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RTAM Is Leaving A Legacy RTAM Student Award Program Peggy Prendergast, RTAM President Spencer Christie Olivia Erickson Marissa Claire Hamlin Alexander Iwanchysko RTAM is pleased to congratulate the following winners and their sponsors for 2019: Award Winner Location Sponsor Relationship Spencer Christie Winnipeg Raymond Gordon Billows Uncle Olivia Erickson Brandon Conrad Erickson Grandfather Marissa Claire Hamlin Winnipeg Ellen Hamlin Grandmother Alexander Iwanchysko Dauphin Nadia Yakielashek Grandmother T he RTAM Endowment Fund was established with The Winnipeg Foundation in 2013 with an initial contribution of $50,000 enabling four awards of $500. The Fund has grown to provide support this year for four $850 awards to our very deserving young relatives. Endowing the RTAM Fund at the Winnipeg Foundation allows us to enlarge the size of the award available to each student over time. LET’S STRIVE FOR FOUR $1000 AWARDS NEXT YEAR! Please consider adding capital to the growth of the RTAM Endowment Fund. Contribute to The RTAM Endowment Award Fund at the Winnipeg Foundation by phone, mail or internet with an In Memoriam gift or in your will or just your charity of choice for next year. ALL DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE. Check our website at: www.rtam.mb.ca or www.wpgfdn.ca.  Brief description of post-secondary plans provided by the award recipients. Spencer Christie I intend on pursuing a degree in Physics at the University of Manitoba. Afterwards, I am interested in entering a medicine school in order to enter the medical field, although that is far along in the future. Olivia Erickson I am currently attending Brandon University and working towards completing my Bachelor of Science degree. After I finish my first degree my plans are to attend medical school, hopefully at the University of British Columbia and pursue Dermatology and/ or Plastic surgery. My end goal would be to eventually own my own dermatology and low level plastic surgery practice. Marissa Claire Hamlin Marissa Claire Hamlin is currently attending the University of Ottawa in the Faculty of Science pursuing an undergraduate degree in biology. She was also accepted into the House of Commons Page Program for the 2019- 2020 year. As an avid lover of nature and the environment, Marissa plans to use her post-secondary education in biology in order to pursue field research that will contribute to issues of environmental and social significance. Alexander Iwanchysko I am attending the University of Manitoba in the Faculty of Engineering. In my second year I hope to get accepted into the Department of Electrical Engineering and earn my degree in that field. After I get my degree I plan to work somewhere in rural Manitoba. RTAM.MB.CA n 17