The following awards are awarded on a competitive basis. Some require a written essay question to be answered while others have more specific requirements.
Astral Media Scholarship
The Canadian Association of Broadcaster Representative (CABR) established this award in 1998 to honour the integral role that sales and marketing plays in building this country's broadcasting strength.
Criteria:
- Applicants must be enrolled in the final to next to final year of an accredited Canadian post-secondary institution with the intention of entering a business graduate program and or the broadcast industry in s a sales m marketing or promotion capacity.
- Submission of 300-word essay outlining candidate's interest in the understanding of the sales and marketing role in Radio, TV, and specialty TV.
- Further submission of case study that details an actual Canadian marketing success story based on the exclusive use of one or more of the above media, or a hypothetical product launch using the aforementioned.
Deadline: June 30
Contact external awards group for application:
The Astral Media Scholarship
c/o Canadian Association of Broadcasters
P.O. Box 627, Station B
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5S2
www.cab-acr.ca
British Columbia Employees' Union Scholarship
The B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union offers scholarship awards to students who are BCGEU member or relatives.
Criteria:
- Member in good standing of BCGEU or relative of BCGEU member or staff
- Full-time studies at a B.C. educational institution
- Submit minimum 1250 word, typed, double spaced essay on a specific topic
Deadline: March 2
Contact external awards group for application:
British Columbia Employees' Union Scholarship
Scholarship Committee
2994 Douglas Street
Victoria, BC V8T 4N4
British Columbia Historical Federation Scholarship
The British Columbia Historical Federation offers an annual scholarship to a student completing the second year at a BC College or University. The British Columbia Historical Federation awards two $500 scholarships annually for essays written by students at BC colleges or universities on a topic relating to British Columbia history.
Criteria:
- A letter of application.
- An essay of 1500 - 3000 words on a topic relating to the history of British Columbia. The essay must be suitable for publication in British Columbia Historical News.
- A letter of recommendation from the professor for whom the essay was written.
Deadline: May 15
Contact external awards group for application:
British Columbia Historical Federation
Scholarship Committee: Frances Gundry
PO Box 5254, Station B.
Victoria BC V8R 1N4
Tel: (250) 385-6353 (home) or (250) 387-3623 (work)
Burnaby Historical Society Scholarship
This scholarship is given by Drs. Violet and Blythe Eagles in honour of Evelyn Salisbury to students enrolled in a major or honours program that specializes in Canadian history, with preference given to the history of British Columbia.
Criteria:
- Candidates must be residents of BC for at least six months
- Must be registered full-time in a history program at a recognized BC university or college
- Applications must be accompanied by an essay on specific topic, along with current academic transcript and letters of recommendation from two professors at the university or college the candidate is attending.
Deadline: June 15
Contact external awards group for application:
The Burnaby Historical Society
Scholarship Committee
6501 Deer Lake Avenue
Burnaby, BC V5G 3T6
Tel: (604) 293-6500
Fax: (604) 293-6525
Canadian Unity Essay Contest
This award is open to all Canadians students attending Canadian Colleges and Universities; each are invited to submit an essay in either official language on the subject of Canadian unity.
Criteria:
- Canadian citizen or landed immigrant
- Entrants must be registered students at a Canadian University or College
- Must submit 2500 word essay on Canadian unity
Deadline: March 31
Contact external awards group for application:
Canadian University Essay Competition
Dr. David Lenarcic
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5.
E-mail: dlenarci@mach1.wlu.ca
Economics Essay Contest, 2nd Annual
The Progressive Economics Forum (PEF), a network of 150 non-partisan economists in Canada, offers this award to undergraduate students. Prizes will be awarded to an essay of 20-40 pages double-spaced (5,000-10,000 words) on any subject related to the theory or policy of economics or political-economy, which best reflects a critical approach to the functioning, efficiency, and social and environmental consequences of unconstrained markets. The contest is open to students enrolled at the undergraduate or graduate level in any department of a Canadian post-secondary institution, and to Canadian students enrolled at post-secondary institutions in other countries.
Criteria:
- Undergraduate or graduate student enrolled in a Canadian post-secondary education institution
- Submit typed, double spaced essay of 5000 to 10000 words on specific topic
Deadline: April 15
Contact external awards group for application:
Economics Essay Contest
Jim Stanford PEF Chairperson
205 Placer Court
Toronto, Ontario M2H 3H9
Fred Trotter Memorial Scholarship Fund
A memorial scholarship fund, established in the name of former OPEIU (Office and Professional Employees' International Union) local 378 president Fred Trotter, is intended to help BC students studying full-time in an accredited post-secondary institution. The successful applicants will have demonstrated a commitment to the trade union movement or progressive and community causes and will have maintained a minimum 3.0 grade point average for the past year. Two awards are available, each in the amount of $4000.
Criteria:
- Full time student
- Maintain 3.0 GPA
- Demonstrated commitment to trade union movement or progressive and community causes
- 500 -1000 word essay outlining student's involvement and concern about three issues
Deadline: May 31
Contact external awards group for application:
Office and Professional Employees' International Union
Local 378 2nd Floor, 4595 Canada Way
Burnaby, BC V5G 4L9
Tel: (604) 299-0378 or 1-800-665-6838
Fax: (604) 299-8211
Jim Allard Broadcast Journalism Scholarship
Established in 1983 by the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) in honour of T.J. Allard, this award is offered to aspiring broadcaster enrolled in a journalism course at a Canadian college or university who best combines academic achievement with natural talent.
Criteria:
- Canadian citizen or landed immigrant
- Enrolled in a journalism course at a Canadian college or university
- Strong character and leadership skills
- A genuine enthusiasm for a career in Canadian Broadcasting
- Submit 500 essay on why they are interested in journalism, what their career goal is, and how the scholarship can help to attain that goal
Deadline: June 30
Contact external awards group for application:
The Jim Allard Broadcast Journalism Scholarship
Canadian Association of Broadcasters
P.O. Box 627, Station B
Ottawa Ontario K1P 5S2
Mensa Canada Scholarship
This scholarship was established by Mensa Canada in order to assist students pursue their post-secondary educational objectives.
Criteria:
- Canadian citizen or landed immigrant
- Enrolled at an accredited Canadian post-secondary institution on a full-time basis
- Submit a 750 word essay on a specific topic
Deadline: June 15
Contact external awards group for application:
Mensa Canada Society
329 March Road
Suite 232, Box 11
Kanata, Ontario K2K 2E1
Tel: (613) 599-5897
www.canada.mensa.org/info.html
Merritt Ambassador Society: Youth Ambassador Program
Recognizing our youth are our future, the British Columbia Youth Ambassador Program was created to provide potential provincial leaders with the opportunity to become acquainted with, and knowledgeable about our province while forging links of friendship and understanding among communities throughout British Columbia. Winners will receive free tuition for one year.
Criteria:
- Applicants must be residents of British Columbia, Canadian citizens or landed immigrants
- Open to young men or women ages 17 to 22 who have held an Ambassador/ Pageant title in the province of BC
- Applicants must have a thorough knowledge of British Columbia (geography, history, economic and current events).
Deadline: Variable
Contact external awards group for more information:
Youth Ambassador Program
Box 1028, Merritt BC V1K 1B8
Tel: (250) 378-3346
Fax: (250) 378-2268
E-mail: looseink@uniserve.com
Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem Grand Priority in Canada
The Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem is sponsoring an essay competition on the subject of Canadian unity. The author of the winning essay will be eligible for a non-repayable award to further their post-secondary education. A second place award of will also be awarded.
Criteria:
- Applicants must be Canadian citizens or landed immigrants
- Essays may be submitted in either official language with a maximum length of 2000 typed words.
- Applicants must be registered students at a Canadian University, College or CEGEP.
- All entries must be accompanied by the name, address and telephone number of the submitter with proofs of student and citizenship status
Deadline: March 15
Contact external awards group for application:
The Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem Grand Priority in Canada
39 McArthur Avenue
Vanier, Ontario K1L 8L7
Tel: (613) 746-5280
Fax: (614) 746-3982
E-mail: lazarusl@istar.ca
www.home.istar.ca/~lazarusl
Norma Epstein Award for Creative Writing
Awarded for substantial work in fiction, drama, or verse. Applicants may submit a long poem or a group of poems, a full-length play or a group of shorter plays, or a novel or a collection of short stories. The competition is open to any student regularly enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree course at a Canadian university.
Criteria:
- Canadian citizen or landed immigrant
- Enrolled in full-time studies at a recognized post-secondary education institution
Deadline: May 15
Contact external awards group for application:
Norma Epstein Award
University of Toronto
Administration Office, Room 173
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H7
Rhodes Scholarships
These annual scholarships are open to all Canadian students. These scholarships are tenable at the University of Oxford, England. They are granted for two years, with the possibility of a third year. They are required to go to Oxford in October of each year. The scholarships are allotted: three to the Western Region (Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta); two to each of Ontario, Quebec and the Maritime Region (New Brunswick and Nova Scotia); and one each to British Columbia and Newfoundland.
Criteria:
- A candidate must: be a Canadian citizen or a person domiciled in Canada
- Applicants must have been born between October 2, 1976 and October 1, 1982; except for medical students, and received an undergraduate degree before taking up the scholarship
- Literary and scholastic achievement
- Fondness and success in outdoor sports
- Qualities of truthfulness, courage, devotion to duty, sympathy for and protection of the weak, kindliness, unselfishness, and fellowship
- Exhibition of moral force of character, and of instincts to lead and take an interest in one's contemporaries. Qualities of both character and intellect are the most important requirements for a Rhodes Scholarship; these are what the Selection Committees will seek.
- Candidates may compete in a province prescribed under either (a) or (b) below:
- The province in which they are ordinarily resident. If a candidate is ordinarily resident in the Yukon or the Northwest Territories application may be made in a province under (b) or, if there is no such province, in Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Alberta. If ordinarily resident in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, or Prince Edward Island, application may be made in a province under (b) or, alternatively, in the Maritime Region.
- Any province in which they have attended a university, provided that if a candidate is ordinarily resident outside Newfoundland, an application may not be made in that province. Summer courses do not qualify as attendance at a university. If a candidate is in doubt about the appropriate province in which to apply, the General Secretary should be contacted and he will decide on the basis of available evidence. Selection Committees are responsible, subject to ratification by the Rhodes Trustees, for deciding whether candidates comply with the foregoing conditions, and for making the nominations.
Deadline: Variable
Contact external awards group for further information:
Rhodes Scholarships in Canada
Financial Assistance or Office of the General Secretary
PO Box 48, Toronto-Dominion Centre
Toronto, Ontario M5K 1E6
Saturn "Commitment to Excellence" Award
Saturn Canada would like to recognize five exceptional female students attending university or college in Canada. Saturn's "Commitment to Excellence" Award will honour female students having made significant accomplishments in one or more of the following areas:
academic, business, arts, athletics, philanthropy or community service.
Criteria:
- Must be a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant
- Applicants must be enrolled full-time at a post-secondary institution
- Letters of reference from professors, employers, coaches or members of the community
- Submission of 250-500 word essay on their successes and contributions in one or more areas of academia, business, arts, athletics, philanthropy or community service.
Deadline: October 22
Contact external awards group for application:
Saturn Commitment to Excellence
c/o Optimum Public Relations
21 St. Clair Ave. East, 12th Floor
Toronto, Ontario M4T 1L9
Attention: Perry Schwartz
Tel: (416) 934-8011
Tommy Douglas Scholarship, The
The National Union of Public and General Employees Union offers this scholarship in honour of the late Tommy Douglas in order to encourage students to pursue post-secondary studies.
Criteria:
- Canadian citizen or landed immigrant
- Children (including foster children) of National Union of Public and General Employees Union
- Must be enrolled or plan to enter a public post-secondary education institution full-time
- Submit 750-1000 word essay on specific topic
Deadline: June 30
Contact external awards group for application:
The Tommy Douglas Scholarship
National Union of Public and General Employees
15 Auriga Drive
Nepean, Ontario K2E 1B7
Tel: (613) 228-9800
Fax: (613) 228-9801
www.nupge.ca
Village Credit Union Scholarship Program
This scholarship is available to those students who are junior members or the children or grand children of members of the Village Credit Union. Candidates will be selected on the basis of a completed Village Credit Union scholarship application form, a copy of the most recent official transcript, two letters of references (at least one from an instructor or faculty member, none from family members) and a 200 word essay on "Why I should be chosen as a winner of a scholarship from Village Credit Union".
Criteria:
- Must be a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant
- Applicants must be family members or members of the Village Credit Union
- Must be enrolled full-time at a Canadian college or university
- Submission of an essay on a specific topic
Deadline: April 1
Contact external awards group for application:
Village Credit Union
1013, Brunette Avenue
Coquitlam, BC C3K 1E6
Tel: (604) 525-3331
Fax: (604) 525-2440
Visible Minorities Scholarship
The National Union of Public and General Employees union offers this award to children of its members in order to encourage post-secondary studies.
Criteria:
- Canadian citizen or landed immigrant
- Child of a National Union of Public and General Employees Union who is a visible minority
- Must attend or plan to enroll in a public post-secondary education institution full-time
- Submit 750-1000 word essay on a specific topic
Deadline: June 30
Contact external awards group for application:
Visible Minorities Scholarship
National Union of Public and General Employees
15 Auriga Drive
Nepean, Ontario K2E 1B7
Tel: (613) 228-9800
Fax: (613) 228-9801
www.nupge.ca
