Ontario Construction News staff writer
The Mechanical Contractors Association of Canada (MCAC) has announced its recipients for the 2022 Richard McKeagan Scholarship Series.
This year’s financial assistance total is the largest to date – almost $30,000 – and it showcases the “industry’s ongoing commitment to the next generation.”
Scholarships were awarded through the following MCAC associate members and partners:
- Bradford White Canada ($1,500) – Luca DeChellis
- Equipco Ltd. ($1,500) – Emma Powell
- Federated Insurance ($1,000) – Kyle Desrochers
- Masco/Delta ($1,500) – Tatiana Howard
- MCAC Associate Members ($2,000) – Arleen Kehler
- MCA Hamilton/Niagara ($1,000) – Emma Powell
- Mitsubishi Electric Heating and Cooling ($2,000) – Mina Ariana
- OS&B (two scholarships totalling $2,500) – Jill Stagg and Kyron Evans
- Palser Enterprises ($1,500 towards tools) – Cory Mueller
- Reliance Worldwide Canada ($2,500) – Emma Powell
- ServcoCanada ($2,500) – Arleen Kehler
- Taco Comfort Solutions ($1,000) – Tasneem Kham and Marco Meli
- Uponor (five scholarships worth $500) – Mina Ariana, Tang Gilbert, Tatiana Howard, Meghan McLaughlin, and Emma Powell
- Watts Water Technologies ($1,500) – Brooke Carbino
- Women in Mechanical Construction ($800) – Arleen Kehler
The Richard McKeagan Scholarship Series, recently renamed to recognize the work of the Association’s past-CEO has awarded more than $100,000 since 2006 to post-secondary students. Applicants may also be a registered apprentice in a mechanical contracting trade.
