Scholarships - Let's Begin!

• Create an Activities List: Detail your extracurriculars, work, and volunteer experiences for applications.

• Tip: Use the Activities List Organizer to streamline the process.

• Check Deadlines: Many major university awards have early deadlines.

• Find Resources: Register on scholarship platforms. These allow you to create a profile with specific parameters that meet your needs.

Tip: Look at these platform websites for expert advice on How to Find and Win Scholarships.

• Scholartree

• Scholarships Canada

• Yconic

• Scholarships to investigate:

• Tip: Most scholarships are offered yearly, to get a head start on your application, view scholarship requirements in grade 10 and 11 and start working on them.

• Ayn Rand Essay Contests

• Amount: up to $10,000

• Criteria: See website

• Link: Ayn Rand Essay Contests

• Dates: Multiple dates

• TD Scholarships for Community Leadership

• Amount: up to $70,000 over 4 years

• Criteria: Demonstrated community leadership

• Link: TD Scholarships for Community Leadership

• Josephburg Ag Society Scholarships (Local)

• Amount: 4 awards of $1,500

• Criteria: Parents must be members of Josephburg Ag Society given first priority, academic achievement, community involvement

• Link: Josephburg Ag Society Scholarships

• Elk Island Local No. 28 Scholarship Application Form (Local)

• Amount: Varied

• Criteria: Child of an Elk Island Teacher accepted to the Faculty of Education in an accredited institution, high level of achievement

• Link: Information provided by Local No. 28 ATA

• School nomination

• Fort Sask Lions Club - The Lions Legacy Scholarship (Local)

• Amount: $1,000

• Criteria: Satisfy entrance requirements at post-secondary institution, demonstrate leadership (letter), letters of recommendation, transcript of marks

• Link: Fort Sask Lions Club - The Lions Legacy Scholarship

• Edmonton Community Foundation

• Amount: Up to $10,000

• Criteria: See website for multiple scholarships

• Link: Edmonton Community Foundation

• Strike Western Canadian Scholarship

• Amount: $2,000

• Criteria: Promotion of inclusion, open to all students living in Western Canada

• Link: Strike Western Canadian Scholarship

• RBC Future Launch Scholarship for Indigenous Youth

• Amount: Up to $10,000

• Criteria: Indigenous youth, satisfy entrance requirements at eligible post-secondary institutions, requiring financial assistance, maintain full course load

• Link: RBC Future Launch Scholarship for Indigenous Youth

• Softball Alberta Scholarships

• Amount: $500+

• Criteria: Various criteria; student athletes going on to postsecondary education

• Link: Softball Alberta Scholarships

• Pipeline Contractors Association of Canada Student Award Program

• Criteria: Applicant must be a son, daughter, or ward of a person whose principal income is derived from the pipeline construction industry, proof of full-time enrollment in a program leading to a diploma or degree

• Link: Pipeline Contractors Association of Canada Student Award Program

• Alberta Blue Cross Scholarship

• Amount: $750-$1,000

• Criteria: Member of a First Nation or band, or have Inuit, Métis or Indian status, residents of Alberta for the past 12 months, have not received this scholarship before

• Link: Alberta Blue Cross Scholarship

• RBC Royal Bank Scholarships

• Criteria: Please see website for multiple opportunities

• Link: RBC Royal Bank Scholarships

• John Hasselfield Endowment Foundation

• Amount: $400

• Criteria: Student presently enrolled in an Alberta public school, provide written essay, letter of reference from a non-family adult, Canadian citizen or permanent resident

• Link: John Hasselfield Endowment Foundation