2025 CPKC/Regtl Society Scholarship Recipients

It brings me great pleasure to bring to your attention the results from the 2025 Regimental Society and Canada Pacific and Kansas City Southern (CPKC) Railway scholarship program. This program was developed to provide educational assistance to family members of Strathconas (both serving and retired) as well as Strathconas taking part in training for railway technical trades. These scholarships offers annual subsidies totaling $15,000 toward costs incurred through enrolment in bona-fide educational programs at the post-secondary level.

Scholarship A: Service/Community Involvement. A $5,000 scholarship for post-secondary education to the child or spouse of a Strathcona, on active duty or retired from the CAF who has supported their community. This scholarship will be awarded based on the impact of their involvement to the community. The 2025 winner, Kaitlyn Friesen, was presented the award by LCol Nitu on August 29th in Edmonton.

Scholarship B: Academic. A $5,000 scholarship for post-secondary education to the child or spouse of a Strathcona, on active duty or retired from the CAF, who has demonstrated academic excellence. This scholarship will be very heavily weighted on grades and financial need. The 2025 winner, Victoria Miller was presented the award by LCol Johns in Gagetown in August.

Scholarship C: Career Focused. A $5,000 scholarship for post-secondary education to the child or spouse of a Strathcona, on active duty or retired from the CAF, who has a desire to work in the railway. For this scholarship to be awarded, the recipient must be enrolled in a directedly transferable post-secondary program and will be eligible for an internship within CPKC Operations. On August 16th, Ryleigh Baldwin was presented the award by LCol Nitu in Edmonton.

On behalf of the wider Strathcona family, our warmest congratulations to Kaitlyn, Victoria and Ryleigh.  We wish you continued success in your education.  Our very sincere thanks to #CPKC for their generous support to this program.  For more information about other CPKC Rail Veteran initiatives, please visit http://www.cpkcr.com/en/careers.