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Gordon B Shrum

Gordon B Shrum (1931 – 2018) was a man of many interests; a student of the arts, a lawyer, and a businessman. After two years in the Faculty of Arts at the University of British of Columbia Gordon took fine arts and studio courses at the University of California at Berkeley, receiving his B.A. in 1952. He then studied at the Vancouver School of Art (now Emily Carr) for a year, before starting work in the graphics department at CBC.

In 1955 Gordon changed direction and enrolled in the Faculty of Law at the University of British Columbia where he won several prizes including the Gold Medal as top student in the 1958 graduating class. He started his legal career at an established Vancouver firm, before leaving to form his own practice. The firm became known as Shrum, Liddle & Hebenton, and with high standards and progressive policies it grew until it merged with McCarthy & McCarthy in 1989 to form Canada’s first national law firm.

Soon after the merger Gordon retired from law. He remained busy for the rest of his life focusing on a wide range of interests, including business investments, his love of architecture and design, and philanthropy.

Vistara Elevate Awards

As one small step towards trying to enable greater access to education and opportunity in life, we are grateful to Vistara Capital Partners for establishing the Vistara Elevate Awards, under the Beedie Luminaries Program.

This $100,000, five-year commitment is awarded to students of ethnic and racially diverse backgrounds who are pursuing their degrees in finance and/or STEM – sectors in greater need of diversity and inclusion of members of our black, indigenous, and other underrepresented ethnic communities.

In addition to providing the first-year scholarship funding to one Beedie Luminaries student per year, an equally as exciting and impactful part of the Vistara Elevate Award is Vistara’s commitment to offer, directly or through its network, a paid summer internship to the selected student, following their first year of study.

Further, to help elevate these students to be best prepared for long-term success as they enter the workforce, Vistara will be providing mentorship to the Vistara Elevate Award recipients over their full four-year post-secondary journey.

“Vistara” is the Sanskrit word for “expansion.” With this investment, and drawing on inspiration received from other businesses and leaders that are doing their part, Vistara’s sincere hope is that by helping these bright minds expand their scope of opportunities, they will be able to achieve their full potential. They will become role models to their peers, families, and the community at large, and continue to pay it forward for generations to come.

ZLC Women In Finance Award

This Award recognizes ZLC’s belief in the critical importance of enabling access to higher education for female students, who are pursuing degrees in the areas of finance to promote much-needed further diversity in this sector of our economy. This award is presented to a recipient for all four years of their study within the Beedie Luminaries program. In addition to the financial support, the recipient will also be offered mentorship support from members of ZLC’s management team and/or network throughout their four-year post-secondary program, as well as a paid summer internship placement upon successful completion of their first year of study. This is not additional funding, but rather a designation to acknowledge study interest and program diversity.

ZLC Financial traces its origins back to 1946, when co-founder Harold Zlotnik first entered the life insurance business. ZLC Financial is one of Vancouver’s most respected firms, providing Business Family Succession, Employee Benefits, Estate Planning & Living Benefits, Financial Planning, Investment & Retirement Solutions and Structured Settlements.

The Trulioo Award

In recognition of a donation made by Trulioo to Beedie Luminaries, each year two students within the Beedie Luminaries Program are selected as the recipients of the TRULIOO Award. This Award recognizes Trulioo’s belief in the critical importance of enabling access to higher education for students who are pursuing degrees in the area of STEM to promote this sector of our economy. This is not additional funding, but rather a designation to acknowledge study interest and program diversity.

This award is presented to two recipients for their first year of study within the Beedie Luminaries program. In addition to the financial support, the recipients will also be offered mentorship support from members of TRULIOO’S team and/or network program, as well as a paid summer internship placement upon successful completion of their first year of study.

Trulioo provides a global identity marketplace that services a wide range of industries, including finance, banking, retail, payments, gaming, and online marketplaces – all through a single API integration. Global banks, Fortune 500 enterprises, tech giants, and companies of all sizes use Trulioo GlobalGateway every day to help meet compliance, fraud prevention, and trust and safe requirements.

The McEwen Innovator Award

This Award recognizes the McEwen Family Charitable Trust’s belief in the critical importance of enabling access to higher education for students who are pursuing degrees in the field of STEM to promote this sector of our economy. This award supports the funding of one “McEwen Innovator Award” student per year.