The Tom and Phyllis Veazey Scholarship has been awarded to the following scholars:
2010 Cathy Wang (Sir Winston Churchill)
I finished medical school at the University of Alberta in 2019 and am currently doing my family medicine residency at the University of Toronto.
Rhonette Millare (Vancouver Technical)
After graduating from UBC in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in English Literature, I immediately went on to pursue a Bachelor of Education (Secondary English) at UBC, as well. Since completing the BEd Program in 2015, I have been primarily teaching Secondary English and Humanities at IB schools, both locally and abroad.
2011 Eliza Brown (Gladstone)
I graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Arts in anthropology in 2015. In 2020, I received a Juris Doctor from the Peter A. Allard School of Law.
Lisa Wong (Britannia Community)
2012 Yu Zhe (James) Yan (King George)
I graduated from the University of British Columbia in 2017 with a BSc in Biology. I am now completing a Doctors of Veterinary Medicine degree at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan. I will be graduating in 2021 with a goal of becoming a zoological/wildlife specialist.
Samson Gama (King George)
2013 Fatima Al Fahim (King George)
Lakshmi Soundarapandian (Gladstone)
I graduated from the University of British Columbia in 2020, with a BSc in Geographical Sciences, specializing in Geographical Information Systems (GIS), climate change science, and urban planning. I would like to pursue a Master’s Degree and a career in urban planning with a goal of making our cities more sustainable, integrated, and liveable.
2014 Diego Cardona (Sir Winston Churchill) Darwin Balino (Sir Charles Tupper)
2015 Kihan Yoon-Henderson (Vancouver Technical)
I feel incredibly fortunate to have attended UBC for the last 5 years, thanks to the support of the Veazey Scholarship Foundation. The confidence that comes with being a Veazey Scholar is something that has given me courage throughout my degree, and has pushed me to want to study and engage in work that will leave a positive impact in the lives of others. Geography has allowed me to study complex social, environmental, political and spatial relationships — to understand how the local connects to the global, and how the macro connects to the micro. The ACAM program introduced me to a tight knit group of faculty and students interested in thinking about the dynamics of Asian migration, the impacts of racialization on Asian communities, and possibilities for inter-generational dialogue and community building. Attending UBC also brought me to study on exchange in South Korea, as well as to Hong Kong and Kaiping on a UBC-led global seminar. Additionally, beyond academics, I have had the opportunity to make life-long friendships and memories along the way.
Lilin Zhang (Britannia Community)
After finishing my undergraduate studies in Kinesiology, I also completed my Masters of Management (Business) at UBC as well. I am currently working on the business side of a biotechnology company. We are devoting almost all of our resources to help create with our partners a vaccine for Covid-19. It definitely is very exciting and a once in a lifetime opportunity (hopefully) to be in this industry during this time and I am really grateful for the position I am in. I undoubtedly know that I would not be here without the support of the Veazey Scholarship.
2016 Rhea Bassan (Gladstone) Harriet Crossfield (Sir Charles Tupper)
2017 Vince Bacarac (Sir Charles Tupper) Tahlia Ifada (Britannia Community)
2018 Oleg (Alec) Lissounov (King George) Changjing (Jane) Liu (Britannia Community)
2019 Mairi MacAulay (Sir Winston Churchill) Ruini Xiong (Templeton)
2020 Mila Micovic (Gladstone) Mischa Johal (John Oliver)
2021 Annie Guan (Britannia) Matthew Chow (Sir Charles Tupper)
2022 Cheryl Chen (Sir Winston Churchill) Tommy Chung (Killarney)
2023 Paige Cheng (Britannia) Leona Lam (Sir Winston Churchill)