First-year Price Faculty of Engineering student Landon Reid one of this year’s Schulich Leader Scholars
The Schulich Leader Scholarship is awarded every year to students enrolling in STEM programs at 20 Canadian universities.
Two incoming students were awarded Schulich Leader Scholarships upon their entry to the University of Manitoba this year. One of those students is Landon Reid from Powerview School in Powerview, Manitoba. Reid started his studies at UM this fall in the Price Faculty of Engineering.
The Schulich Leader Scholarships have been awarded to UM students since 2012 to high school graduates starting their studies in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) at the university. The Schulich Leader Scholarship is a national scholarship awarded annually to high school graduates starting their studies at one of 20 participating universities from across the country. Students receive awards valued at $100,000 for science, technology or math and $120,000 for engineering.
Schulich Leaders are students who demonstrate an entrepreneurial mindset, strong leadership qualities and academic excellence. The Schulich Foundation recognizes the roles Schulich Leaders play in pushing the STEM field and forward supports students in their studies. Through the scholarship, the Foundation supports future leaders and encourages students to continue to be leaders in their respective fields.
Landon Reid, Schulich Leader Scholarship recepient
Reid’s passion and interest in engineering and science more generally dates back to his leadership experience at school and in his community. Through his school, Reid tutored students, notably helping those in French immersion online during 2021 to 2022, demonstrating creativity and resilience in the face of virtual teaching and support. He worked with students as young as those in first grade, supporting their educational needs and helping them with their homework. In the community, his leadership extends to his three years volunteering as a hockey coach with younger and older players.
By being a leader, Reid has demonstrated his ability to take initiative. In his industrial arts courses, he started an engine repair club and used his experience in his courses to start a small business venture designing and fabricating products for sale out of scrap materials. He even designed custom jigs to assist in an efficient creation process. From the design, fabrication, and marketing, Reid was heavily involved in all the stages of production, which he cites as a great source of motivation for his goals to one day have his own engineering firm.
Outside of his studies, Reid’s initiatives in the industrial arts extends to his leadership role in designing and repairing. He helped with both the design and the construction of a 7,000-square-foot greenhouse in his community, which was built to maximize solar radiation intake. He also took on a leadership role at his local ice rink, teaching himself the ins and outs of the rink’s ice re-surfacer and fixing it by himself as an aside to his coaching duties.