Awards & Scholarships
See link below for Application Booklet:
Please make a copy, complete and share the document with me at laurie.sitka@ocdsb.ca.
Please download this (see link above) document to your computer to use the fillable fields. Click on the field and enter the necessary information.
Remember to save your copy with your name in the filename. Eg Name_Leadership Letter
Email your final copy to Leahy (sarah.leahy@ocdsb.ca) and/or Pender (jamey.pender@ocdsb.ca).
See links below for information on a Variety of Scholarships and Awards
Search scholarships database to find the info and awards you need to help pay for your education. Sort by location, degree type, field of interest and more. Start your education off right with Scholarships Canada!
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Students can sort their scholarship list (https://scholartree.ca/scholarships) by the deadline by using the sort by option at the top of the page.
With spring right around the corner, we wanted to share a list of scholarships (over 1,500 awards totalling over $4,200,000) available to students over March/Spring Break.
Google Sheet - March 2024 Scholarship List
Excel File - March 2024 Scholarship List
PDF - March 2024 Scholarship List
Not all awards will apply to all students. For students to get a list customized to them and weekly email reminders of deadlines, they should create a profile on ScholarTree. At the top left, they can use the filter "Applications Open" only to see those scholarships that are currently accepting applications.
Are you interested in attending Algonquin College or Redeemer University, here are links to their first-year tuition contests:
https://scholartree.ca/scholarship/algonquin-college-tuition-contest/a1MN2pggO4
https://scholartree.ca/scholarship/redeemer-university-scholarship/acxRYU0fB0
The Education Foundation awards/bursaries are school nominated. Please let your Guidance Counsellor know if you are interested in being considered for any. See website for a complete list of ones being offered.
The Education Foundation of Ottawa provides students and schools with opportunities to apply for awards and bursaries annually.
Before we share the open opportunities for this year, we have BIG news for the 2024/25 school year! The Lorne and Margaret Trudeau Education Award will include four years of tuition, books, a campus food program, and if applicable, the cost of residence or rent to one deserving student who would not otherwise be able to attend. This award will support the student during their undergraduate degree in engineering, natural sciences or nursing. More news to follow in September!
1. The Marjorie Loughrey Artists in the Schools Program Grant is designed to enhance the Ontario Elementary Arts Curriculum in Dance, Drama, Music, and/or Visual Arts. The $2,000 grant provides students with the opportunity for active involvement with artists from those four arts disciplines and should focus on the students actively “doing” the arts.
The grant is open to all OCDSB Elementary schools, with a focus on the top R.A.I.S.E schools. Signed grant applications must be received by the EFO by 3:00 pm on Friday, May 24, 2024.
Apply here: https://form.jotform.com/240147529629260
Please direct all questions to educationfoundation@ocdsb.ca.
Listed below are current scholarship opportunities as provided by individual schools/organizations.
Ontario Parks Association Scholarships - Due end of May:
OPAF has established a fund to provide financial support to our future professionals through bursaries and scholarships for educational purposes. Each year a total of up to five bursaries of $2,000 each and three scholarships in the amount of $1,000 each are awarded to qualified students who meet the requirements of application. Applicants are students pursuing post-secondary studies in parks, forestry, horticulture, landscaping, conservation, or an environmental resource management field, and whose goals are aligned with those of the Foundation and the Ontario Parks Association. Please see their website for details and dates.
Bill 7 Bursary:
Bill 7 Bursary: - scholarships to gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, two-spirited and queer students who are in financial need and studying at any post-secondary institution in Ontario to attain their first degree or diploma. See their website for details and the application form - Bill 7 Bursary
To qualify, an applicant must satisfy all of the Eligibility Criteria below:
• Be a Black Canadian Student graduating in 2024 from a high school in Ottawa with an academic average between 75 and 90% in 6 grade 12 courses (U) or (O) or (M), or A combination of 6 grade 11 or 12 courses (U) or (O) or (M)
• Be a Black Canadian citizen or landed immigrant and residing in Ottawa
• Be admitted to a recognized Canadian university,
• Demonstrate a need for financial assistance
• Demonstrate community service/volunteer activities by providing details and hours. These hours should not include the hours of volunteering required for graduation nor activities for which an academic credit or part of an academic credit is received. Please see attachment for the application form.
Applications for the Ilana and Steven Rubin Scholarship are now open.
This is an education scholarship, valued at $1,800, available to students in Ontario and the Maritime provinces, who are aiming to attend a post-secondary institution.
The scholarship is open to High School students graduating in 2024 and then going on to university, college, or a higher institution of learning that provides programs of at least two years or more. Students applying for the scholarship must graduate from high school with grades averaging between 60%-79% for Grades 11 and 12 combined.
Applications close May 1, 2024 and the full application form is available here.
For more information, please visit our website, or contact the undersigned.
Warm regards,
Solange Ashe
Foundation Associate
Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation
(613) 798-4696, ext. 252
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