McGill to receive $1 million from Petro-Canada Emerging Leaders Awards Program

McGill University is pleased to announce a $1-million gift from Petro-Canada for undergraduate scholarships in the Faculty of Engineering, the Faculty of Science and the Desautels Faculty of Management.

"Since 1975, Petro-Canada has been a Canadian leader in the resource field, and there is no more important resource than human resources and talent," said McGill University Principal and Vice-Chancellor Heather Munroe-Blum. "Investing in students and the future of Canadian talent is a strategy I am delighted to endorse. There is no more forward-focused business decision than to ensure the educational development of our finest young people – and Petro-Canada is doing just that."

"We're very pleased to have McGill as one of our first partners in this new program. Many of our best employees today are McGill graduates and we'd like that pattern to continue," said Ron Brenneman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Petro-Canada.

The donation, the first awarded under the company's new Emerging Leaders Awards Program, will assist post-secondary students primarily in the areas of engineering, geology, geophysics, environmental sciences and business.