Omar Jackson, President of the Haileybury Student Association at Northern College and the Northern Director for the College Student Alliance was recently awarded the W. Garfield Weston Award. The Garfield Weston Awards program was established in 1999 and is designed to recognize outstanding college-bound students who show a strong commitment to their fields of study. Another major aspect to the program is honouring students who are interested in making positive contributions to their communities, which Omar has proficiently executed during his college career at Northern College’s Haileybury campus. Finalists were one of the top 90 of 837 applicants from across Canada and each year up to 50 awards are presented with the ability to renew the award annually, based on maintaining the programs high standards of the scholar. Mr. Jackson was also the 2009 winner of the CSA Advocate of the Year Award for his work on behalf of college students.

For more information on the W. Garfield Weston Foundation visit:
www.garfieldwestonawards.ca

Congratulations go out to Omar Jackson for being recognized for his leadership, community involvement, and academic excellence.