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Ontario Tech acknowledges the lands and people of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation.

We are thankful to be welcome on these lands in friendship. The lands we are situated on are covered by the Williams Treaties and are the traditional territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation, including Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi. These lands remain home to many Indigenous nations and peoples.

We acknowledge this land out of respect for the Indigenous nations who have cared for Turtle Island, also called North America, from before the arrival of settler peoples until this day. Most importantly, we acknowledge that the history of these lands has been tainted by poor treatment and a lack of friendship with the First Nations who call them home.

This history is something we are all affected by because we are all treaty people in Canada. We all have a shared history to reflect on, and each of us is affected by this history in different ways. Our past defines our present, but if we move forward as friends and allies, then it does not have to define our future.

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Howard Maitland Sly Award

Name

 Howard Maitland Sly Award

Type

 Undergraduate

Faculty

 Business and Information Technology
Education
Engineering and Applied Science
Health Sciences
Science
Social Science and Humanities

Program

 All

Year

 First year
Second year
Third year
Fourth year

Amount

 $2,500

Program load

 Full-time

General information

Eight awards of $2,500 are available to eligible students. Students must:

  • Be a graduate of Durham College entering full-time studies at Ontario Tech University.
  • Demonstrate financial need.

About the Donor

 Howard Maitland Sly always had a passion for building. In his youth, he would build model airplanes and had dreams of becoming a carpenter. After discovering a love of math, he completed an engineering degree at Queen’s University and went on to work with Esso Oil and Polymer Corporation before returning home to Kingston. In 1958, he founded Dacon Corporation and became a leader and innovator in a diversified range of residential developments. Sly established a reputation for product quality and exemplary craftsmanship in home construction in the Kingston area, but also for building the community. He believed that growth and development was a community affair and ensured that reasonable-cost housing was available to those who needed it. In the late 1960s, he returned to Queen’s but this time to pursue a Bachelor of Commerce. He studied part-time for three years while still running the company and completed his degree in 1970. In June 1979, his life was cut short when the light plane he was piloting crashed when approaching the Toronto Island Airport.

Award ID

 610008

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