Association québécoise des étudiants ayant des incapacités au postsecondaire (AQEIPS)
The AQEIPS continues its bursary program to encourage and stimulate the pursuit of post-secondary education for persons with disabilities. The organization seeks to pursue two main objectives: to encourage students with disabilities to advocate for their rights and to support their social participation; help students with disabilities face additional costs related to their functional limitations.
Eligibility:
- Be an active AQEIPS member (you can apply to become a member
with your scholarship application)
- Have completed or be registered to at least one course between
September and April in a post-secondary institution
- Be a Quebec resident
- Commit to attending the AQEIPS annual general meeting (end of
April) to receive their scholarship OR to record an acceptance video on their part that will be presented at the meeting
For more information, visit https://aqeips.qc.ca/en/home/.
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Chapeau les filles! Hats off to you!
This competition helps women become familiar with the many career options open to them and provides support for those training for male-dominated trades and occupations until graduation. Cash prizes from $500 – $5,000 are available.
Eligibility:
- Be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident
- Have resided in Québec for at least one year
- Must not have failed in more than two subjects in your last school term
- You are enrolled full-time in one of the vocational training or technical training programs selected for the contest
- You are enrolled in a school or centre under the jurisdiction of a school board, a CEGEP or a private educational institution in Québec
For information, visit their website.
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Entrance scholarship from the Université de Sherbrooke
The Université de Sherbrooke offers an entrance scholarship to girls interested in pursuing their studies at UdeS.
The Charette-Reid Scholarship, worth $8,000, aims to encourage girls to undertake one or other of the following bachelor’s degrees:
- bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering;
- bachelor’s degree in computer engineering;
- bachelor’s degree in robotics engineering.
Eligibility:
- Be a Canadian citizen
- Be registered full-time in a college-level study program allowing admission, without prerequisite courses, to one or other of the following bachelor’s degrees: electrical engineering, computer engineering, robotic engineering.
- Have completed (at least) two full-time semesters in an eligible college program (or equivalent)
- Have the intention of enrolling full-time in the bachelor’s degree (cooperative study program) in electrical engineering, computer engineering or robotics engineering at the Université de Sherbrooke
- Possess and maintain an excellent academic record
- Have been involved in extracurricular activities, the practice of elite sports or social involvement, and have demonstrated leadership.
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Explore is an intensive French immersion program that is offered during the spring and summer. If you are interested in learning or improving French and travelling to a new part of Canada, then Explore might be the perfect program for you. Participants receive a $2,000 bursary covering tuition fees, materials, meals, and accommodation. (Travel costs to location and pocket money are not included.)
Eligibility:
- Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident (those studying in Canada on a student visa are not eligible)
- Meet the institution’s minimum age requirement by the time Explore begins (13–15, 16–17, or 18+).
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Indspire is an Indigenous-led registered charity that invests in the education of Indigenous people for the long-term benefit of these individuals, their families and communities, and Canada.
Our vision is to enrich Canada through Indigenous education and by inspiring achievement. In partnership with Indigenous, private, and public sector stakeholders, Indspire educates, connects, and invests in Indigenous people so they will achieve their highest potential.
Indspire is led by Indigenous people for Indigenous people. We serve First Nation, Inuit, and Métis students in remote communities and urban centres across Canada. With the support of our funding partners, we disburse financial awards, deliver programs, and share resources with the goal of closing the gap in Indigenous education.
For more information, visit indspire.ca/for-students/bursaries-scholarships.
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La fondation de l’ordre des ingénieurs du Québec
Fifteen scholarships worth $2,000 each will be awarded to students in the final year of a Cégep program that will qualify them to pursue engineering studies at a university.
For more information, visit www.foiq.qc.ca .
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La fondation de l’Université du Québec
The Université du Québec offers various bursaries to students continuing their education in a francophone university in Quebec. In 2006-2007 they will grant a total of approximately $100,000 to deserving candidates. The description of the various bursaries, including the target clientele, the deadline, the branch of studies, and the amount of the award can be found on their website.
For more information, visit www.uquebec.ca/fondation.
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La fondation des comptables professionnels agréés du Québec
La Fondation des compatables professionels agréés du Québec will grant 40 awards of $750 throughout the province to students who have completed one year in Science, Social Science, or Accounting and Management Technology (or any program leading to university studies in administration or accounting) and have met the criteria established by the Foundation’s selection committee.
Their scholarship program is intended for students who are in the process of registering for one of the bachelor’s degrees recognized by the Ordre des comptables professionnels agréés du Québec starting in the fall AND need financial aid to help them cover the costs involved for their first term of university.
For more information, visit www.fondation.cpaquebec.ca.
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Desjardins will be awarding nearly $700,000 in scholarships to students studying in Québec and Ontario. All information about scholarships programs, including the application form, is available at www.desjardins.com/en/fondation
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Lampe Foundation Awards
LAMPE foundation is a community-based non-profit organization. The Foundation is dedicated to supporting education by encouraging qualified students from the Eastern Townships and from across Canada with financial assistance and mentoring.
The foundation offers many scholarships that Champlain Lennoxville students can apply for (in particular Nursing and Science Students):
For more information, visit https://lampefoundation.org/.
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Lea Roback Foundation Scholarships
The Lea Roback Foundation seeks to promote education as a means for the self-realization and emancipation of everyone and to financially support women who wish to further their education.
Eligibility:
Women, who live in the Province of Quebec, who have financial needs and who are socially committed.
For more information, visit https://www.fondationlearoback.org/en/lea-roback-foundation-scholarships/. |
Loans Canada’s Financial Literacy Scholarship
Our goal is to help Canadians make better financial decisions, and we believe that financial literacy is the key to this mission. We think that financial literacy is a lifelong commitment, and we want to encourage students to be mindful about their relationship with money early on in their lives.
For this reason, we are awarding $750 to a student every semester. All you have to do is show us how financial literacy has made a difference in your life. Tell us how you’ve budgeted, saved, invested, paid down debt, applied for as many scholarships as possible or how your side-hustle has helped you bring in extra cash. We want to know how your exceptional financial management efforts have made a positive impact in your life.
Eligibility:
- Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident
- Be 30 years old or younger
- Must be enrolled or accepted for enrolment as a full-time or part-time student in the academic year at an accredited post-secondary institution
For more information, visit https://loanscanada.ca/scholarship/.
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Loran Award
The Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation (Loran Award) will present cash awards to students who will be attending various Canadian universities next fall. Awards vary from $2,000 a year to paid tuition for 4 years plus $10,000/year. Character, service and leadership are the selection criteria for Loran Awards. Students may apply directly, or be sponsored by their Cégep (maximum 8 students). To be nominated by the College, the student must submit a request.
Eligibility:
- Must be graduating this year with a 29 Code R
- Be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident.
For more information, visit https://loranscholar.ca/.
NB: The nominated student(s) will not necessarily receive this award, since all nominated students will be independently reviewed by the Foundation.
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MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
MADD awards a $2,000 bursary to Canadian students enrolled full-time in a Canadian college or Cégep and who have lost a parent or guardian in an impaired-driving-related crash.
Eligibility:
- Be a Canadian citizen who has been severely injured or who has had a parent (or legal guardian) or sibling killed or severely injured as a result of an impaired driving crash and who is enrolled in a full-time, Ministry-approved, post-secondary educational program. Injuries must be catastrophic or severe and have had a significant impact on the applicants’ lives. Proof of injury and relation to impaired driving will be required.
For more information, visit their website.
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Mensa Canada Scholarship Program
By writing your career plan and describing the means you undertake to achieve your goals you may earn a scholarship of $750 or $1000. You must be a full-time student and a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant and be at least 18 years old by the application deadline. You must write an essay in English or French describing your career goals in 250 words or less.
For more information, visit http://www.mensacanada.ca/ .
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Monsanto Opportunity Scholarship Program
The Monsanto Fund Opportunity Scholarship Program is available to Canadian high school students who are enrolled in their final year of high school as of May 29 and eligible to graduate from high school. Those eligible for a scholarship must be planning to enroll at a Canadian post-secondary institution (degree or diploma) in a first-year agriculture, food science or culinary program.
Each scholarship is valued at $1500 and students must be from an agricultural or forestry family farming operation and have demonstrated academic excellence, leadership capabilities and active involvement in their local community.
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As part of ODYSSEY, you will have the opportunity to lead language activities in a classroom to support the teacher. From September through May 31 you’ll work 25 hours a week helping young people learn your language and culture. You will receive $18,500 for your nine-month mandate.
Eligibility:
- Have excellent English-language skills, both oral and written. English must be your first language, OR your proficiency in English must be as strong as if it were your first language
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Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada (those studying in Canada on a student visa are not eligible)
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Have completed one of the following within the last 10 years: For studies outside Quebec in Canada – at least one full year of postsecondary studies, in either college or university; For studies in Quebec – two years of college-level studies or one full year of university; For studies outside Canada – at least one full year of postsecondary studies, in either college or university. You will also need to submit a formal assessment of your academic credentials.
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Osentreprendre encourages students to participate in Quebec’s largest annual competition to promote entrepreneurship. It consists of academic or extracurricular entrepreneurship projects developed and carried out by students over the last school year that enable them to develop their entrepreneurial skills.
For more information, visit www.concours-entrepreneur.org .
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Prix Égalité Thérèse-Casgrain
The Égalité Thérèse-Casgrain Award aims to inspire girls and women to pursue their personal, professional, social or political ambitions, and to encourage boys and men to be allies in a common quest for de facto equality. The Égalité Thérèse-Casgrain award also provides collective recognition of the significant and historic contribution of women’s groups to the advancement of equality in Quebec.
Eligibility:
- Be a physical person of legal age and domiciled in Quebec or be a legal person, registered with the Quebec Enterprise Registrar (the name as it appears in the Registrar, the business number and the legal form of the business must be given)
- Meet the criteria set out in the category in question
- Be presented in a complete file that includes the electronic form with all sections completed and the required documents.
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Québec Perspective Scholarship Program
Beginning Fall 2022, a new incentive scholarship program will be available for Québec students enrolled in certain programs in CEGEPs, private colleges, and universities across Québec. The program aims to increase the number of qualified individuals in an effort to address the labour shortage in essential public services and strategic economic sectors.
Québec students enrolled full-time in the targeted programs that lead to a diploma in priority fields will be eligible to benefit from this scholarship program. Students starting or mid-way through their program will be able to apply.
These incentive scholarships are in addition to the current loans and bursaries program.
The scholarships will be awarded to students after each successful full-time term:
- $1 500 at the college level, for a total of $9 000 for a three-year program
- $2 500 at the university level, for a total of $15 000 for a three-year program and $20 000 for a four-year program
Students from two programs available at Champlain will be eligible for the Québec Perspective Scholarship:
- Nursing
- Computer Science Technology
- Special Care Counselling
Information about applying for the scholarship and further details will be released shortly. Please visit Québec Perspective Scholarship Program | Gouvernement du Québec (quebec.ca) regularly for the most up-to-date information.
If you have questions about Québec Perspective Scholarship Program, please contact Laura Beausse.
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If you will be a full-time student pursuing university in the Nation’s Capital Regional and are a Canadian citizen or permanent resident and are able to communicate orally in both official languages, you may be eligible to work as a Senate Page.
For more information, www.senate-senat.ca/pages.asp.
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Shad Valley is looking for creative and entrepreneurial minds; initiative and drive; excellent communications skills; leadership abilities and the ability to work within a team; high academic success, especially in math and the sciences. Shad offers students a summer of opportunity, challenge, and adventure. This residential program at a host university campus runs every July and encourages students to open their minds and explore new career opportunities. Entrance scholarships are available as well as bursaries for students in financial need.
For more information, visit http://www.shad.ca.
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Storwell Bursary For Foster Children
Storwell is offering an annual bursary of $2,000 in support of foster children to help them attend post-secondary schools and to offer a hand up as they make their way forward in life. The award is non-renewable but candidates are welcome to apply for it once a year. The successful candidate is an active member of their community, has excellent grades, and displays financial need. Applicant must have been a foster child with an official Canadian or American foster care program and agrees to have the above organization verify the same. Must be enrolled as a full-time student at a recognized post-secondary institution in Canada or USA, a Canadian or American Citizen or Permanent Resident and be 24 years of age or less at the time of application.
For more information, visit https://www.storwell.com/bursary-application.
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TD Canada Trust Scholarship for Community Leadership Program
The TD Canada Trust Scholarship is open to students across Canada. Each scholarship is valued at up to $70,000 and includes full tuition at any approved university or college in Canada; $7,500 a year toward living expenses; and an offer of summer employment.
Eligibility:
- Be in the final year of high school in Canada (or CEGEP in Quebec)
- Have shown exceptional initiative in making a meaningful and lasting difference in their community
- Possess the academic skills to successfully enter and complete college or university and present a minimum average of 75%
For more information, visit www.td.com/scholarship.
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Terry Fox Humanitarian Award Program
This program is intended to encourage Canadian youth to seek the high ideals represented by Terry Fox by the granting of commemorative awards for the pursuit of higher education. The value of each of the 20 awards is up to $7,000 annually, for a maximum of four years, or until a first degree is obtained.
Eligibility:
Demonstration of the highest ideals and qualities of citizenship will be criteria for the selection and renewal of recipients. Further relevant qualities are courage in overcoming obstacles, involvement in humanitarian service and participation in sport, fitness and community service.
For more information, visit https://terryfoxawards.ca/.
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The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation
The foundation assists artists in the early stages of their careers. Awards are limited to candidates working in painting, drawing, printmaking or sculpture who demonstrate a commitment to making art a lifetime career. Grants are in the amount of $12,500 and may be used for any art-related purpose. The award is granted quarterly. Please note that there is no deadline to submit your grant application.
Eligibility:
- Must work within a representational style of painting, drawing, sculpture, or printmaking.
- Be in the early stage of their career
- Be at least 18 years old
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The Neads Equity Through Education Award
The NEADS Award is being offered to encourage full access to post-secondary education for persons with disabilities. Awards will be granted to outstanding applicants who meet the criteria of the program.
For more information, visit www.neads.ca/ .
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Young Townships Leader Award
Established in 2006, theYTLA is presented annually to at least one Townshipper aged 15 to 35 who has shown leadership within the English-speaking community in the Eastern Townships through their actions at school, work, or in the wider community within the previous two years.
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