Richard K.S. Wu (BSc ’19 Honours Science, medical physics, chemistry and biology minor) is one of 20 Canadians selected to join the fifth cohort of McCall MacBain Scholars at McGill University.
Established with a historic $200 million gift in 2019, the McCall MacBain Scholarships are Canada’s largest leadership-based scholarships for master’s and professional studies.
“I was travelling at the time, so I ended up receiving the news in my car while parked at a gas station in rural Quebec,” says Wu, “Finding out I was going to be receiving a McCall MacBain Scholarship was initially quite surreal, but soon turned into joy, relief, excitement and a deep sense of gratitude.”
Recipients were chosen based on exceptional character, community engagement, leadership potential, entrepreneurial spirit, academic strength and intellectual curiosity.