2010 marks the 36th anniversary of the Canadian Foundation.  Since 1974 the Canadian Foundation has awarded over $180,000 to 182 undergraduates all thanks to the generosity of Phi Delt alumni living in Canada.

Canadian Foundation Update:

• The Canadian Foundation's mandate - to provide scholarships to deserving Canadian Phi Delt undergraduates - is as relevant as ever, especially with rapidly escalating tuition fees and diminishing financial aid from universities;


• In 2010, the Canadian Foundation awarded scholarships totaling $8,000 to four brothers from chapters across Canada:
  
  
  • Brett Giolma (Dalhousie) won top honours with the J. Fred Green Scholarship, winning  $4,000 -- the largest single scholarship ever awarded by the Canadian Foundation. Brett was a 2nd year Biological Physics major with an A average (4.32 out of 4.33 GPA).  He is on UBC’s Dean’s Honours List and the Golden Key Society, having an average in the top 15th percentile of students.  He was his chapter’s Philanthropy Chair, low Bond for the fall 2009 pledge class and chapter Scholar of the Year.  He is on four intramural sports teams and active in numerous campus and community service initiatives.
  
  
  • Mohanned El Bolkiny (Dalhousie) was awarded a $2,500 scholarship.  He was a second year Neuroscience major with an A average (3.86 GPA) and is on Dal’s Dean’s List and the Golden Key Society.
  
  
  • The Foundation also awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Ajk Palikuqi (Toronto) and a $500 award to Brandon Haas (Alberta).
  
  
• The Canadian Foundation has teamed up with CanadaHelps.org which allows alumni to make secure donations using a credit card and receive an immediate tax receipt;


• The Canadian Foundation's Board of Directors are committed to increasing the effectiveness of the Foundation's mandate and raise more scholarship funding for our undergraduate brothers:
  • This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it (Toronto) - Chairman of the Board, Phone #: 416-842-2490
  • Paul Kirkconnell (Toronto) - Vice Chairman
  • This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it (Dalhousie) - Chair, Fund Raising Cmte
  • This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it (Toronto) - Chair, Academic Affairs Cmte
  • Jeffrey Fox (Dalhousie) - Treasurer
  • Mike Brady (Dalhousie) - Secretary
  • Matthew Anthony (Toronto)
  • Don Bennie (Alberta)
  • James Eaton (Dalhousie)
  • Andrew Kidd (Alberta)
  • Allan Paul (Manitoba)
  • Don Smith (Western Ontario)

The Canadian Foundation looks forward to reaching out to each and every Phi living in Canada.

Questions/Comments: If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact the Canadian Foundation Chairman or any of the directors (noted above) or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

News and Notes from the Canadian Scholarship Foundation...

• A Record Year for the Canadian Foundation:  In 2009 the Foundation raised over $15,000 from Canadian alumni making it a record year in terms of monies raised.  This will allow us to award more / higher value scholarship for the 2010/11 academic year.


• Poster and Brochures Developed:  For the first time, the Foundation has developed a poster for each chapter that will help to promote the Foundation and encourage undergraduates to submit a nomination for a scholarship.  As well, the Foundation has produced a brochure that can be used during rush events to help scholarship and highlight the opportunity that brothers have to win a scholarship to potential Phis.


• Multiple Chapter Nominations Encouraged:  Also new in 2010, multiple scholarship nominations will be accepted from chapters providing the opportunity for more than one scholarship winner from a chapter each year.

Canadian Scholarship Nomination/Application Process:

(PLEASE NOTE:  2010 Application Update & Forms To Be Posted in early September 2010)

Step 1.  Chapter nominates a member by October 23, 2009.  Utilize the  Canadian Foundation - Chapter Nomination Form and submit as instructed on the form.

Step 2.  Nominee submits application by November 13, 2009.  Utilize the  Canadian Scholarship - Application Form and submit as instructed on the form.

Questions: Scholarship Nomination/Application questions may be directed to Paul Anglin, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or 519-821-5597.

Canadian Scholarship Award History:

Learn more about the Canadian Scholarship Foundation Award History , including awards by chapter and a complete listing of award recipients by year.

Support the Canadian Scholarship Foundation with your own gift:

Help the Canadian Scholarship Foundation recognize outstanding undergraduates by making a tax-deductible contribution today.  Credit card donations can be made via CanadaHelps.org or by cheque to the Foundation's postal address:

Canadian Phi Delta Theta Scholarship Foundation
P.O. Box 248, Station O
Toronto, ON  M4A 2N3

Alumni Reunion Weekend is the most important and most well-attended event for DePauw graduates each year. It is the principle Annual Fund and engagement weekend on the campus calendar.

This year, the three key milestone all campus class reunion committees are led by Phi Delts. For the 50th its Erik Nelson ‘61; the 25th is being steered by Charley Meyer ’86 and the 10th is headed by Mike Bogers ‘2001.

Each of these brothers has remained active in supporting DePauw. Nelson is a current Trustee, Meyer a member of the Alumni Board and Bogers is the past president of G.O.L.D. (graduates of the last decade) and has been the driving force organizer of the hugely successful Indianapolis monthly luncheon series.

A great thanks to each of these men for their contributions to DePauw and for being great representatives of Indiana Zeta

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Dear Brothers,

Several months ago, writing in the Fraternity’s blog, I suggested an addition to our lexicon of Phi Delt terms.  With apologies to those many sports teams and organizations who attach the word “Nation” as an appendage to highlight something such as a team’s fan base, I proposed a slightly different definition.

1. Maintain the highest caliber of membership.  Not all men deserve to be Phis.  Make sure the men you recruit to membership understand and express the values and quality that comprise our Fraternity.  Make sure they are men we will be proud to call brothers.
2. As you take on a new pledge class, take a close look at your Phikeia education program and make sure you are teaching them how to be good leaders and brothers, not just good Phikeia.  Yes, there is a difference.
3. Excel in the classroom to the best of your abilities.  Sit in the front of class, engage with your professors and add to the academic discussion.
4. Excel on the athletic field or performance venue.  Always give your best performance and exhibit exemplary sportsmanship and creativity.
5. Engage on and with your campus.  Get involved in student government and other student organizations.  Lead, don’t just follow.
6. Engage in and with the local community and serve someone in need.

You are all a part of our larger Phi Delt Nation.  While we will always be loyal to, and grateful for, our own individual chapter experiences, please don’t forget that we are each, in our own sphere of action and influence, part of a larger brotherhood.  Each of us, in our own way, effect and enhance the reputation and future of our collective Phi Delt Nation. 

Have a great fall and let’s show everybody what Phi Delta Theta is all about.  Proud to be a Phi!

Yours in the Bond,

Dear Brothers,

As fall approaches, and our undergraduate brothers return to campus, I welcome everyone back to school and offer a challenge of leadership to our nearly 10,000 undergraduate Phis.

Leadership, as we know, can be the result of a group’s collective action or an individual’s personal initiative.  Throughout our Phi Delt Nation, we see many tremendous examples of leadership every day.  And since we like to do things in sixes in the Fraternity – let me offer you six leadership challenges for the academic year.

                Read the Entire Letter and Scott's Six Leadership Challenges

Congratulations to the brothers of Tennessee Gamma at the University of Tennessee for more than doubling their chapter size through this year’s Fall recruitment. The Chapter had 27 members coming in to this year and through their hard work were able to induct 31 Phikeia.

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Congratulations to the brothers of Oklahoma Alpha at the University of Oklahoma on their recent recruitment success.  The Chapter signed 67 Phikeias making their new member class the largest on campus among Fraternities.

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