The Father Ted Scholarship Program

The scholarship was designed to attract senior high school students to thinking about the culture of death, and its awful manifestation in the practice of abortion. Since that first year, more than 1100 students have taken up the challenge of entering the competition.

Niagara Region Right to Life (NRRTL) is the sponsoring organization of the program, providing the prize money and other incidental expenses associated with running the scholarship contest.

The Interim is a promoter and collaborator publishing the essays of the three prize winners annually. As is stated in the scholarship brochure distributed to schools across Canada, “Niagara Region Right to Life (NRRTL) wishes to help educate and inform the younger generations about the preciousness and possibilities of human life from conception to natural death. It encourages students to engage critically and meaningfully with key public issues that may impact on human life especially in its early stages”.

It is always hoped that the choice of theme for the essay component prompts candidates to think about public issues from a moral perspective.

The winner’s essays were featured in the February 2026 issue of The Interim on pages 13, 14 and 15. You can access the issue here.

First prize went to Sarah Marie Scale – Arthur Voaden Secondary School, St. Thomas, Ontario

Second prize was won by Emily Lane – Catholic Central High School, Lethbridge, Alberta

Third prize was awarded toLogan Polinsky-Palmer – St. Anne Catholic High School, Belle River, Ontario

Please support this important educational initiative. Donate to Niagara Region Right to Life and you will receive a charitable tax receipt. You can do so online at niagararegionrighttolife.ca/donate/ or by remitting to them at 157 Catharine Street North, 2nd Floor, Hamilton Ontario, L8L 4S4.

You would be making a wonderful investment, sowing pro-life seeds. The future harvest of good works and good moral thinking will be great in the coming years.