
CFUW-Oakville announces Scholarship Winners: $34,600 for 2025
CFUW-Oakville announces the successful recipients of the University Women’s Club of Oakville Scholarship Fund awards and scholarships for 2025. CFUW-Oakville is pleased to announce scholarships of $34 600 in total to help local students with their educational journey. These young women were selected from the city’s publicly funded high schools, based on high academic achievement, outstanding community service and demonstrated leadership.
We thank the CFUW members and their families and friends who have donated to the scholarship fund. We especially thank the families of Richard Garnett, Ruth Schatz, Lilian Fulford, and Miriam White who sponsor named scholarships in memory of a loved one.
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
ACCESS SCHOLARSHIP
Lauren McGuire, St. Ignatius Loyola
CFUW ARTS AWARD
Leah Berger, Garth Webb
CFUW OAKVILLE ACADEMIC & Service Award #1
Menna Gebril, T.A. Blakelock
CFUW OAKVILLE ACADEMIC & Service Award #2
Silvana Garcia-Otero, Saint Thomas Aquinas
CFUW OAKVILLE ACADEMIC & Service Award #3
Roxana Shams, Oakville Trafalgar
JEAN MALCOLM SMITH AWARD
Marinella Ganios, T.A. Blakelock
LILIAN FULFORD SCHOLARSHIP
Aubrie Chan, White Oaks
MILDRED ALLWORTH AWARD
Mariam Parvaiz, Abbey Park
MIRIAM WHITE SCHOLARSHIP
Silvana Garcia-Otero, Saint Thomas Aquinas
RICHARD GARNETT SCHOLARSHIPS
Julia Leszczynski, St. Ignatius Loyola
Evelynn Rougier, T.A. Blakelock
Daria Meleshko, Garth Webb
RUTH SCHATZ SCHOLARSHIP
Colleen Blackwell, White Oaks

Photo Key
Top Row L to R: Daria Meleshko, Colleen Blackwell, Julia Leszczynski, Lauren McGuire, Mariam Parvaiz, Evelynn Rougier, Leah Berger
Front Row L to R: Silvana Garcia-Otero, Roxana Shams, Aubrie Chan
Not Shown: Menna Gebril, Marinella Ganios
CFUW-Oakville is a member of the Canadian Federation of University Women. The Oakville chapter was founded in 1949 and is a volunteer, non-partisan, non-profit, and self-funded organization. Members support life-long learning, fellowship and education for women and girls.