Help us Fly a Finalist to Nationals

Our volunteers and staff are working hard to identify the 35th cohort of Loran Scholars, and, after two years of not being able to gather in person for National Sectionals, we are eagerly awaiting the opportunity to bring 90 Loran Finalists from across the country to Toronto in February 2024. The weekend will be one of connection, inspiration, and, of course, interviews — and we need your help to make this opportunity a reality.

One round-trip ticket to Nationals is between 25,000 – 60,000 Aeroplan points. This year, with 90 exceptional students from across Canada attending National Selections weekend, our goal is to raise 1 million Aeroplan points to help offset the cost of flights. Through their generous sponsorship of our mission, Aeroplan will match your donation up to 500,000 points.

“Even just doing the interviews was such a great learning process for me. I was getting to meet so many incredible youth, accomplished interviewers, and upper year scholars who were sharing their awesome stories. I felt like even if I didn't win the award, I had already learned so much just through the interviews.” - Tanisha Kadia, Smith Family Loran Scholar ’21

You can help bring these outstanding young people together for a weekend where they will not only have the opportunity to become a Loran Scholar, but more importantly come away with life-long friendships and a bolstered sense of purpose and possibility. Your donation of Aeroplan points is critical to ensure we can bring together students from across Canada and welcome them back to in-person National Selections in February 2024.

Thank you for your help connecting our community and for your belief in Loran’s mission. Without your generosity, we could not provide these transformative opportunities to our country’s most promising youth.


ABOUT LORAN SCHOLARS FOUNDATION:
The Loran Scholars Foundation, established in 1988, is a national charity that works in partnership with universities, donors, and volunteers throughout the country to find and nurture young people who demonstrate strength of character, commitment to service, and leadership potential. The Foundation looks for qualities in Loran Scholars that a transcript alone cannot show — integrity, courage, compassion, determination, entrepreneurial spirit, and a high level of personal autonomy — and invests in these students to study and realize their potential on Canadian university campuses.

The only award of its kind in the country, the Loran Award is a four-year leadership enrichment program consisting of summer work experiences, mentorship, scholar gatherings, an annual living stipend, and a tuition waiver at one of 25 university partners. Loran Scholars are provided with the opportunity to build critical skills and capacity for leadership, to expand horizons by taking on new challenges and exploring diverse experiences, and to join a community of purpose-driven peers who are committed to leaving the world better than they found it.