Developing leaders. Advancing peace.
What is the Farah Family Youth Peace Scholarship?
The Farah Family and the YMCA are inviting youth school groups of all ages in the Hamilton, Burlington, and Brantford area to apply for a grant of $500 - $2,500 to support youth-led projects that:
- Encourage the advancement of peace in their community
- Promote non-violence within the family, community, nationally or internationally
- Demonstrate ways to live in peace and harmony in an increasingly diverse society
- Support leadership in global awareness among young people
- Encourage global responsibility and action towards positive change
The initiative should also:
- Promote civic engagement
- Encourage empathy and understanding through communication
- Actively lead and support leadership
- Connect and collaborate through communities by building connections
- Empower and inspire others to create positive personal and social change
The awards are generously funded by the Farah Family Foundation.
Applications for 2025 are Now Closed!
2025 Scholarship Recipients
In 2025, the YMCA of Hamilton | Burlington | Brantford awarded the Farah Family Youth Peace Scholarship to several community-based school projects that aim to encourage peace, cross-cultural understanding, and civic engagement.
Farah Family Youth Peace Scholarship Recipients:
Pauline Johnson Collegiate & Vocational School, Brantford, ON
Culture Sports Day: $300.00
Canadian Flags in Prominent Spaces: $200.00
North Park Collegiate & Vocational School, Brantford, ON
- North Park Welcomes the World: $350.00
Brantford Collegiate & Vocational School, Brantford, ON
- Culture Food Village & World Culture Week: $500.00
Assumption College, Brantford, ON
- Confidence Closet: $400.00
Annunciations of our Lorde - Annunciation of our Lord, Hamilton, ON
- IDEAL School: $400.00
Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School, Burlington, ON
- ND Business Leadership Club: $350.00
