U-Vic law student earns scholarship

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Canadian National has awarded three Aboriginal scholarships for 1999.

All three are from Western Canada: Russel Halpin, studying arts and sciences at Calgary's Mount Royal College; Suzanne Shukin, a student in the criminal justice program at Lethbridge (Alta.) Community College, and Gary Campo, a law student at the University of Victoria.

Campo, a non-status Squamish who will graduate in August, is looking forward to a career in the area of Aboriginal law. He has already secured an articling position with well-known Aboriginal law specialists, Woodward and Company.

Campo already has an impressive resume. He worked as a research analyst for the treaty negotiation division of the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs and is a member of an Aboriginal law graduates' task force formed by the Law Society of British Columbia. He is also vice-president of the Native Law Students Association at his school.

He credits his friends and family with helping him get though the rigorous undergraduate years in law school.

"There were a lot of times when I just wanted to pack my bags and quit, but I couldn't let my friends nor myself down, so we kept each other going through difficult times," he said.

CN president and CEO, Paul Tellier, congratulated all the scholarship recipients, saying they are an inspiration to other Native students.