Scholarship Value $10,000

Number of Scholarships 1

Innovation

Active involvement in community and routinely finds creative solutions to add value.

Initiative

Entrepreneurial spirit, the motivation to impact change, and the ability to focus on the 
bigger picture.

Leadership

Mentors, coaches, engages others, and makes sure that work continues after they are involved.

Community

Actively involvement in any physical, secular community (i.e. school, town, province etc.).

In honour of excellence and community leadership

This scholarship is named in tribute to Meridian’s former CEO, Sean Jackson. Sean served as Meridian’s CEO from 2005-2012 and led our organization towards tremendous growth. He was equally strong in supporting his community having volunteered countless hours to a variety of causes and being influential in the creation of the Niagara Community Foundation in his role as a founding director. Meridian has created this scholarship to honour Sean’s excellence in his role as CEO and as a community leader.

Open to secondary students entering any field of study who meet the following criteria:

• An Ontario resident
• Planning to enter their first year of study in the fall academic term at a recognized, publicly funded Canadian college or university (must not have graduated more than 12 months prior to application)
• An academic average of 80 percent or higher
• Demonstrated an outstanding commitment to their community. This can be achieved through volunteerism that demonstrates leadership, initiative and innovation