From volunteering for Welcome Week to leading the McGill Students’ Society, John McCall MacBain’s undergraduate experience was a formative one. “It laid the foundation for my studies at Oxford and Harvard, and for my entrepreneurial career.”
Mr. McCall MacBain and his wife, Marcy, established the McCall MacBain Foundation in 2007 to improve the welfare of humanity through focused grants in education, health and the environment. To invest in promising young Canadians at a formative stage in their lives, they underwrote five McCall MacBain Loran Awards in 2014 and announced an additional $1.2 million donation in 2015. Most recently in 2017, the McCall MacBain Foundation made a commitment to support Loran with a transformational gift in annual and matching grants over the next 10 years.
This year’s McCall MacBain Loran Scholars are Lily Bateman (Canning, NS), Cheyenne Brown (Vernon, BC), Sila Rogan (Winnipeg, MB), Ford Smith (Victoria, BC) and Finley Wheeler (Morden, MB).
“We need strong, dedicated and creative leadership to achieve positive outcomes. As Loran Scholars, young Canadians have the opportunity to learn, take meaningful risks and determine how they can best contribute to society.”
Having volunteered as a national interviewer in 2014, Mr. McCall MacBain appreciates the holistic approach to selecting scholars. “By looking at their character, willingness to learn from failure and genuine aspirations, we are able to discover young people with tremendous potential for a life of leadership and service.”
Recognizing the influence teachers had on his own life, Mr. McCall MacBain also helped to create the Loran Teachers Building Leaders Awards. This award series, now in its third year, allows graduating Loran Scholars to thank the primary and secondary school teachers who provided them with early inspiration and growth opportunities.
For his achievements as a business leader and for his contributions to academic institutions as a philanthropist, Mr. McCall MacBain was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2016. He is also the recipient of honorary degrees from a number of Canadian universities.
McCall MacBain Loran Scholars
Annaliese Loeppky
McCall MacBain Loran Scholar - 2015
Ryerson University
Garden Valley Collegiate
Morden,
Manitoba
Anthony Hope
McCall MacBain Loran Scholar - 2015
University of Toronto
Johnston Heights Secondary School
Surrey,
British Columbia
Athavarn Srikantharajah
McCall MacBain Loran Scholar - 2016
University of Ottawa
R.H. King Academy
Ajax,
Ontario
Calder Schweitzer
McCall MacBain Loran Scholar - 2015
University of Guelph
Lindsay Collegiate and Vocational Institute
Fenelon Falls,
Ontario
Callista Ryan
McCall MacBain Loran Scholar - 2016
Western University
Howe Sound Secondary School
Squamish,
British Columbia
Cheyenne Brown
McCall MacBain Loran Scholar - 2017
Queen's University
Kalamalka Secondary School
Vernon,
British Columbia
Émélie Gagnon
McCall MacBain Loran Scholar - 2016
Queen's University
Polyvalente Thomas-Albert
DSL de Grand-Sault,
New Brunswick
Finley Wheeler
McCall MacBain Loran Scholar - 2017
University of British Columbia
Morden Collegiate
Morden,
Manitoba
Finley is a Level III certified hockey referee and captain of the school hockey team. He led a team to win the provincial street hockey tournament and also captains the school soccer team. Finley sings and acts as the student supervisor for the Central Manitoba Youth Choir. He volunteers with the town's corn and apple festival and teaches swimming during the summer.
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Ford Smith
McCall MacBain Loran Scholar - 2017
University of British Columbia
Claremont Secondary School
Victoria,
British Columbia
Gracie Lowes
McCall MacBain Loran Scholar - 2016
McGill University
Ridley College
Fonthill,
Ontario
Joanne Banh
McCall MacBain Loran Scholar - 2015
University of Toronto
Maple Ridge Secondary School
Maple Ridge,
British Columbia
John Milkovich
McCall MacBain Loran Scholar - 2018
McMaster University
Mayfield Secondary School
Caledon,
Ontario
Léa Papillon
McCall MacBain Loran Scholar - 2018
McGill University
École secondaire publique De La Salle
Ottawa,
Ontario
Lily Bateman
McCall MacBain Loran Scholar - 2017
University of Toronto
Northeast Kings Education Centre
Canning,
Nova Scotia
Mariam Sabbah
McCall MacBain Loran Scholar - 2018
McGill University
École secondaire catholique L'Escale
Clarence-Rockland,
Ontario
Max Moloney
McCall MacBain Loran Scholar - 2016
Queen's University
Adam Scott Collegiate and Vocational Institute
Bridgenorth,
Ontario
Mostafa Bondok
McCall MacBain Loran Scholar - 2018
University of British Columbia
Bell High School
Ottawa,
Ontario
Nika Asgari
McCall MacBain Loran Scholar - 2018
University of Toronto
Sir Charles Tupper Secondary School
Vancouver,
British Columbia
Rayene Bouzitoun
McCall MacBain Loran Scholar - 2018
University of Ottawa
Collège de Maisonneuve
Montréal,
Québec
Sila Rogan
McCall MacBain Loran Scholar - 2017
University of British Columbia
École Secondaire Kelvin High School
Winnipeg,
Manitoba
Sila leads the environmental club and ran activities to encourage recycling. She serves on a youth advisory council for community grants, writes for the school newspaper and helped organize the Manitoba Aboriginal Youth Achievement Awards. Sila also volunteered with a research lab for two years and works part-time. She is a member of the school cross-country team.
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