Value: $1,000
Number available: 3
Deadline: January 16
Criteria:
- Registered full-time in a post-secondary career program or academic upgrading
- Must be a Canadian citizen
- Must be a person who is serving or has honorably served or the child, grandchild, great grandchild or spouse of a war veteran, deceased or disabled war veteran (provide documentation and indicate relation)
- Demonstrate satisfactory progress as confirmed by program area
- Demonstrate financial need — must complete section C on awards application
Method of application: General application form available online click here.
Value: $500
Number available: 2 per deadline
Deadlines: September 26, November 7, January 16 and March 20
Criteria:
- Registered full-time in a first-year career training or apprenticeship program (not upgrading)
- Demonstrate financial need — must complete section C on awards application
- Must have successfully completed Career & Technology Studies (CTS) courses related to training/career goal while attending high school or ACE
- Provide most recent high school transcript identifying the CTS course
- Available once per student per program of study.
Method of application: General application form available online click here.
Value: $2000
Number available: 2
Deadline: January 16
Criteria:
- Must be registered in 4th or 3rd Class Power Engineering
- Priority given to Indigenous female students, second priority to female students, third priority would be Indigenous students (attach proof of Indigenous ancestry)
- Must fill out section C on application form
- If multiple students in any given year fit the above criteria, consideration is given to students demonstrating the highest financial need and local to the Lac La Biche community area
Recipients need to write a thank you note to be submitted to Cenovus Energy along with recipients’ name and contact information.
Method of application: General application form available online click here.
Value: $2,000
Number available: 1
Deadline: January 16
Criteria:
- Must be a Canadian citizen, Permanent Resident or Protected Person
- Must be an Alberta resident
- Must be registered full-time in a post-secondary program: undergraduate, professional, graduate, apprenticeship, diploma or certificate program at a publicly-funded post-secondary institution in Alberta in the current academic year
- Must have shown outstanding leadership, especially in the area of disability, and/or initiative to improve the lives of other people while attending a publicly-funded post-secondary institution in Alberta
- Must have satisfactory progress and attendance as confirmed by program area
- Must provide a resume highlighting your leadership involvement and extra-curricular activities related to improving the lives of other people
- Must submit a related letter of reference
- Must submit an essay of up to a maximum of 1,000 words -please refer to page 2 of the application for details
Method of application: Application form for Dr. Gary McPherson Leadership Scholarship
Value: $400 for a student with no children; $550 for a student with children
Number available: 19 of each per deadline
Deadlines: November 7 and January 16
Criteria:
- Must complete/answer D2 on awards application form
- Must be registered full-time in a post-secondary career or Academics for Careers and Education (upgrading) program
- Demonstrate financial need — must complete section C on awards application
Method of application: General application form available online click here.
Value: Up to $4,000
Deadline: September 26 and January 16
Criteria:
- Awarded to Indigenous Albertans who are First Nation, Métis, or Inuit (proof of ancestry required)
- Must be an Alberta resident
- Must be registered full time in a certificate or diploma program
- Submit a short essay/letter outlining career plans upon graduation and why this award will be of assistance to you
- Satisfactory progress as confirmed by program area
- GPA may be used to determine final selections
Method of application: Indigenous Careers Application Form
Value: $1,000
Number available: 2
Deadline: January 16
Criteria:
- Registered full-time in an undergraduate program at an eligible institution In Alberta
- Must be an Alberta resident and a Canadian citizen
- Must include a detailed description of your involvement and accomplishments in student government or student societies, clubs or organizations at the provincial or national level or in non-profit community organizations
- Must submit a related letter of reference
- Be in satisfactory academic standing as confirmed by program area
Method of application: Laurence Decore Award Application Form
Value: $1,500 – $10,000
Number available: Varies
Deadline: January 16
Criteria:
- Registered full-time in any certificate, diploma or undergraduate program at Portage College
- Be a citizen of the Otipemisiwak Métis Government (OMG) and a confirmed registered member of the Otipemisiwak Métis Student Association (OMSA).
- Must provide a letter outlining how you are currently engaged with or have made meaningful contribution to the Otipemisiwak Métis community.
- Demonstrate financial need — must complete section C on awards application
- Must have achieved a grade point average of 2.0 or better in the immediate previous semester at Portage College (preference will be given to applicants with higher GPAs)
- Must be a Canadian Citizen
- Must be an Alberta resident (provide proof of Alberta residency)
- An applicant acknowledges that priority will be given to Citizens who have never received funding from Rupertsland Institute or the Métis Education Foundation
- The applicant must declare that their name will not appear on the Government of Canada’s Indian Registry, nor a Band list pursuant to the Indian Act, and is neither Inuk, nor non-Status Indian,
- The applicant must declare all sources of student funding that the applicant is receiving from a Métis Government or organization, including: the Métis Nation Saskatchewan, Métis Nation of Ontario, Manitoba Métis Federation, Métis Nation of British Columbia, Northwest Territory Métis Nation or Alberta Métis Settlements.
Note: Students cannot be receiving funding from any program at Rupertsland Institute.
Method of application: General application form available online click here.
Value: $400
Number available: 2 per deadline
Deadlines: September 26, November 7, January 16, March 20 & May 8
Criteria:
- Registered in part-time studies at Portage College
- Demonstrate financial need — must complete section C on awards application
- Have satisfactory progress and attendance as confirmed by program area
Note: Part-time is defined as a student taking less than 60% of a course load per semester.
Method of application: General application form available online click here.
Value: $400
Number available: 8 per deadline
Deadlines: November 7, January 16 and March 20
Criteria:
- Registered full-time in a career program that includes a field placement
- Demonstrate financial need — must complete section C on awards application
- Maintain satisfactory progress and attendance, as confirmed by program area
- Must provide an additional monthly budget breakdown documenting the additional expenses to be incurred while on a field placement (complete practicum section on application)
Note: Students on a paid practicum do not qualify.
Method of application: General application form available online click here.
Value: $2,500
Number available: 2 (1 Indigenous student [attach proof] and 1 non-Indigenous student)
Deadline: January 16
Criteria:
- Registered full-time in a career program
- Must provide documentation with legal land description/address (not box numbers) showing you are a resident in one of the following municipalities;
-City of Cold Lake -St. Paul County or Town of St. Paul -Lac La Biche County -M.D. of Bonnyville
- Must provide a one-page essay outlining career goals upon graduation and the importance of education
- Demonstrate financial need — must complete section C on awards application
Method of application: General application form available online click here.