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We have many things to be grateful for from this past year and we are proud to be able to share these stories with you in our 2022 Annual Report to Donors. 

Most importantly, you will learn more about the incredible impact of donor funded scholarships, bursaries, and awards for KPU students. I am pleased to present you with the KPU Foundation’s 2022 Annual Report to Donors. Thank you so much for your continued support.

Around 200 high school students will be introduced to new academic and career opportunities over the next three years thanks to a $200,000 gift from Scotiabank.

The Future Students’ Office at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) and the KPU Foundation worked with Scotiabank to develop the Scotiabank Strive Dual Credit Program to address a gap in existing provision.

Dual credit programs give high school students the opportunity to take courses that give them credits towards both the secondary and undergraduate post-secondary level. However, data shows persistent participation gaps in dual credit programs for Indigenous and racialized students, youth in care and students from low-income backgrounds. The ScotiaRISE grant enables KPU to remodel a traditional dual credit program to address these low participation rates.

Kwantlen Polytechnic University has renamed its business school to the Melville School of Business to recognize a historic donation from philanthropists George and Sylvia Melville. 

George Melville, who co-founded Boston Pizza International Inc., and his wife Sylvia are gifting $8 million to KPU over four years to create tremendous opportunities for students.

"Sylvia and I are very proud to be able to make this investment in the future of the KPU School of Business,” says George Melville, who served as KPU’s second chancellor from 2014 to 2020. “Our hope is that the Advanced Teaching and Learning Fund will enhance the educational experience for students for many years to come. There are also funds for scholarships and bursaries, which will make KPU’s excellent business program more accessible to students than ever before.”