Francis Chu-Yin Wong Financial Aid Bursaries for Medicine Students

This scholarship was generously created to honour the memory of Dr. Francis Chu-Yin Wong

Award Overview

Value of the award:
Minimum $3,500
Number of awards:
Variable
Award frequency:
Annual
Level or program of study:
All levels
Application Type:
Online Scholarship and Bursaries portal, accessible via uoZone.
Application Deadline:
November 2
Renewable:
No

Purpose of this Award

Financially support students at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Ottawa.

Eligibility Criteria

The candidate must:

  1. be a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident, a person with the protected/refugee status or an international student
  2. be enrolled as a full-time or part-time student at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Ottawa
  3. demonstrate financial need, as determined by the Financial Aid and Awards Service of the University of Ottawa

How to Apply

Multiple Awards Program

To be considered for this award, candidates must apply to Multiple Financial Need Bursaries - MD Program (99931).

Applications must be submitted in the Online Scholarship and Bursaries portal, accessible via uoZone, and must include:

  1. the Financial Questionnaire

About this Award

This scholarship fund was created to honour the memory of Francis Chu-Yin Wong, MD.

Francis left Hong Kong and immigrated to Canada in 1955 to study medicine at the University of Ottawa. He graduated from medical school in 1960 and after specializing in anaesthesiology in 1965, he worked at St. Joseph’s Hotel Dieu, Metropolitan, Salvation Army Grace and IODE Hospital in Windsor, Ontario. He went on to practice anaesthesiology at Providence Hospital in Southfield, Michigan, where he was Chief of the Anaesthesiology Department and a wellrespected teacher for many years. He also worked at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan, until his retirement in 1989. He continued to work part time at various clinics in Windsor, Ontario, until 2009. 

Dr. Wong was always so grateful to the University of Ottawa for accepting him as a student and for being instrumental in training him for a career that not only enabled him to support his family, but also provided him with fulfillment for almost 50 years. He was also very appreciative of the fact that during his time as a medical student, Josephine Po-Ching Wong, who would become his wife of 55 years, was able to work at Immigration Canada and support his dreams of becoming a doctor. As an expression of his gratitude, he arranged to have a monetary sum donated to the University’s Faculty of Medicine after his passing. Lending a helping hand to medical students was a key intention of his bequest to the University.