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02/14/2023

I am sure that many of you have heard that Okanagan College is having a wide ranging system outage at the moment. One of the repercussions of this, is that their Online Award Application process is not accessible to students. The original deadline for high school students was March 10th, for application and March 17 for documentation, they will be extending that deadline to most likely the end of March and first week of April.

Use this time to review the 9 awards available on the OC website, and approach principals, counsellors, teachers, as well as any community partners that they volunteer with for the required reference letters. Getting that documentation lined up now will save the rush before the deadline for everyone involved.

Students will also need to provide an interim transcript of grades so that is another task that they can proactively work on before they get access to the application.

01/28/2021

BCIT is pleased to announce that the following Entrance Awards are available to students who are planning to attend our institute commencing April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022.

Up to 25 BCIT President’s Entrance Awards, available only to current High School students
Valued up to $4,000 each.
Deadline: August 5, 2021

Over 100 additional BCIT Entrance Awards
Valued up to $6,000 each.
Deadlines: August 5, 2021 and/or January 6, 2022

More information about BCIT Entrance Awards and the application forms can be found at bcit.ca/finaid.

01/21/2021

Osoyoos Credit Union will be offering 3 Bursaries in the amount of $1500.00 each and 1 Scholarship in the amount of $1000.00 for the 2020-2021 grads.

Osoyoos Credit Union has a long standing history of helping youth get the financial support needed in order to further their education. If you are interested in applying for these bursaries or scholarships, review the evaluation criteria and download the application form!

01/07/2021

I am pleased to inform you that the Okanagan College High School Entrance awards are now open. These awards are for students graduating in 2021 from a secondary school within the Okanagan College region, and entering Okanagan College in Fall 2021:

Okanagan College President's Entrance Scholarships
Okanagan College Community Spirit Awards
Okanagan College Board of Governors Entrance Award
Rick and Yasmin Thorpe & Friends Entrance Scholarship
McGillivray Entrance Award for Business
Tony Sellar Leadership Entrance Scholarship
Campus specific Entrance Awards


Eligibility criteria and links to the online applications are available on the Financial Aid & Awards website: www.okanagan.bc.ca/financialaid Click on "High School Entrance Awards” Button.

Deadline for submission of applications and supporting documentation is 4:00 p.m. Friday, March 05, 2021.

Principals will still need to submit their appraisal but it can now be emailed to [email protected]. Appraisal letters should be in either Word or PDF format on school letterhead. The other notable change is that we are now able to accept applications from all your students that meet the criteria. In the past, schools could only nominate 2 % of their graduating class.

The High School Entrance award link is now up on our website and students can start to apply on their myOkanagan site as soon as they have received their ID number.

09/21/2020

One of the tools that we recommend for students is Scholar Tree. Setting up an account will help to get you started with finding scholarships that are applicable to you and the path you are starting. Create an account today!

The best place to find scholarships or start a scholarship program in Canada!

09/16/2019

https://scholartree.ca/blog/the-6-most-common-mistakes-when-applying-to-scholarships

It might sound obvious but the goal of putting in time and effort to complete scholarship applications is to hopefully win the scholarship money. But if this is the goal, then why do over 25% of scholarship applications get disqualified or overlooked? The answer is because of some easily avoidable m...

04/15/2019

Each year the Huus Family, in partnership with Children’s Health Foundation of Vancouver Island (formerly Queen Alexandra Foundation for Children) and generous donors, award bursaries to support the education of students with disabilities.

The purpose of the fund is to provide bursaries, in the range of $500 - $5000 annually per recipient, to assist persons with disabilities to undertake or continue their post-secondary education at an accredited post-secondary institution in British Columbia. Bursaries may be used for items such as tuition fees, textbooks, equipment, transportation, residence and support worker costs.

The bursary was established in 1988 by the family of Lisa Pauline Huus, a sociology student at the University of Victoria. “Lisa fought for her rights to go to university and be treated just like any other student,” says her mother Annie Huus. “We established this fund so that students with physical challenges like Lisa can access much needed financial support to pursue their educational dreams.”

If you know an individual with a disability, who is looking to begin or continue their post-secondary education and could benefit from financial support, we encourage you to share this information with them. Please visit https://islandkidsfirst.com/lisa-huus-bursary/ for more information on the story behind the Lisa Huus Bursary, eligibility requirements and the application process. Additionally, you can email [email protected] or call 250-940-4950 to speak to one of our staff about this opportunity.

About the bursary About Lisa HuusThe Lisa Huus Memorial Fund was established in 1988 in memory of Lisa Pauline Huus, who was a third-year sociology student at the University of Victoria. A native of Victoria, Lisa graduated from Claremont Senior Secondary School in 1985 and was a registered member o...

02/05/2019

https://blog.remax.ca/remax-western-canada-helps-grade-12s-bursary-program/

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01/24/2019

We are pleased to announce that the following Entrance Awards are available to students who are planning to attend BCIT commencing April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020.

§ Up to 25 BCIT President’s Entrance Awards, available only to current High School students

§ Valued up to $4,000 each.

§ Deadline: August 5, 2019

§ Over 125 additional BCIT Entrance Awards

§ Valued up to $6,000 each.

§ Deadlines: August 5, 2019 and/or January 6, 2020

We have included a copy of our Entrance Awards poster for you to place where grade 12 students will see it. More information about BCIT Entrance Awards and the application forms can be found at

Getting accepted into BCIT is one thing. Now how to pay for it? Begin planning well before classes start. Financial aid & award info & forms for current & future full-time & part-time BCIT students.

01/15/2019

BC School Superintendents Scholarship

01/07/2019

Grads – a reminder that Scholarship Applications must be submitted to the office with all required documentation by March 1. If you have not received a copy of the application, please stop by the office to see Mrs. Andrews. If the application form has not been completed, you may not be eligible for the local school bursary and scholarships.