External Scholarships

A Place for Mom Senior Wisdom Scholarship

Five $2,000 scholarships available to students enrolled in an associate’s, bachelor’s, certificate or graduate-level program at an accredited school in the fields of gerontology, medicine, nursing, social work, sociology, psychology, physical or occupational therapy, speech pathology, elder law or long-term care administration. Scholarships are awarded in June every year (deadline for each year is May 1st) and applications are accepted year-round. Click here for the full details.

Adoptive Families Association of BC Youth Bursary

AFABC Youth Bursary was established in 2014, with funding from the Adoptive Families Association of BC, and accepts applications from youth who have joined their family by legal adoption. Click here for the full details.

Anavets Judge Daniel F. Foley Memorial Scholarship

The Daniel F. Foley Memorial Scholarship is available to direct descendants (children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren) of members of The Army, Navy & Air Force Veterans in attending ANY year of University or College courses leading to a degree or diploma. Click here for the full details.

Ayn Rand Institute Student Essay Contest

Have you read one of Ayn Rand’s thought-provoking novels? Now’s the time! Enter an Ayn Rand Institute essay contest for your chance to win thousands of dollars in scholarship prize money. ARI has held worldwide essay contests for students on Ayn Rand’s fiction for more than thirty years. This year we will award over 230 prizes, totaling more than $70,000. Click here for the full details.

BC Cowboy Heritage Society

This will be for graduating seniors or college students resident in BC, who are enrolled in any post-secondary institution or will be so, within the year of the competition. Our objectives in presenting these scholarships are twofold: To promote awareness of our ranching and cowboy heritage and current contributions, and to provide support in post- secondary education to students who demonstrate that knowledge. Click here for the full details. BC Housing

The Education Awards Program helps residents in a household directly receiving a subsidy from BC Housing, or receiving rental assistance through the Rental Assistance Program (RAP) at the start of courses pursue their educational goals as a way to achieve success and personal growth. The bursaries and awards are for post- secondary education and training programs. Click here for the full details.

Canadian Hard of Hearing Association

The Canadian Hard of Hearing Association Scholarship Program was established in 2002. This Program is supported by donations of the members of the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association (CHHA), the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association North Shore (CHHA-North Shore), the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association Newfoundland and Labrador (CHHA-NL), and Doreen Laszlo (spouse of Dr. Charles Laszlo). We encourage applicants to review the eligibility criteria before applying to the CHHA Scholarship Program. Click here for the full details.

CMHA BC Scholarships and Bursaries

Since 1982, CMHA BC has been helping people with mental illness further their pursuit of post-secondary education through our scholarship and bursary programs. Several scholarships and bursaries are available each year to BC adults, 20 years of age or older, who are living with a mental illness or addiction. Click here for the full details.

Credit Union Foundation of BC

The Foundation’s primary purpose is to provide education awards to resident post-secondary students in need of financial assistance for academic, technological, or vocational training at accredited schools within the province. Awards are also given to mature students upgrading their basic education and skills to allow them to enter the workforce. Click here for the full details.

Diversity Scholarship

Up to ten $1,000 scholarships are available and will be awarded to applicants who have promoted diversity awareness and acceptance in their community and have not previously received the Joint Diversity Scholarship. Applicants are asked to demonstrate how they promote diversity awareness and acceptance in their community. Click here for the full details.

Friends of Canadian Broadcasting

The Dalton Camp Award is a $10,000 prize for the best essay on the link between media and democracy, presented annually by FRIENDS of Canadian Broadcasting. FRIENDS launched the award in 2002 to honour the memory of Dalton Camp, a distinguished commentator on Canadian public affairs. Click here for the full details.

Gaulin Foundation

The scholarship seeks to support and encourage the resilience of individuals with mental illness pursuing post-secondary education, which Sarah Gaulin believed strongly in. Click here for the full details.

Hamilton Community Foundation

Hamilton Community Foundation’s scholarships and bursary funds provide assistance and encouragement to promising young students challenged by the costs of education. In all cases, the funds are paid directly to the student’s educational institution on his or her behalf. The following HCF scholarship, bursary, and fellowships are available through an open-call process. Click here for the full details.

Holiday Inn & Suites Vancouver Downtown Indigenous Scholarship Program

The Holiday Inn Vancouver Downtown is proud to present its Indigenous Scholarship Program in which – each year – one or more qualified and deserving Indigenous students will receive a two thousand dollar ($2,000) scholarship with which to pursue post-secondary education. The scholarship will be awarded to the student (or students) that best demonstrates – academic merit, financial need, and a commitment to continuing education. Click here for the full details.

Howard Legacy Youth Fund

The Howard Legacy Youth Fund was established with a donation from Peggy Howard in 2012 and is made available to applicants who are current or former youth in care. Click here for the full details.

Indspire

Indspire is an Indigenous registered charity that invests in the education of Indigenous people. In 2017-18, Indspire disbursed $14.2 million through over 4,900 bursaries and scholarships to First Nations, Inuit, and Métis students. Click here for the full details. Innovation in Education Scholarship

LA Tutors are passionate about sparking the creative genius in students and would love to commend those outstanding students who have made a difference in the lives of others in some innovative or technological fashion. In order to achieve this, they have established a scholarship for students who meet certain criteria. Click here for the full details.

Kin Canada

Kin Canada Bursaries is a program of the Hal Rogers Endowment Fund. $1,000 bursaries are awarded to Canadian students from coast-to-coast who are pursuing post- secondary education. Click here for the full details.

Leaders To Be Proud Of Awards

Recognizing exemplary achievement and community service within our community helps to provide LGBTQ+ students and young professionals with examples to emulate and aspire to. Sharing the experiences of these individuals helps our community to celebrate Canada’s progress in recognizing LGBTQ+ value to the professional community and society. Click here for the full details.

Lotus Light Charity Society Scholarship

The Lotus Light Scholarship Committee receives hundreds of applications from deserving students who live in the community throughout Vancouver and the Lower Mainland. After a highly selective process which includes evaluating students on both academic school and community involvement references, we are proud to nominate an outstanding group of promising students who have both the academic potential, community volunteerism and the aspirations to help make the world a better place. Click here for the full details.

Mensa Canada Scholarship Programme

The Mensa Canada Scholarship Programme offers the Edgar Kerstan Memorial Scholarship. Edgar Kerstan was a long-time Mensa member, active in the Toronto chapter, and he made a very generous donation to the Mensa Canada Scholarship Programme. This is the Mensa premier scholarship, with an annual award of $3,000. Click here for the full details.

NDNR Student Writer’s Scholarships

As a forum for the naturopathic community, participation in Naturopathic Doctor News and Review (NDNR) has often been a vantage point for growth, communication, and new collaborations within and among the naturopathic community. NDNR embraces what is unique to naturopathic medicine in the broader scope of natural medicine. It is in this spirit that we launch the annual NDNR Student Writer’s Scholarship. Click here for the full details.

Prospera Credit Union

Student support offerings for its members. Click here for the full details.

Saskatchewan Indian Gaming and Authority Scholarships

The SIGA First Nations Scholarship Awards provide opportunities to encourage education and continued learning. SIGA takes pride in its commitment to providing opportunities for First Nations people. This commitment is realized through the SIGA First Nations Scholarship Awards. Since 2008, SIGA has provided $25,000 annually in scholarship funds to eligible First Nations students in . Click here for the full details.

Scholarships Canada

Scholarships Canada lists a variety of awards available to post-secondary students in Canada. Click here for the full details.

Sir Arthur Pearson Association of War Blinded

At the 1989 Reunion of the Sir Arthur Pearson Association of War Blinded, members voted to establish a permanent foundation. Through this foundation scholarships will continue to be provided to blind students in perpetuity. Click here for the full details.

Sir James Lougheed Award of Distinction

The Sir James Lougheed Award of Distinction honours the Calgary lawyer, parliamentarian, senator, and cabinet minister who served in several federal parliaments in the late 1800s and early 1900s. This award recognizes academic excellence and provides Alberta students in graduate programs with the opportunity to study outside of Alberta at institutions anywhere in the world. Each year up to 15 students may be eligible for awards. Click here for the full details. Soroptimist

Soroptimist’s Live Your Dream Awards program is a unique education grant for women who provide the primary financial support for their families. Live Your Dream Awards give women the resources they need to improve their education, skills, and employment prospects. Click here for the full details.

StudentAidBC Grants and Scholarships

There are many programs available that can help with the cost of post-secondary education. Click here for the full details.

TransAlta Aboriginal Bursary Program

TransAlta’s bursary program encourages and assists Indigenous students in obtaining post-secondary and trades education as well as other job training. Click here for the full details.

UCB Canada

UCB Canada Inc., a global biopharmaceutical company committed to developing innovative treatments for inflammatory arthritis diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis. UCB Canada Inc. is dedicated to creating unique programs and tools to aid patients in reaching above and beyond the boundaries of their disease and fulfilling their educational ambitions. Click here for the full details.

Yconic

StudentAwards powered by Yconic helps Canadian high school, college, and university students get ahead. StudentAwards offers Canada’s leading student platform, providing the money, support, and connections they need to better manage student life. StudentAwards partners with top organizations who share our passion for helping make the lives of students better. Click here for the full details.