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Russell Alexander Law Scholarship Surprises Student with $2,500 - YouTube
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[Russell] Welcome everyone,
I'm Russell Alexander.
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We're joined today by our Managing
Associate Lawyer, Nafisa Nazarali,
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and our Law Student, Stephanie
Brooks, welcome guys.
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Today we have a really
exciting video,
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we're going to be announcing
who has won our
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Russell Alexander Law Scholarship.
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We're going to be contacting the
successful candidate in a few minutes,
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we're going to bring her into
our zoom call and let her know
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that she's won $2,500 towards
her post-secondary education.
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[Nafisa] So just to give everyone
a little bit of a background,
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the Russell Alexander Law
Scholarship allows us
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to hear from the brilliant
young Canadians applying.
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We received several amazing
applications this year
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that made choosing a
winner extremely difficult.
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We consulted with our full
team to vote on this winner,
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and everyone concluded that
Mary's application stood out.
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Her application was really strong.
She's a very good student, high GPA,
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contributes to the community,
as well as extracurriculars,
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extremely accomplished, and she
is well deserving of this scholarship.
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[Stephanie] Yes, and this is
a really exciting opportunity.
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So Mary thinks that we're
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asking some follow-up
questions to her application,
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but we are actually telling her
that she is this year's winner,
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so I'm super excited to
see her reaction.
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[Nafisa] I called last year's
winner over the phone and
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I'm extremely excited to see the
winner's reaction today live on video.
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[Russell] All right, so we're
about to introduce Mary.
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I'm kind of excited to ask her
about her musical background,
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I know she's big on guitar in
addition to having an incredible
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academic achievements and
glowing reference letters.
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So, overall a very rounded candidate.
I'm going to bring Mary in.
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And we're going to make a start,
so let's see what happens.
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Hello, Mary.
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[Mary] Hi there, nice to meet you.
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[Nafisa] Hi, Mary.
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[Russell] I'm Russell Alexander,
I'm joined by Nafisa Nazarali
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our Managing Associate Lawyer.
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[Nafisa] Nice to meet you.
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[Mary] Thank you.
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[Russell] And Stephanie Brooks
our Law Student,
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who's currently working at the firm.
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[Stephanie] Hi Mary, nice to meet you.
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[Mary] Nice to meet you.
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[Nafisa] So Mary, we wanted
to meet with you today
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to ask you a couple of
questions about
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your applications and
academic achievements.
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So, right now you're currently
studying at university, is that right?
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[Mary] Trent university.
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[Nafisa] Okay. What are your
current extracurriculars
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right now while at university?
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[Mary] So during the pandemic,
it's a little bit scarce
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that I can choose from, however,
I am on the waiting list
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to volunteer at the wildlife
conservation center,
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and I'm also on the waiting
list for Trent Radio.
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[Nafisa] That's amazing. Yeah,
you have a lot of experience
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with podcasts, so that would
be a good transition right now.
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[Mary] It's very exciting.
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[Stephanie] And how has
post-secondary been for you,
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how has university been?
I know it's a little bit different
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during a pandemic, but how
have you found it so far?
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[Mary] I love it to pieces, it's just
such an incredible experience
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and I'm so lucky to be there.
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[Stephanie] Yeah, have you
found a huge transition
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from going to high school
to university?
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I know, I was a student
not too long ago,
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so I know it's definitely a huge
step, how's that been for you?
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[Mary] I will certainly agree that
it is a little bit more difficult,
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however, I am transitioning well.
And you just have to get to know
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the Professors really, and they will
treat you well, they are people too.
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[Stephanie] Exactly, exactly.
Have you been able to connect
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with some of the other
students, anything like that?
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[Mary] Yeah, so although we
can't have guests in our rooms,
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we can visit common rooms.
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So I am not completely
isolated, which is nice,
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it's not prison at this
point in time.
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So I'm making lots of friends,
and everybody's coming from
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different walks of life, and I am
feeling very enriched in that way.
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[Stephanie] Yeah, that's amazing
to hear, it's good to, you know,
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have a good work life balance,
not only in university
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but also moving into the,
you know, your career.
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I know myself, I've wanted to be a
lawyer since I was like 5 years old.
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Yeah, I had a, you know, when
you have parent teacher, or sorry,
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parents come in and they talk
about their careers to the students.
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One of my classmates, his
dad was a Crown Prosecutor,
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and apparently I went home
that day and I told my parents;
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I'm going to be a lawyer, and you
know, I've stuck with it ever since.
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So, what are your goals, what
do you see yourself in law?
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[Mary] My experience
was actually very similar.
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We had the day where everybody
comes in with their careers.
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And I actually did the
exact same thing,
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and it's been my goal ever since.
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I'm just so fascinated with
humanity and it's just always
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meant a lot to me, and I'm
so competitive and
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I just want to be so
successful in the field,
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and it's such a good
field to begin with.
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I just have big dreams.
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[Stephanie] That's good.
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[Nafisa] It's good to have big dreams.
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[Russell] I want to talk about work
life balances, what's going on there?
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[Stephanie] Yes, so it's really
hard when you love your life
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and you love your work, it sort
of sometimes tends to blend,
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but it's really good to hear
that you're, you know,
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still meeting people and, you
know, you're still getting that
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side of the university experience
as well as your academics.
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I know your application,
your transcript
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from high school was
absolutely amazing.
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She is very, very dedicated
and that definitely
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shown through in your
application.
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[Russell] The Russell Alexander
Law Scholarship was extended
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because of the pandemic,
lots of uncertainty for students
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in the summer in terms of
what was going to happen.
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We've increased it to $2,500
to include a technology bonus
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because I know lots of
students, like yourself, Mary,
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are doing classes by Zoom,
and so there's new,
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you know, with webcams
and laptops or whatever,
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there's new expense
associated with that.
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We received several really
incredible applications,
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and choosing a winner
has been really tough.
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The real reason why we
wanted to talk today
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was not to talk to you
about your application
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but to inform you that you
are our scholarship winner.
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[Mary] Oh my goodness, you're
actually kidding, you're joshing me.
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[Russell] No, you have a
fantastic all-round application,
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I think it's wonderful, is very
balanced in addition to
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very high average coming
out of high school.
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Your reference letters
were excellent.
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What I found impressive is
your extracurricular activities,
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and the guitar and the
music playing,
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maybe, can you tell us a bit
about your music career?
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[Mary] Yes, I've actually been
following your Instagram along
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and I've noticed your
massive stack of essays
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and your turntable Tuesdays, so I'm
like, oh, we have that in common.
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I started playing Finger-style
guitar when I was 5, and
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recently I've gotten more into
production and kind of focusing
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on myself as a musician rather
than just doing covers of things.
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So I was really lucky to have
that experience in grade 12.
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[Nafisa] That's great. So,
congratulations, Mary.
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We will be providing you with the
$2,500 towards your education,
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and we're really excited that you
are the candidate that we've chosen,
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like everyone has said, you
really have really great dreams
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and it shines through with your
resume that you provided,
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like very accomplished,
so congratulations.
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[Mary] I'm so grateful,
thank you so much.
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And I really do hope that we can
stay in contact in the near future.
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[Russell] Yeah, congratulations,
Mary, keep up the great work.
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You've certainly earned
this scholarship,
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so you should be very
proud of yourself.
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Make sure that you
tell your parents.
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[Mary] Yes, for sure.
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[Nafisa] All right, thanks so much,
it was very nice meeting you.
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Good luck with everything, Mary.
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[Mary] Thank you, guys.
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[Russell] Bye, bye.
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[Nafisa] Take care, bye.
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