Emma Willoughby from Sir John Franklin High School has just won a Loran Award valued at $100,000.
The Loran Scholars Foundation is a national charity and every year hands out several Loran Awards worth $100,000 over a four-year undergraduate program.
photo courtesy of Emma Willoughby.
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Out of over 5,000 applicants, grade 12 student Willoughby was named one of 88 finalists last month before being selected as one of 34 Loran Scholars after national selections took place in Toronto earlier this month.
Willoughby told Northern News Services last month that she plans to use her earnings to attend either Queens University, the University of Ottawa or McGill University.
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