In addition to supporting secondary education and Chinese schools, Toronto Cathay Lions Club has also established several Scholarship Programs at the university level:
- The Toronto Cathay Lions Club Scholarship in Physical Therapy at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine was established in 1987 by Dr. Kai Ming Kan to recognise high academic achievement. It is presented annually to the final year student who obtains the highest academic standing in the second year of BSc (PT) Program.
- The Toronto Cathay Lions Club Scholarship in Occupation Therapy at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, was established in 1987 by Dr. Kai Ming Kan to recognise high academic achievement. It is presented annually to the student who obtains the highest standing in year one of the MSc(OT) program.
- The Toronto Cathay Lions Club Chinese Language scholarship at York University was established by James Lee. A Scholarship is awarded to the most outstanding student in the third-year level Chinese language course offered by the Department of Languages, Literature and Linguistic. The recipient will be judged on academic achievement and have demonstrated a special interest in Chinese Language and Culture.
The .pdf (Adobe Acrobat Reader) scans of the University of Toronto terms of the scholarships are available here: scholarship.pdf
Since the creation of cathaylions.com in 2003, we have scanned the scholarships and thank-you letters from the recipients:
Letter of appreciation from the University of Toronto acknowledging our contributions to its Faculty of Medicine since 1986:
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Wai Ling Tang was the recipient for the 2004 Toronto Cathay Lions Club Scholarship for Modern Standard Chinese:
Alyson Parker was the recipient for the 2004 Toronto Cathay Lions Club Scholarship for Occupational Therapy:
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Katie Lee was the 2003 recipient of the Toronto Cathay Lions Club Scholarship in Occupational Therapy:
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Quinnie Chu was the recipient of the 2003 Toronto Cathay Lions Club Scholarship at York University:
The 2003 Toronto Cathay Lions Club Scholarship at University of Toronto who also wrote a kind thank you note:
