Building Better Futures

Funding from Sobeys and contributions from the various Sobey Foundations support several scholarship programs designed to help young people attain the education necessary for their success.

• The Sobeys & Empire Work Experience & Scholarship Program awards numerous scholarships each year to our employees across Canada, including the Future Leader Awards which includes financial support and summer internship employment opportunities. In total, these scholarships support over 75 employees with financial awards of more than $120,000 annually.
• The D&R Sobey Scholarship annually awards $60,000, over the course of four years’ study, to six outstanding students from Atlantic Canada pursuing a commerce degree at Queen’s University.
• The Frank H. Sobey Award for Excellence in Business Studies presents six $10,000 awards to full-time business school students attending schools in Atlantic Canada. Since its inception in 1989, more than $760,000 has been awarded.

Frank H. Sobey Awards for Excellence in Business Studies 2009 Scholarship Recipients
From left to right: Graham Watts, University of Prince Edward Island; Myra Freeman, Fund Director; Michael Harris, Memorial University; David F. Sobey, Fund Chair; Thor Jensen, University of New Brunswick; Aaron Murphy, Saint Mary’s University; Bob Brown, Fund Director; Katie Brewer, Cape Breton University; and Paul Sobey,  Fund Director. Missing from the photo is Ashley Hannon, Acadia University.