Awarded annually to a student entering an undergraduate program at Carleton University from a high school in Ottawa, with high academic standing and a record of community service. Preference will be given to a young person with ancestry in the Caribbean. Born in Jamaica, Isis Officer was co-founder of the Jamaican Ottawa Community Association, and worked tirelessly to promote diversity and help the needy within the Jamaican community of Ottawa. Endowed in 2002 through a bequest from Isis Minerva Officer and donations from family and friends.