March

Applications Open: 

Amount: $5000

Description:

• awarded annually by the Government of Alberta to a young Albertan visual artist who shows extraordinary talent and potential and who demonstrates clear educational or training goals.

Criteria:

• To be eligible for scholarship funding you must be a resident of Alberta. This means you:

  • are legally entitled to be or remain in Canada

  • have had your primary residence in Alberta for one full year before applying

  • ordinarily live in Alberta for at least six months each year with the exception of attending a formal program of study

• You must be 25 years or younger as of the application deadline.

• You must be enrolled in an eligible visual arts training program.

Application Website: https://www.affta.ab.ca/funding/find-funding/film-and-video-arts-scholarship 

Applications Open: 

Amount: $5000 (One scholarship will be awarded to one of the performing arts eligible for this program in a three-year annual rotation: music, theatre, and dance. The 2022 deadline is for theatre applicants.)

Description:

• awarded annually by the Government of Alberta to a young Albertan performing artist who shows extraordinary talent and potential and who demonstrates clear educational or training goals.

Criteria:

• To be eligible for scholarship funding you must be a resident of Alberta. This means you:

  • are legally entitled to be or remain in Canada

  • have had your primary residence in Alberta for one full year before applying

  • ordinarily live in Alberta for at least six months each year with the exception of attending a formal program of study

• You must be 25 years or younger as of the application deadline.

• You must be enrolled in an eligible performing arts training program.

Application Website: https://www.affta.ab.ca/funding/find-funding/film-and-video-arts-scholarship 

Applications Open: 

Amount: $5000

Description:

• Established in 2012, this $5,000 AFA scholarship is awarded annually to a young Albertan film and video artist who shows extraordinary talent in a film and video arts form and who demonstrates clear educational or training goals.

Criteria:

• To be eligible for scholarship funding you must be a resident of Alberta. This means you:

  • are legally entitled to be or remain in Canada

  • have had your primary residence in Alberta for one full year before applying

  • ordinarily live in Alberta for at least six months each year with the exception of attending a formal program of study

• You must be 25 years or younger as of the application deadline.

• You must be enrolled in an eligible film and video arts training program.

Application Website: https://www.affta.ab.ca/funding/find-funding/film-and-video-arts-scholarship 

Applications Open: 

Amount: $5000

Description:

• awarded annually to a young Albertan writer who shows extraordinary talent in an eligible literary genre and who demonstrates clear educational or training goals.

Criteria:

• To be eligible for scholarship funding you must be a resident of Alberta. This means you:

  • are legally entitled to be or remain in Canada

  • have had your primary residence in Alberta for one full year before applying

  • ordinarily live in Alberta for at least six months each year with the exception of attending a formal program of study

• You must be 25 years or younger as of the application deadline.

• You must be enrolled in an eligible writing training program.

Application Website: https://www.affta.ab.ca/funding/find-funding/film-and-video-arts-scholarship 

Applications Deadline - March 1

Amount: $7000

Description:

• awarded annually to a young Albertan writer who shows extraordinary talent in an eligible literary genre and who demonstrates clear educational or training goals. 

Criteria:

• To be eligible for scholarship funding you must be a resident of Alberta. This means you:

  • are legally entitled to be or remain in Canada

  • have had your primary residence in Alberta for one full year before applying

  • ordinarily live in Alberta for at least six months each year with the exception of attending a formal program of study

  • Under 25 years of age

  • Must be enrolled in an eligible writing training program

Application Website: https://www.affta.ab.ca/funding/find-funding/dr-macewan-literary-arts-scholarship 

Applications Deadline - March 1

Amount: $7000

Description:

• Established in 2012, this $7,000 AFA scholarship is awarded annually to a young Albertan film and video artist who shows extraordinary talent in a film and video arts form and who demonstrates clear educational or training goals.

Criteria:

• To be eligible for scholarship funding you must be a resident of Alberta. This means you:

  • are legally entitled to be or remain in Canada

  • have had your primary residence in Alberta for one full year before applying

  • ordinarily live in Alberta for at least six months each year with the exception of attending a formal program of study

  • Under 25 years of age

  • Must be enrolled in an eligible film and video arts training program

Application Website: https://www.affta.ab.ca/funding/find-funding/film-and-video-arts-scholarship 

Applications Open: November 15, 2021

Amount: Between $1000-$5000 (up to 20 awarded)

Description:

• Aspiring information security professionals have the opportunity to ease some of their educational financial burden with the (ISC)² Information Security Undergraduate Scholarship, offering undergraduate students studying information security up to US$5,000 per recipient. 

Criteria:

• Must be pursuing, or plan to pursue, a degree with a focus on cybersecurity or information assurance.

• You may be a senior in high school, or an undergraduate student who is currently a junior, freshman, sophomore or senior who will be pursuing an undergraduate degree in the fall. If you will have graduated with your undergraduate degree by the fall then please apply for the (ISC)² Graduate Scholarship if appropriate.

• GPA must be at least 3.3 on a 4.0 scale (or an analogous rank based on a comparable scale).

• You may be a citizen of any country (US citizenship not required)

• May be attending on campus or online.

• May be attending full time or part time

• May be attending in the US or Internationally

• You do not currently need to be enrolled, however no awards will be disbursed until the recipient is enrolled in a college or university.

• If awarded: the award will be sent to the school with instructions that it be applied to tuition, fees and books.

• This scholarship requires applicant to submit answers no longer than 250 words to essay questions outlined on application page.

Application Website: https://iamcybersafe.org/s/undergraduate-scholarships 

Deadline: March 14

Amount: $1000 (16 bursaries will be awarded across Canada)

Description:

• The Quest for Excellence program is a bursary program for grade 12 students in Western Canada. It was established by RE/MAX of Western Canada to recognize the success and ongoing pursuits of Western Canadian students in regard to leadership and community contribution initiatives. 

Criteria:

• open to  Grade 12 students attending high school in the current school year. 

• must be a resident of one of the following Provinces: Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon Territory, or Northwest Territory

• Students are to convey the contributions they have made to their communities in a short online essay, maximum 1,250 words. Key qualities students should demonstrate are leadership, motivation and communication skills.  Other attributes may include volunteering, participation in charitable events or fundraising, and contributions that enrich the lives of others and their communities. 

Application Website: https://blog.remax.ca/quest-for-excellence/ 

Deadline: March 

Amount: $2000

Description:

• Diabetes Hope Scholarship Program is available to young adults living in the Province of British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia or Newfoundland, Canada who are successfully managing the challenges of living with diabetes. This program supports post-secondary academic endeavours and recognizes the personal triumphs of exemplary young adults who demonstrate active involvement in community and/or sports activities while engaging in healthy self-management of their diabetes. 

Criteria:

• Open to young adults

  • Who are residents of British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland. 

  • Who are in their final year of high school and entering an accredited post-secondary institution in the fall 

  • Who are registered with a pediatric diabetes program/healthcare provider and is in their transition year to adult diabetes care. 

  • Who have received care for Type 1 Diabetes or Insulin Dependent Type 2 Diabetes by a Pediatric Health Care team for a minimum of 1 year preceding this application 

  • Who have demonstrated competence in self-management by: a) Regular diabetic health care follow-ups (a minimum of three visits in the past 12 months if newly diagnosed; minimum of 6 visits in the past 24 months for all others); and b) Obtaining an endorsement letter from a member of their Paediatric Health Care team confirming their attendance and successful self-management. 

Application Website: https://diabeteshopefoundation.com/how-to-apply/ 

Deadline: March 31 

Amount: $1000

Description:

• Young people like you, with bright minds and enthusiasm, are the future of the automotive aftermarket. To help launch your career, several automotive aftermarket associations established the University of the Aftermarket Foundation (UofAF) program in 1996. The program is funded from the net proceeds of the University of the Aftermarket Foundation (UofAF).

Criteria:

• Qualified applicants must either be a graduating high school senior or have graduated from high school within the past two years.

• Applicants must be enrolled in a college-level program, university or an accredited automotive program. Students must be enrolled full-time for the year of the scholarship.  You must be enrolled for September of the year you are applying until April of the following year.

• Priority will be given to those pursuing a career in the automotive aftermarket industry.

• Participants must be attending a full-time program in Canada. Graduate programs and undergraduate part-time programs do not qualify.

• While all students are encouraged to apply, priority in awarding scholarships will be given to those pursuing a career in the automotive aftermarket (also know as the auto care industry). As a bonus, a matching grant is awarded to scholarship recipients who become technicians in the automotive aftermarket. 

Application Website: https://aiahighfivesforkids.ca/en/aia-and-the-university-of-the-aftermarket-foundation-uofaf-scholarship-program/ 

Deadline: March 31 

Amount: $1000

Description:

• Kochhar & Co. Chartered Professional Accountant was founded in 2011 by Biki Kochhar, a Canadian Chartered Professional Accountant, with a small office and a single staff member. Kochhar & Co. specializes in owner-managed corporations based in the Okanagan Valley, and has offices in both downtown Kelowna and Penticton. 

Criteria:

• To be eligible for the "Kochhar & Co. Scholarship" a student must:

  • Be attending college or university on a full-time or part-time basis no later than September 2022.

  • Have achieved a GPA of 2.5 or greater during their last academic year.

  • Submit an answer to the essay question no later than 11:59 PM EST on the day of the deadline.

  • Be a resident of one of the following countries:

    • Canada

    • United States

• *Note that you can be enrolled in any field of study. 

• This scholarship require an 1000 word essay based on one of the questions provided on the scholarship page.

Application Website: https://kochharandco.ca/application 

Applications Open: January 1

Amount: Range between $1000 and $10,000

Description:

• THE BBMAS WERE ESTABLISHED IN 2001 by the directors of the Canative Housing Corporation, Orval Belcourt, Dr. Herb Belcourt, and Georges Brosseau QC. Their vision was to help Métis Albertans realize self-sufficiency through post-secondary education and skills development.

• Since 2001, the Belcourt Brosseau Métis Awards have provided more than $7.9 million in over 2,000 awards to more than 1,300 Métis Albertans studying at institutions across Alberta. These awards are the largest non-governmental source of student funding for Métis students in Canada.

Criteria:

• Membership with the Métis Nation of Alberta or a Métis Settlement (Note: only a letter saying you applied for membership is required to apply)

• Alberta Residence and Canadian Citizenship

• Studying in an eligible program at an eligible post-secondary

Application Website: https://www.ecfoundation.org/funds/belcourt-brosseau-metis-awards-fund/

Applications Open: January 1

Amount: $2000

Description:

• The Strike Group EDI Scholarship Program is part of a broader commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in our organization. We know that we must increase our focus on building the future talent pipeline and find more ways to support underrepresented populations in our industry.

• This scholarship program is part of our commitment to helping break through barriers and creating a positive impact on the community at large. We believe everyone has a right to education, and we are committed to providing people in historically underrepresented groups with financial aid.

Criteria:

• You are encouraged to apply for this scholarship if you immigrated to Western Canada and are pursuing an education in the trades or post-secondary.

• To be eligible for the scholarships you must meet the following criteria: 

  • Applicants must be currently enrolled in full time post-secondary that is specific to the Energy and/ or Construction industry, or a trades program in Western Canada and maintain satisfactory academic standing throughout the program. 

  • Applicants must meet the verification requirements outlined in the individual scholarships. 

  • Applicants will be required to provide proof of enrolment at the recognized post-secondary educational institution, indicating their full-time status and proof of payment. 

  • Applicants must have a plan of achieving education and career goals and committed to updating Strike Group on academic progress throughout duration of their program. 

  • Applicants must live in Western Canada. f. Strike encourages applications from all members of any community in Western Canada, including our employees and their extended family. 

  • Strike in no way implies or guarantees that a scholarship will be provided to all applicants, regardless of eligibility.

Application Website: https://www.strikegroup.ca/scholarships/