2021 Naval Officers' Association of Canada - Winnipeg Branch Scholarship Award Recipient
Cadet CPO1 Gabriel Freider
225 RCSCC Crusader
CPO1 Gabriel Freider graduated from the University of Winnipeg Collegiate and is enrolled in the University of Winnipeg, working towards a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics.
CPO1 Freider has completed Basic, Intermediate, Senior and Advanced Sail Courses at HMCS Quadra and HMCS Ontario, earning the Can Sail Level 6 Qualification, and several other qualifications. He has served as Divisional Chief, Training Chief and Coxswain of his Corps, where he strove to provide each Cadet under his tutelage with the best experience possible. He earned the Sea Cadet Service Medal, The Navy League Medal of Excellence and the Lord Strathcona Medal.
Gabriel is an avid basketball player and sailor. He credits sailing with the improvement in his overall physical fitness.
He volunteers at his local Legion, Deer Lodge Hospital and his local Member of Parliament's Youth Advisory Council.
His long-term goal is to use his degree in Economics to work at a "Think Tank" or in government to secure a better and brighter future for all Canadians.