Niagara College is marking a very large donation.
The estate of Norris Walker gifting $4-million to the school.
It is the largest estate gift that Niagara College has ever received.
$3-million goes toward the college’s Destination Niagara Entrance Scholarship.
$600,000 toward planned expansion of skilled trades at the Welland campus and $400,000 will be put towards the Dan Patterson Legacy Fund.
In recognition, the school has renamed a Niagara-on-the-Lake campus common area Norris Walker Family Community Courtyard.
Norris Walker was a St. Catharines resident and business owner.
He died in 2024 at the age of 91.