News from the George Brown College Foundation

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The late Gary Lengyel's legacy will continue on and inspire others through the creation of the Cooking with Passion – Gary Lengyel Memorial Endowment fund . This fund was created in partnership by Peter Lengyel and the Guild Electric Charitable Foundation to support culinary students at George Brown...

The Heavy Construction Association of Toronto (HCAT) generously donated $45,000 to George Brown College on August 17 th , at a cheque presentation ceremony at the College’s Casa Loma Campus. George Brown College is pleased to receive support from an industry group such as HCAT that works in Toronto...

alliance7 Construction Inc. President and CEO Simon DeGroot surprised George Brown College with an extraordinary display of generosity by increasing the amount and duration of his company's pledge to fund construction management scholarships at the college. Initially agreeing to provide a $10,000...

Alan Dean and Kathy Kinnear have generously donated $50,000 to fund scholarships for students at the Centre for Construction and Engineering Technologies . The Dean Family Leadership in Construction Award will be awarded to two students each year, for the next five years. Full-time students in the...

Turner Fleischer Architects Inc. donated $10,000 to George Brown College to fund scholarships for students in the Architectural Technology program who demonstrate strong skills in building information modeling (BIM). The $2,000 Turner Fleischer Architects Award in BIM for Architectural Technology...

A $30,000 gift from the Building Opportunities for Life Today (B.O.L.T.) Charitable Foundation will provide new scholarships for students at George Brown College’s Centre for Construction & Engineering Technologies (CCET). An existing partner of George Brown, the B.O.L.T. Charitable Foundation was...

A $50,000 gift from Costco Wholesale Canada will provide new scholarships for students at George Brown College’s Centre for Business . The donation will establish a new endowment fund to provide financial awards for first-year students in the Business Administration-Retail advanced diploma program....

Glenfarclas Distillery has donated $50,000 to George Brown College to support scholarships for students in our Advanced Wine & Beverage Management program. The scholarship endowment fund was established in memory of John (Jack) Hanna, the late founder and chairman of John Hanna & Sons Ltd....

On April 2, 2016, the Association of Chinese Canadian Entrepreneurs (ACCE) announced a $20,000 gift to George Brown College to support student scholarships. A cheque was presented to the college prior to ACCE's 20th Anniversary Awards Gala. "It is a great pleasure to recognize the accomplishments of...

The Michael Pinball Clemons Foundation (MPCF) presented George Brown College with a $31,000 cheque in support of 10 student scholarships at its eighth annual Imagine Gala on Nov. 5, 2015. Since 2009, the MPCF has provided 47 scholarships to George Brown students, valued at more than $116,000. "We...