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Adult Learner Skills

Community Organizations

  1. Neads National Student Awards Program (Equity) www.neads.ca/en/about/projects/ete2/scholarship
    • For learners currently registered in and returning to college/university
    • Eligibility requirements: permanent disability
    • Five awards of $3000; one award of $1000

  1. Royal Canadian Legion Bursaries Bursaries (legion.ca)
    • Open to Canadian Forces members and their children and grandchildren
    • Open to members of the Royal Canadian Legion and their children and grandchildren
    • Open to Ladies’ Auxiliary members and their children and grandchildren
    • Open to Associate Members of legion and their children

  1. Canadian Hospitality Foundation www.thechf.ca/scholarships
    • Open to Canadian Citizens and Landed Immigrants
    • Must be registering in a hospitality, food sources, or tourism program
    • Awards for college entrance for those in final year of high school
    • One year scholarship for culinary program – must be currently enrolled in a one year culinary certificate program
    • Two year scholarship for those in the first year of a two year hospitality, hotel, food and beverage, or tourism program

  1. Early Childhood Education Grants Apply Now | Ontario ECE Grants
    • Open to anyone employee of a home-based or centre-based Early Years Centre wanting to upgrade their education to ECE

  1. Canadian Hard of Hearing Association Awards

The Lynn Wheadon Education Award | Canadian Hard of Hearing Association (chha.ca)

    • Eligible applicants may be first-time or returning post-secondary students, registered in a full time program at a recognized College or University. For full-time HARD OF HEARING or DEAFENED students, based on academic achievement, community involvement, and the determination to cope with hearing loss

  1. Libro Community Builder Scholarship

Students must be 17-25 to be eligible; they must demonstrate leadership qualities while involved in community development projects; they are a resident in Southwestern Ontario or an Owner of Libro Credit Union; other requirements/restrictions apply.

Student Awards - Commitment to Community | Libro CU

  1. CN North America’s Railroad

This scholarship program was designed to recognize and encourage education excellence. The CN Diversity Scholarship program will offer monetary grants to best-in-class women, military veterans and students of aboriginal heritage, who are studying in fields specific to CN’s core business; Engineering, Transportation, Sales and Marketing, Human Resources, Aboriginal Studies & Law and Accounting and Finance. http://jobs.cn.ca/en/CanadianScholarships.sn

  1. Kin Clubs (Kinsmen, Kinettes, Kin)

Kin Canada Bursaries is the 2nd largest non-corporate provider of bursaries in Canada.

Only for full-time students (either just entering from high school, or already attending post-secondary).

Evaluated based on community and school involvement, knowledge of Kin Canada and financial need. http://www.kincanada.ca/bursaries