Garfield Weston scholars

Brenda Schlichting, 2006 Garfield Weston scholar

Brenda Schlichting (Upper-Year Garfield Weston Award 2006) is focused on nurturing the health and fitness of others. It was this desire that motivated her to pursue a diploma in the occupational therapist assistant and physiotherapist assistant program at Mohawk College in Hamilton, following some years of uncertainty about her career. “I wanted to get involved in healthcare,” she explains, “and working with patients in a rehab setting appealed to me as an exciting challenge.”

Genevieve Nolet, 1999 Garfield Weston scholar

Blessed with determination, dedication and a love of healthy living, Geneviève has founded her own massage therapy practice in downtown Toronto, where she treats a variety of clients and educates people on issues related to holistic and alternative health care. She teaches in both the massage therapy and spa assistant programs at her alma mater, Centennial College, and also finds time to utilize her translation skills in the complementary and alternative health care research unit at the college. In her spare time, Geneviève creates one-of-a-kind art works on paper and canvas.

Simon Garant, 2005 Garfield Weston scholar

Simon Garant (Entrance Garfield Weston Award 2005) has always wanted to work in the world of television production. He decided the media arts and technology program at Cégep de Jonquière would give him the requisite technical background—and, to say the least, doesn’t regret his decision. It was, he says, “a program where I could create and explore with classmates who were as motivated as I was. It wasn’t for nothing that I decided to perfect my training by doing an extra year. I loved what I was doing!” He’s now considering another diploma in 3-D animation.

Angela Musceo, 2007 Garfield Weston scholar

For many years before entering college, 2007 Garfield Weston scholar Angela Musceo had been volunteering with women who have experienced violence. Moving into the assaulted women and children’s counsellor advocate program at George Brown College was a logical step in her personal development. It was, she comments, “a natural progression for me to gain the education behind the grassroots experience.”
Angela’s advocacy takes many forms. Both at school and in the Greater Toronto Area, she devotes much of her energy to supporting youth and lesbian, gay, bi- and transsexual communities. She sits on George Brown’s LGBTQ committee, the Toronto Youth Cabinet, and the Chief’s Youth Advisory Committee; she helps out as a peer facilitator for the Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children; and she coordinates a radio show for young people through Regent Park Focus.