Scholarships & Bursaries
Local Scholarships
Application Procedure
- Carefully read the Scholarship/Bursary booklet. (2025 booklet coming Jan.)
- Check criteria and requirements for each scholarship and bursary.
- Use the Scholarship & Bursary checklist at the end of the booklet, to record the awards you are applying for.
- Ask the counselling secretary for any ‘special application’ forms.
- Your transcripts will need to be printed from the Student Transcripts Service (STS) Ministry of Education website.
- Prepare a cover letter and Scholarship resumé.
- Ask 2 people for letters of reference by the end of February (give them a copy of your resumé and enough time).
When everything is ready – take your master package to the counselling secretary. The package should include:
- Scholarship & Bursary checklist (Office use)
And for each award you are applying to: - Completed application form
- Cover letter
- Scholarship resumé
- Transcript
- 2 letters of reference
Deadline for submission of packages is Friday, March 14, 2025.
Return completed packages to the counselling secretary anytime before the deadline.
Note: The counselling secretary will process all of the packages for local scholarships and send them out to the donors. Do not mail them yourself.
Check with the Counselling Secretary, Counsellors, or Mr. Jackson with any questions.
The forms you need to apply:
Financial Need Form
School Declaration Form
Check each award- some may specify a special application form.
Local Scholarship and Bursaries
As published in the booklet as well.
- A. Brian Simmons Scholarship
- Bill Murray Maple Bay Rowing Club Bursaries
- Brock McLeod Memorial Bursary
- Canadian Federation of University Women Cowichan Valley
- Catalyst Crofton Paper Excellence Scholarships
- Chris Nelson Family Scholarship
- Christina McLeod Memorial Scholarship
- City of Duncan – Wayne Blacklock Schroeder Memorial Bursary
- Cowichan Creamery Agricultural Scholarship Trust Society
- Cowichan Rugby Club- Larry Thibodeau Memorial Bursaries
- Cowichan Valley Division of Family Practice Scholarship and Bursary
- Cowichan Valley Regional District – Area A Bursary
- Cowichan Valley Regional District – Area B Bursary
- Cowichan Valley Regional District – Area C Bursary
- Cowichan Valley Retired Teachers’ Assn Bursary
- Cowichan Valley Teachers’ Union- Col. R.M. Lendrum Bursary
- Cowichan/Chemainus Valley’s Arts Scholarships
- Cowichan/Chemainus Valley’s Sports Scholarships
- Crofton School Parent Advisory – The Meeri Lau Memorial Bursary
- Drinkwater School Parent Advisory Council Bursary
- Duncan Basketball Association Scholarships
- Duncan Elks Lodge #69 Bursary
- Ecole Cobble Hill Bursary
- Evening Optimist Club of Victoria Bursaries
- Fraternal Order of Eagles- Ladysmith Aerie # 2101
- George Alistair MacKay Scholarships
- George Bonner Elementary PAC Bursaries
- George E. Loveseth Memorial Bursary
- Harris & CO Law Scholarship
- Irene Paradis Nursing Bursary
- Mellor Mobile Mechanical Bursary
- Michael Ruge Business Award
- Mill Bay Garden Club Bursary
- Monk Office Graduation Scholarship
- Mosaic Forest Management Scholarship
- Nanaimo Airport Commission (NAC) Scholarship and Awards
- Rainbow Community Bursary
- Raoula Pedersen Memorial Fine Arts Bursary
- Robert Skene Memorial Bursary
- Ronald G. Taylor Memorial Bursary
- Royal Canadian Legion – Sir Percy Lake Memorial Scholarship
- Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #53 Bursaries
- Scott MacLeod Memorial Scholarship
- Tom MacNeill Art Studies Bursary
- Tyler Ridgway Memorial Trades Bursary
- United Steelworkers Local 1-1937 Memorial Scholarship
- VL Stanley Jones Memorial Bursary and Scholarship
- Valley Carpet One Scholarship
- WEX- Work Experience Bursary
- Xerox Canada Scholarship
Provincial awards available:
- Follow this link to see requirements for: BC Achievement Scholarships; District/Authority Scholarships; BC Excellence Scholarships; Pathway to Teacher Education Scholarships – View Here
- Follow this link to see the Student Guide for British Columbia Students – https://www.bcscholarships.ca
- District Scholarship information deadline: May
- Beedie Luminaries deadline: deadline: December 16, 2024
- BC Hydro Power Pioneers Community Service Award
- BC General Employees Union
- Vancouver Island University Scholarships
- University of Victoria
- University of British Columbia
- Follow this link to see provincial Grants and Scholarships as well as Student Loan information – https://studentaidbc.ca/explore/grants-scholarships
Awards offered Canada-wide:
- Schulich Leader Scholarship deadline: January 29, 2025
- Horatio Alger Association of Canada deadline: Various depending on the award
- Loran Scholar Program
- Scholartree
- Storwell Foster Children Bursary Program