Toronto 
On January 8, 2020, a Ukrainian airliner crashed near Tehran, Iran, killing 176 passengers, including 57 Canadians, several of whom studied or taught at postsecondary institutions in Ontario.
In honour of the lives lost, Ontario Government has announced, 57 scholarships of $10,000 to 57 students, one in memory of each victim.
Scholarships will be allocated in honour of each of the 34 victims to the institutions to which they belonged, with the remainder allocated to other eligible institutions based on a competitive process.
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The Ontario postsecondary institutions who lost students or faculty in the fatal plane crash included Carleton University, Centennial College, Fleming College, George Brown College, Lambton College, McMaster University, Queen’s University, Ontario Tech University (formerly UOIT), the University of Guelph, the University of Ottawa, the University of Toronto, the University of Waterloo, the University of Western Ontario, the University of Windsor, and York University.
Criteria for the proposed scholarships will be open-ended, awarded based on academic merit and financial need, and determined in consultation with Ontario’s colleges and universities, as well as with the families of the victims.
The ministry is working towards implementation of the proposed scholarships for the 2020-2021 academic year in September.
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