Awarded annually. Recipient will be selected by the Director of the Sprott School of Business, on the recommendation of the JoAnna Townsend Steering Committee, to a student, proceeding from Second to Third Year, in the Bachelor of International Business program. The recipient will be an Ontario resident and pursue his/her Third Year of study in Central or South America. Recipients will have demonstrated financial need, must be Canadian Citizens or permanent residents of Canada (landed immigrant or a protected person), and must meet OSAP’s Ontario Residency requirements. This award was endowed in 2004 by Barbara Orser and family, friends and colleagues, in memory of Ms. JoAnna Townsend.