E.N.F. Telfer Admission Bursary for Women

Award created thanks to the generosity of Emmanuel N. Florakas

Award Overview

Value of the award:
$5,000
Number of awards:
1
Award frequency:
Annual
Level or program of study:
Undergraduate
Application Type:
Online Scholarship and Bursaries portal, accessible via uoZone.
Application Deadline:
March 31
Renewable:
No

Purpose of this Award

To support a female student newly admitted to the Telfer School of Management who demonstrates financial need.


Eligibility Criteria

The candidate must:

  1. be a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident or a person with protected or refugee status
  2. be admitted as a full-time undergraduate student in the Telfer School of Management of the University of Ottawa
  3. demonstrate financial need, as determined by the Financial Aid and Awards Service of the University of Ottawa
  4. be a woman

How to Apply

Submitted in the Online Scholarship and Bursaries portal, accessible via uoZone, and must include:

  1. the Financial Questionnaire

About this Award

This bursary was created by Emmanuel N. Florakas (BCom ’95, MBA ’97). He is a senior technology leader, with a specific interest in AI and co-founder of Lixar IT Inc. His grandparents were new Canadians who felt the path to success included formal education. Both Emmanuel’s parents have graduate degrees. His mother was one of three women in her graduating business class in the 1960s.

Emmanuel recalls fondly his Telfer years and those professors and staff who committed to excellence and brought a growth mindset to challenge students to be better people and to thrive in the workforce. These individuals stood out to Emmanuel: Professors Dan Lane, David Zussman, Denis Caro, Edward Pascal, François Julien, Micheál Kelly and Stylianos Perrakis, as well as Chantal Gendron, Matt Archibald, Pat Neri and Sylvie Séguin-Jak.

Furthermore, Emmanuel would like to acknowledge these four individuals: Jean-Louis Schaan,  the inspirational International Masters program leader and career mentor during the Lixar startup years; Marc Albert, for his  love of Telfer and for showing Emmanuel what being a great boss looked like; Patricia O'Rourke, for her commitment to excellence and helping Emmanuel along his journey; and Peter Koppel, as the accomplishment of being a Koppel TA was a defining moment.

Finally, technology is pervasive, and women are underrepresented in knowledge-based industries. Emmanuel hopes this bursary will play a small part to change that and help a student draw inspiration from Telfer the way he did.