Value: $800        

Number available: 14

Deadline: September 29

Criteria:

• Registered for the first time in a career training program at Portage College
• Must be an Alberta resident for one year prior to enrolment
• Must possess a high school diploma or equivalent with an overall average of 75% or better in three 30 level core subjects
• Provide a copy of high school transcript

Method of application: General application form available online click here.

Value: $500        

Number available: 2 per deadline

Deadlines: September 29, November 3, January 19 and March 22

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: $1,000                

Number available: 1

Deadline: September 29

Criteria:

• Preference is for full-time enrolment in a career program; however, part time is acceptable with a plan of how to balance school, work and study
• Must be an Alberta resident for at least one year
• Bursary is for descendants of soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice for Canada. If the ultimate sacrifice was not made, active duty may be considered. Direct lineage is required, and should be described in detail. At minimum, include the soldier’s name, when and how the soldier died, and the soldier’s relationship with you.
• Provide a written essay about how the stories of Canada’s fallen soldiers remain relevant today. Ideally, personalize your perspective, and comment specifically on your family’s loss and how your loved one is remembered. Discuss how receiving this scholarship, awarded in honor of a soldier who was not able to pursue his enthusiasm for education, motivates and encourages you. Also, tell us about yourself and your career plans upon graduation.
• Demonstrate financial need — must complete budget section and explain how finances will be managed over the study period

Method of application: General application form available online click here.

This award has been established in the memory of Flt. Sgt. Erlyn E. Kirby, a member of a bomber crew lost in combat in May 1942. This award is sponsored by his sister Kay Pullen in appreciation of work done by the Airmen’s Memorial Committee and the Lac La Biche Legion Branch 28 (McGrane) who were responsible for erecting cairns at all the lakes named after lost airmen.

Value: Up to $4,000       

Deadline: September 29 and January 19

 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: $400 Merit Award for an average between 60-69%; $800 Recognition Award for an average between 70-79%; $1,200 Honor Award for an average above 80%

Number available: 4 at $400; 2 at $800; 2 at $1,200

Deadline: September 29

Criteria:

• Must submit a brief essay outlining community Involvement
• For students graduating from high school within 100km of the Portage College service region or Portage College students completing College Preparation
• Must have no breaks between study periods
• Must be entering into a career program at Portage College
• An early admission average is assessed based on Grade 11 and/or Grade 12 marks to pre-qualify for a scholarship

Method of application: Invest in Your Future application form

Value: $400     

Number available: 2

Deadline: September 29

Primary criteria:

• Registered full-time in the first year of the Natural Resources Technology program
• Must provide proof (documentation of employment or confirmation of involvement) in one or more of the following:

» Completion of the Junior Forest Ranger program

» Completion of the Wildland Firefighter training or employment

» Completion of a high school wildlife course, environmental course or science fair

» Registered Trapper

» Forest industry experience or employment in/with: Logging company/contractor

Sustainable resource development Environment

Re-forestation

Secondary criteria:

• Demonstrate financial need — must complete section C on awards application

Method of application: General application form available online click here.

Value: $400     

Number available: 4 per deadline

Deadline: September 29 and January 22

Criteria:

• Must have moved to Alberta to pursue education at Portage College
• Provide proof of home community/out-of-province permanent residence address (e.g. driver’s license, health care card, etc.)
• Demonstrate financial need — must complete section C on awards application

Available once per student per academic year

Method of application: General application form available online click here.

Value: $400     

Number available: 2 per deadline

Deadlines: September 29, November 3, January 19, March 22 & May 3

 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: $500      

Number available: 30

Deadline: September 29

Criteria:

•   High school student entering directly into a Portage College post-secondary program, without breaks in high school study

•   Must be coming to school the same year as completing high school (with a January or June graduation), with no other post-secondary or upgrading in between

•   Registered in a program full-time

•   Must have satisfactory attendance and progress as confirmed by program area

•   Must be attending a program of at least 8 weeks in length

•   Must attach high school transcript

Note: First 30 students qualified and accepted into a career program will receive the scholarship after demonstrating acceptable progress and attendance in the first portion of their program.

Method of application: Portage College Entrance Scholarship application form

Value: $1,000  

Number available: 1

Deadline: September 29

Criteria:

• Must possess a high school diploma or equivalent with an overall average of 80% or better in three core subjects taken in Grade 10 through 12 (provide transcript)
• Registered for the first time in a career training program at Portage College

Method of application: General application form available online click here.

Value: $1,000 per award

Number available: 10, awarded as follows:

September 29 - 8 bursaries for financial need; must complete section C on awards application

March 22 - 2 scholarships for academic achievement (min. 80% average); transcript must be attached for verification of marks obtained in the final year of either high school or upgrading.

Deadlines: September 29 and March 22

Criteria:

• Must be a permanent resident of Lac La Biche County for at least one full year prior to registration (provide proof including physical address, e.g. driver’s license, utility bill, rental agreement)
• Provide a one-page essay outlining educational goals
• Consideration will be given to someone registered as a full-time student in a Portage College program, which may lead to further education in a law enforcement related field of study (e.g. law enforcement, military, correctional officer, conservation officer, criminologist or park ranger and can include ACP, PCP, EMR, firefighter, wildland fire-fighter, heavy equipment operator and university transfer moving into any of the above mentioned careers); transferable to other institutions; identification of the program of study and the post-secondary institution at which the continued  training will be held is required

Method of application: General application form available online click here.