Our Lady of the Prairies Scholarship 2019

Amount	$1000.00
Apply to	your guidance counsellor
Deadline	last Friday in April
Form	Along with submitting your career portfolio, you are to complete the application form, available by clicking HERE and scrolling down.
Eligibility	A graduating student from within the Living Sky School Division who is working at his/her potential. and plans to advance his/her education at a recognized post-secondary institution.  The student must possess and exhibit the qualities of a good citizen both within and outside of the school.  This should be a student who does not usually receive public recognition.  The student must meet the admission requirements of their post-secondary program, but do not necessarily have to be an Honour Roll student.  Students must submit a portfolio that provides evidence of citizenship, extra-curricular, and volunteer activities to verify their experiences.  The candidate must provide proof of successful attendance in Semester 2 courses of their chosen program before the scholarship will be awarded.

Sask. Learning Disabilities Association Scholarship

This scholarship has been established to recognize the hard work and dedication required of individuals with learning disabilities who succeed in completing their high school education and to encourage those individuals to continue their education in a post-secondary educational institution.

FIELD OF STUDY: Any field of study at any institution (in Saskatchewan) listed as a post-secondary educational institution on the website of the Ministry of Advanced Education, Employment and Education.

VALUE OF SCHOLARSHIP: $1000

DURATION: Three awarded annually.

DEADLINE: Completed applications as well as all supporting documents must be received by the Learning Disabilities Association of Saskatchewan postmarked no later than April 30, of the present year.

CONDITIONS: Candidates must be Canadian citizens or landed immigrants and permanent residents of Saskatchewan who have graduated from a Saskatchewan high school, and who have a written diagnosis of a learning disability.

PROGRAM The scholarship is administered by the Learning Disabilities.

For further information and application forms, click HERE.

Sask Polytech Info Nights

March 27 at Moose Jaw and Saskatoon Campuses
March 28 at Regina and Prince Albert Campuses

Tour the campus and learn about:
• programs
• application and admission processes
• scholarships, awards and bursaries
• services for students
Students and parents are encouraged to attend a Sask Polytech Info Night.
For more information or to register, visit https://saskpolytech.ca/events/info-night.aspx

TRANSITION AWARD 2019

Eligibility: This is a $1000.00 award in recognition of a Saskatchewan citizen who has overcome significant challenges due to a disability in order to achieve his/her goals. The individual may be entering a training program, a work experience program, beginning a new job or making some other significant transition (e.g. high school to supported employment; high school to post-secondary education; supported employment to regular employment or other transition) in Canada. The award money will be given directly to the recipient after The Saskatchewan CEC Scholarship and Awards chair has received confirmation that the person has begun the transition into his/her new situation.

ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP 2019

 Eligibility: This is a $1000.00 academic scholarship intended to support a Saskatchewan citizen pursuing a career directly related to working with persons with exceptionalities. The individual must be entering a full time education or training program in a Canadian institution in the next academic calendar year. The scholarship money will be given directly to the recipient after the Saskatchewan CEC Scholarship Committee chair has received confirmation that the person is registered in a post-secondary program. 

Click HERE for an application package.

Hazel Asmussen Scholarship

The Hazel Asmussen Fund provides an annual scholarship for a student who is pursuing post-secondary education in the fine arts. Hazel, a retired nurse and local artist, had long been involved in community building. Donors have contributed to this fund since 2007.

The 2019 scholarship amount is $1,015

Eligible Applicants

-         Students registered in post-secondary programs for the Fine Arts

-         Students from the Battlefords and district

Application Process

Potential applicants for the Hazel Asmussen Fund scholarship are encouraged to contact the foundation at 441-2961 (phone or text) or sterlingcommunications@littleloon.ca for more information.

Applicants must submit a completed application to the BDCF by the deadline of 5pm on March 31, 2019. The Grants Committee will review all applications by April 15, 2019. They will focus on applicants who have met the above criteria. The scholarship will be paid directly to the college/university on behalf of the successful applicant once proof of tuition deposit has been received by BDCF.

Sarah Beth Therien Memorial Scholarship

Deadline: June 31, 2019]

Are you a young person striving to make the world a safer place? Apply for the Sarah Beth Therien Memorial Scholarship, a one-time award of $2,000 recognizing safety leaders among Canada’s youth. 

The competition for the Sarah Beth Therien Memorial Scholarship is open to Canadian citizens and permanent residents who are full-time undergraduate students, or graduating high school students entering a recognized post-secondary program in September 2019. To apply, write us a short essay (500 to 700 words) explaining how you improve safety in your community, and complete the application form. Click here for the full instructions and application form. Applications will be accepted until June 30, 2019.

Access Communications Scholarship

Deadline: April 18, 2019

Grade 12 graduates across Saskatchewan can apply for 20 $1,000 Access Communications Scholarships? Since 2005, Access Communications has put more than $318,000 into the hands of high school graduates across our province. Applicants must have demonstrated record of volunteerism in the community in non-school sponsored activities; participation in extracurricular school activities; demonstrated leadership skills; academic achievement and have the endorsement of their school guidance counsellor or principal.

Access also awards

•  the $1,500 Access Communications/Fred Wagman Entrance Scholarships in Film & Video to deserving students at the University of Regina. 
• the Saskatchewan Polytechnic students $3,000 annually in the Computer Networking Technician and the Telecommunications Network Technician certificate programs.

For details on all of these awards, please click HERE.

U of S Application Deadlines

The deadlines to apply for admission for the following colleges are fast approaching. These are the deadlines to apply to begin in Fall 2019. Agriculture and Bioresources is March 15 Arts and Science is May 1 Edwards School of Business is May 1 Engineering is May 1 Refer to Requirements and Deadlines web page for more information.

The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall Scholarship

These scholarships provide an annual maximum of $16,000 to ease the financial burden that some students face during their educational journey. These students are living with vulnerable circumstances.

The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall Scholarship assists Grade 11 students with completing their secondary education. A maximum of 20, $500 scholarships, are awarded annually.

The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Scholarship assists Grade 12 students with completing their post-secondary education. A maximum of six, $1000 scholarships, are awarded annually.

For more information regarding the scholarships, please direct your attention to the following websites:

www.saskatchewan.ca/residents/education-and-learning/scholarships-bursaries-grants/scholarships

www.communityeducation.ca/scholarships

The application deadline for both scholarships is March 15, 2019.

Pulse Growers' Scholarship

Deadline: May 3, 2019

Saskatchewan Pulse Growers (SPG) would like to invite all students completing Grade 12 this year, to apply for five of their $5,000 scholarships being given out in 2019. To be eligible for a scholarship, students must complete Grade 12 this year and go on to attend a Saskatchewan-based, post-secondary program, full-time this fall, in a program associated with the agriculture industry. The student or student’s parent(s) must also be registered Saskatchewan pulse growers (ex. they have sold Saskatchewan-grown pulses in the last two years).

For details on eligibility and selection criteria, please see the attached documents or visit our website at saskpulse.com/news-events/news/.