Organized by Playmas Montreal Cultural Association, the GemStar Scholarship Program is the brainchild of Gemma Raeburn-Baynes, President of Playmas Montreal and a longtime BMO employee. Part of Playmas Montreal’s mandate is to assist deserving high performing Black high school students in achieving their dreams by facilitating their pursuit of higher education through scholarship awards of $1,500 each. BMO Bank of Montreal has agreed to finance the GemStar Scholarship Program, as a sponsor, under the auspices of the Bank’s Black Entrepreneurs Program. Other sponsors include Groupe 3737, other individual donors, and corporations.