesalyn Tremblay (’18)
Silas Tsui (’16)
Chidinma Umenwofor-Nweze (’19)
Julie Van de Valk (’12)
Adrianna Vanos (’17)
Joshua Vanwyck (’04)
Sarah Veber (’14)
David Vlemmix (’05)M
Jodi Wallace (’94)
Kevin Wang (’21)A
Meena Waseem (’19)
Alexander Way (’04)
Joy Weismiller
Janelle Weslowski (’17)
Lauren Wiebe (’15)
Emma Willoughby (’19)
Jayden Wlasichuk (’15)
Samuel Wong (’90)
Christina Wong (’19)
Julia Wright (’22)
Shiqi Xu (’19)
Sayeh Yousefi (’16)M
Haley Robinson (’08)
Tanner Zekonic (’15)
Anja Zeljkovic (’07)M
Bonnie Zhang (’15)
Hui Wen Zheng (’17)
Helen Zhou (’15)
Hayes Zirnhelt (’05)M
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Travel Donations
In addition to those indicated with A in the previous categories, the following individuals donated reward miles to mitigate travel costs.
By including Loran in their estate plans, these generous donors are ensuring that future generations of values-driven leaders will have the opportunity to grow, lead, and create positive change. We hope their commitment inspires others to consider the lasting impact of a legacy gift.
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Legacy Circle
Anonymous
Connor Anear (’12)
Sammy Lau (’10)
Patrick Nadeau (’00)
Dr. Laura O’Connor (’99)
Patricia Ryan
Loran’s endowment fund provides donors with a means of making an enduring gift in support of promising young Canadians. One of our long-term goals is to fund a proportion of our annual expenditures from income earned on invested capital, ensuring our future financial stability as a foundation.
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Cornerstone Supporters$500,000+
Walter & Marilyn Booth Fund
McCall MacBain Foundation
Ryan Family Fund
Lucas Skoczkowski (’92)
The Traub-Werner Fund
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Cornerstone Benefactors$100,000+
The Estate of Harry Burgstaller
Bob Cluett (1932-2026)
Claude Généreux & Myriam Legault
RBC Dominion Securities
Susan Scace
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Cornerstone Donors$10,000+
Wayne and Isabel Fox Family Foundation
George Georghiades (’95) & Kara McGlynn
Franca Gucciardi (’90)
John & Maggie Mitchell
Hilary Pearson & Michael Sabia
Michele & Ryerson Symons
Quynh-Thuyen Tan (’92)
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