All available profiles are shown below, along with a selection of letters of thanks. We hope they offer inspiration to students who may apply in future and demonstrate how vitally important it is to continue helping Canadian scholars who are pursuing their postgraduate studies in the United Kingdom. To view a list of all past CCSF scholars, click here.

 

Profiles of 2025-2026 Award Winners

Cassidy Bereskin
Jessi Gilchrist (English)

Kelan Lynch (English) (French)
Sandy Marcotte (English) (French)
Linh Nguyen
Joshua Nicholas
Divya Prasad
Dasha Reddy
Haley Stang
Katerina Sviderska (English) (French)
Helen Thomas
Azim Wazeer
Jessica Wilkins
Shiv Yucel (English) (French)

Profiles of 2024-2025 Award Winners

Nina Acharya
CCSF 2024 Alicia Anderson (English) (French)
Shazia’Ayn Babul
Lauren Bursey
Camille Crichlow
Chloé Dumoulin (English) (French)
Kate Friesen
Louis Guilbault (English) (French)
Spencer Klymyshyn
Helen Kosc
Sierra Sparks (English) (French)
Azim Wazeer
Alec Xu
Shiv Yucel (English) (French)

Profiles of 2023-2024 Award Winners

Saashi Bedford
Zachary Brookman (English) (French)
Juliana Cook
Faith Decontie
Kate Friesen (English) (French)
Louis Guilbault (English) (French)
Cassie Hayward
Spencer Klymyshyn
Helen Kosc
Elspeth Mathau
Christiana Myers (English) (French)
Elizabeth Paradis
Amanda Stubbs
Alec Xu

Profiles of 2022-2023 Award Winners

Tomas Borsa
Emily Bosenius
Vesna Curlic
Faith Decontie
Bridget Esler
Jessica Hogan
Nicholas Lucas
Brody McDonald
Edward Ross (English) (French)
Kaitlin Simpson
Lara Tessaro
Austin Tripp
Malika Zghal (English) (French)
David Zucchi

Profiles of 2021-2022 Award Winners

Kiranjit Bains
Chantalle Byron
Emily Gibson Brown
Claire Gray
Isabelle Lemay
Yue Liu
Brody McDonald
Eamonn OKeeffe
Kyla Smith
Jennifer Wanyi Jia
Jenny Yang
Sydney Yee
Malika Zghal
David Zucchi

Profiles of Previous Award Winners

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“This award represents a lot to my personal, academic and professional career. It means that I will be able to continue pursuing my postgraduate studies in London but most importantly it means that I will be able to concentrate on my studies and achieve the level of excellence that is expected from the Design Products program at the Royal College of Art. Winning the Maple Leaf Trust Diamond Anniversary Scholarship gives me great motivation for continuing my work and I will proudly carry this award with me for the rest of my life. I am proud to be Canadian, passionate about design and driven to use my creativity to make a positive impact in the world. I would like to thank the Canadian Centennial Scholarship Fund, The Maple Leaf Trust and the Canadian Women’s Club and specially the members of committee, trustees, donors and supporters for investing in the development of future Canadian talents.” – Mauricio Affonso, 2012 CCSF Scholar
“It is a great honor to have been selected as the recipient of the Canadian Centennial Scholarship and to represent Canada within the UK academic community and beyond. This award is yet another indication of Canada’s commitment to supporting excellence that can contribute to the betterment of our community back home and globally in face of the unique challenges of our century. With the support of this award, yet another symbol of the support of my country and community, I look forward to making such contributions and living up to this invaluable premise.” – Parisa Bastani, writing a PhD in Economics at Cambridge, 2013 CCSF Scholar