By Lincoln DePradine
When diplomat Henry Mangal was requested to handle a bunch of scholars, who’re all of Caribbean background, he reiterated just a few key messages. Considered one of them was the significance of learning laborious to reap success.
“Pursue your research diligently and with self-discipline. Settle for a minimum of success,’’ Mangal mentioned, whereas addressing Sunday’s presentation of the 2023 scholarship and bursaries of the Council of Caribbean Associations-Canada (CCAC).
The awardees included 9 college students that acquired bursaries of $1,000 every.
One other scholar, Lenron Doyle, acquired a full tuition-paid scholarship from Seneca Polytechnic, previously referred to as Seneca Faculty.
Vincentian-born Doyle is enrolled at Seneca, pursuing a complicated diploma in enterprise administration. The Seneca Polytechnic scholarship is valued at $6,000 yearly for 4 years.
Mangal, consul common in Toronto for St Lucia and likewise chair of the Caribbean Consular Corps, urged the recipients to “avoid unhealthy firm and detrimental influences’’, and to “correctly make the most of’’ their CCAC and Seneca awards, saying it’s an opportunity for a greater life for them and their households.
“We wish you to know that that is an funding in your loved ones, and that others have sacrificed their revenue to make that funding in you. It’s, subsequently, your accountability to make the funding yield a constructive return by taking advantage of the chance supplied,’’ mentioned Mangal, a graduate of the College of the West Indies and the UK-based College of Westminster, and holder of a Grasp’s diploma in strategic management.
“Please, take your schooling critically. It’s your ticket out of poverty and in creating sustainable livelihoods and upward mobility for you and your loved ones.’’
Mangal recommended the CCAC, which is headed by Gideon Exeter as president, for the group’s “dedication to the schooling of the kids of the Caribbean in Toronto’’.
Regardless of challenges, CCAC has “endured and persevered’’ with the awards, which Mangal described as a “constructive program’’.
“We thanks to your dedication and dedication to our folks,’’ he mentioned.
