​2025 Scholarship Recipients 
Daniella Almeida             St. Paul CSS
Arianna M.                   Applewood Heights SS
Kaedee Florendo             Father Michael Goetz CSS
 
Sheridan College Scholarship Recipients 
2025  Ashantee J.O.          Child and Youth Care Programme           
2024  Muskaan M.            Social Service Worker Programme
 

​CFUW Mississauga is pleased to announce Molly W.  is the inaugural recipient of “The CFUW Mississauga $3000 Achievement Award” (September 2024). The Achievement Award is being funded for a minimum of 10 years by the generous donation from a former CFUW Mississauga member. We are very appreciative for the opportunity to offer this award.
 
CFUW Mississauga offered five “CFUW Mississauga $2000 Scholarships.” (September 2024).
 

2024 Achievement Award Recipient
 
Molly W.         Meadowvale S.S.
 
2024  Recipients
 
Armish Shayan                                   Glenforest S.S.
Anonymous                                         Lincoln Alexander S.S.
Hannah Wei                                        St. Francis Xavier C.S.S.
Julie Xiong                                          St. Paul C.S.S.
Anjana Ramaswamy                          Woodlands S.S. 
 

2023 Winners 
Romesa Khan                Clarkson S.S.
Maria Dsouza                 St. Joseph C.S.S.
Danielle Thompson        St. Joan of Arc C.S.S.
Sara Ing                         Stephen Lewis S.S.
Sumona Kapur               Glenforest S.S.

2022 Winners 
Hana Ghani                   T.L Kennedy S.S.
Alina Guo                      John Fraser S.S.
Naomi Lawrence           Streetsville S.S.
Angelica Pangilinan       Father Michael Goetz S.S.
Allison Preyra                Port Credit S.S.
 

2021 Winners 
Alyssa Guo                    Glenforest S.S.
Kitana Lalonde               Peel Alternative School South
Christeena Rodrigo        Loyola C.S.S.
Halima Banuso              St. Francis Xavier C.S.S.

2020 Winners
Rehmeen Waqar           Rick Hansen SS  
Amelia Neto                  Lorne Park SS     
Emily Robitaille             St. Joseph SS      
Mackenzie Maciocia     Glenforest SS        

The following article was published in the York University Legacies Newsletter.  What a great story about a legacy left by Mary Lyons, one of our former members,  ​Mary Lyons will be well remembered by many of our members as she was a long time active member of many of our interest groups and much loved by many. This article reflects her many achievements and the value of her continuing legacy. 

Mary Lyons leaves a legacy of athletic excellence
When you watch world-class athletes performing feats of outstanding strength, dexterity and strategic thinking, the excellence you witness is the culmination of superb coaching, dogged practice, and often financial support that frees them to concentrate on perfecting their skills. This certainly is the story of recent York Kinesiology graduate and outstanding athlete Alexandria Town (BSc’18).

"Receiving the Mary Lyons Award lifted a huge weight off my shoulders” — Alexandria Town

One of York’s most decorated women’s athletes, Town honed her wrestling skills figuratively standing on the shoulders of a woman she never met — Professor Mary Lyons, one of York University’s Athletics builders.

In 1967, York hired Lyons as the inaugural Coordinator of Women’s Interuniversity Sport. Through her leadership she grew the program from six to 14 sports by her retirement in 1993, and helped York establish one of the best reputations in women’s university sport.

Jennifer Myers, York’s Director of Sport and Recreation, says “Mary’s work formed the basis of the sport system we have in place today. She will always be an integral part of the fabric of sport at York.”

​During Lyons’s tenure, she was the academic advisor, coach and confidant to thousands of student-athletes. Later she reflected, “I recognized how many students made sacrifices to complete their education, fitting in academics, athletics, and often part-time jobs.”

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​After Lyons retired, she wanted to continue to have an impact on students’ lives. With assistance from a financial advisor, she bought a $87,000 life insurance policy and made York its beneficiary.  Upon her passing in 2014, her policy had grown to $144,365. Following her wishes, the funds were endowed to form the Mary Lyons Excellence Award in support of high performance student-athletes.

​Alexandria Town is one of many Mary Lyons Excellence Award recipients. She is an outstanding wrestler on Canada’s women’s wrestling team, winning multiple international medals including Canada’s first gold at the U23 World Championships. “The training and support I received from York’s athletic community was exactly what I needed to reach this elite level of competition,” Town admits.
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“Having to finance my own education was extremely taxing, so receiving the Mary Lyons Excellence Award lifted a huge weight off my shoulders and allowed me to focus on my training. I’m extremely grateful for this help. I hope to repay Mary’s generosity by representing Canada at the 2020 Olympics!”

​  4 Scholarship winners from the following high schools were chosen:

• St.Joseph S.S.             To attend University of Toronto-Humanities
• Glen forest S.S            To attend McGill-Health Sciences
• Port CreditS.S.             To attendQueens-Kenesiology
• St. Francis Xavier S.S. To attend Western- Mechanical engineering

We welcome members who can give a little of their time  to the Scholarship committee

Next year's winners will receive $2,500 each.

Card night will be in April again and the scholarship committee is looking for volunteers.This is our biggest fundraiser.

Berit Weyland, Scholarship Chair

Plans are well underway for this annual fund raiser. Thanks to  Janet McBride for agreeing to convene this event. Tickets will cost $20 and will be available at the February and March meetings. Janet will be looking for prizes for the raffle so keep those unwanted Christmas gifts for us. Please also consider requesting prizes from establishments that you patronize. We have found that merchants are much more willing to donate if they know you. Janet will have letters ready early in the new year. Janet will also be looking for help as the event gets closer. Please say yes when she contacts you.  

The recipient of our scholarship is Emily Studzinski, a first year student. She received $2000 this year and the scholarship is renewable for another three years as long as she maintains her academic standing.

Please read the letter of thanks from Emily.   Our contact at the university has also added her thanks.

​Thanks to Lorna Murphy and Nice Things Crafters for their support of the Scholarship fund. Their donation of $400 was much appreciated.