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News  Mar 25, 2022

Burnaby Now: More scholarships for single parents thanks to Burnaby-born developer

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Single Parent Scholarship (SPARK) recipient.

More single parents facing financial adversity will get a chance to pursue higher education, thanks to Burnaby-born developer and philanthropist Ryan Beedie.

Last year, Beedie’s scholarship foundation, Beedie Luminaries, announced it was launching a new program to help single parents facing financial obstacles go back to school.

In its first year, the SPARK Program handed out 15 scholarships worth up to $40,000 each.

This year the foundation is doubling that.

Avital Kline, a Vancouver mom studying midwifery at UBC, said going back to school as a single parent can feel “insurmountable” but Beedie Luminaries has helped.

“Before receiving this scholarship, I felt like my efforts to advance my education were invisible, but the recognition and support that I have received through the SPARK Program as well as the opportunity to meet other people who are in a similar situation to me has been encouraging and moving,” she said in the release.

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