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2025 MEA Bursary Program - And the Winners Are.......
September 12, 2025
The MEA is pleased to announce it has awarded twelve (12) bursaries this summer to assist children/dependents of municipal employees/elected councillors who have enrolled in an engineering program at the university level for the upcoming 2025/2026 academic year.
The MEA values the contribution of all municipal employees, is committed to the continued technical excellence of our future municipal engineers, is sensitive to serving the community and the need for effective communication skills.
This is the 18th consecutive year the MEA has awarded bursaries to engineering students. Since the inception of the Bursary Program in 2008, the MEA has now awarded 162 bursaries totalling over $217,000.
This year’s bursary award winners……
The top 2 highest scoring applications are:
Eddie Samuel, whose mother, whose mother, Erin Samuel, is employed as a Senior Communications Specialist at Huron County. Eddie was awarded the John Hammer Memorial Bursary ($2,000);
Rayna Yuen, whose mother, Fatima Yuen, is employed as a Supervisor - Secretariat Services at the City of Markham. Rayna was awarded the William Robinson Memorial Bursary ($2,000);
Ten (10) additional bursaries valued at $1,500 awarded to:
George Davidson Edwin Qi Esther Bino Ryan Reid Mara Lasko
Armish Samoon Caleb Klein Aiden Stanley Madison Chisholm-Davidson Ethan Peters
Congratulations to this year's winners and good luck at University!
