SCHOLARSHIPS DUE IN DECEMBER
MANITOBA HYDRO - TRIO AWARD
Due Date: Refer to link
Amount: Refer to link
Basic Eligibility Requirements:
- Aboriginal ancestry
- High school student in grade 10 - 12
- Academic performance or demonstrated improvement in:
* Mathematics (pre-cal or applied) 20S, 30S & 40S
* Science 20F
* Physics 30S & 40S
* English 20F, 30S & 40S
Special Documents/Submissions/Requirements:
- Cover letter describing why you're a good candidate
- Resume
- Copy of your most recent transcripts
NOTES:
- Application must be given to your high school
- Potential opportunity for summer or full-time employment in one of Manitoba
Hydro's Trades Training Programs
- See web page: www.hydro.mb.ca
SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL VIOLET RICHARDSON AWARD
Due Date: Refer to link
Amount: Refer to link
Basic Eligibility Requirements:
- This award recognizes the effort of a young woman between the ages of 14 and
17 years of age, who donates her time and energy to make the community and
world a better place through her volunteer efforts
- Looking for a student who has taken creative initiative in her volunteer efforts.
(Examples of these efforts may include: fighting drugs, crime or violence,
cleaning up the environment and working to end discrimination and poverty,
assisting women and children who are victims of domestic violence, mentoring
young girls or any other volunteer activities that benefit the local, national or
international community)
Special Documents/Submissions/Requirements:
- Although the application form does not require letters of reference or
supportive data such as awards or newspaper articles, we would suggest that
the student might want to consider attaching this type of documentation
NOTES:
- See web page for information: http://www.wcsoroptimist.org/programs.html
SCOTIABANK SCHOLARSHIP - "ROCK YOUR BOTTOM LINE"
Due Date: Refer to link
Amount: Refer to link
Basic Eligibility Requirements:
- This contest is only open to legal residents of Canada and 15 years of age or
older. Employees of either of the Contest Sponsors (Scotia Bank and
StudentAwards.com), their respective affiliated and related companies,
advertising and promotional agencies, other representatives or agents and
members of the respective immediate families of such employees and anyone
with whom such employees are domiciled and excluded from this contest
Special Documents/Submissions/Requirements:
- No purchase is necessary to enter this contest
- To enter, you must submit an online contest entry form found at the web site To
be eligible, entries must be received online during the contest period.
- Only one (1) entry per email address. Multiple entries from the same electronic
address will void all entries from that electronic address
- By entering this contest, entrants agree to abide by the contest rules and
regulations and the decisions of the Contest Sponsors, which are final
- Any selected entrant may be required to provide the Contest Sponsors with
proof that the selected entrant is the Authorized Account Holder of the email
address associated with the selected entry
NOTES:
- See web page for more information: http://www.fundyourfuture.ca/rock
UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA LEADER OF TOMORROW SCHOLARSHIPS
Due Date: Refer to link
Amount: Refer to link
Basic Eligibility Requirements:
Offered to students who:
- Have achieved a high school average of at least 90% calculated on the basis of
results in (or equivalent courses for north-western Ontario students):
* English 30S OR Français 30S and Anglais 30S
* Mathematics 30S
* The highest marks in three of Biology 30S, Chemistry 30S, Physics 30S,
History 30S, Geography 30S, or a language at the 30S level other than
those accepted for “a” above;
- Have demonstrated evidence of leadership qualities and future potential
- Have demonstrated evidence of a high level of communication skills
- Have a record of community involvement (e.g., school, local community, city-
wide/regional, provincial)
- Have demonstrated evidence of special abilities other than those shown by
academic results (e.g., aesthetics, athletics, literary accomplishments,
languages)
Special Documents/Submissions/Requirements:
- Application forms are to be made available through high school guidance (or
principal’s) offices and directly from the University of Manitoba’s Financial Aid
and Awards Office and web site Short-listed applicants will be interviewed by
a selection committee.
NOTES:
- See web page for more specific information: http://www.umanitoba.ca/student/fin_awards/school_entrance/1479.htm