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Announcing the 2025 McCall MacBain International Fellows
Montreal, Quebec (October 2025) – Twenty-six undergraduate students form the next cohort of McCall MacBain International Fellows, offered in partnership with McGill University, McMaster University, Dalhousie University, and the University of Manitoba. Valued at up to $30,000, the Fellowship is designed to provide students with the opportunity to learn a…
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Take a Hike Foundation Expands Program to Ontario
BC-based Take a Hike Foundation has partnered with the Simcoe County District School Board to deliver its mental health and emotional well-being program at the Innisdale Secondary School in Barrie, marking the organization’s first-ever location in Ontario. Take a Hike’s evidence-based program model, delivered in partnership with school boards, combines…
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Announcing the 2025 MacBain Niagara Falls Scholarship Recipients
Niagara Falls, Canada – The McCall MacBain Foundation is proud to announce the 12 recipients of the 2025 MacBain Niagara Falls Scholarships. Each student will receive up to $44,000 to support their studies beginning this fall in a diploma or degree program at a public Canadian college or university. Now…
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Announcing the 2025 McCall Huron County Scholarship Recipients
Huron County, Canada – Nine students have been selected as the 2025 recipients of the McCall Huron County Scholarships, established by John and Marcy McCall MacBain in 2018 to honour students from Marcy McCall MacBain’s home community. Each recipient will receive up to $44,000 from the McCall MacBain Foundation to…
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Making Madrid Mine
It didn’t really sink in that I was moving halfway across the world until I was alone in my Spanish host family’s apartment. They’d just left for a vacation and I was there with my bags still unpacked, staring at a set of keys and a door I barely remembered…
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Top Canadian and International Students Selected for the McCall MacBain Scholarships at McGill 2025 Cohort
Thirty aspiring trailblazers will head to McGill University this fall as recipients of Canada’s largest leadership-based scholarships for master’s and professional studies. The McCall MacBain Scholarships were established with a historic $200 million gift in 2019. Each scholarship covers tuition and fees, living costs, relocation, summer funding options, mentorship, coaching,…
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Navigating Novelty
I arrived in Bogota on January 1st, 2025, marking the start of my new year. Unfortunately, I did not feel like I was brimming with the motivation and excitement that we typically hope a new year brings. Instead, I felt lonely and scared. I had fallen in love with Medellin,…
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Here’s What I Wish I Had Known Before Starting My Work Term in Tokyo, Japan
Currently in Tokyo, wrapping up my work term, and honestly there are so many things I wish I had known before jumping into this experience. Not in a bad way. Just things that would have been nice to mentally prepare for. But then again, maybe the best part has been…
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Taiwan – a New Home Away from Home
This leg of the trip feels very different from the previous ones. To be honest, it’s a shock to me. There’s less pressure to fit in and to make friends because I am no longer alone- I have established a network. Strangely enough, I find myself making friends without even…
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A Journey to Loving Buenos Aires
Here in Buenos Aires, when I strike up conversation, I almost always get asked something along the lines of “how come you speak like us?”, that is, how come I use the local variation and words. They ask with wonder and seem to be quite happy about it. Connections are…
