*All Scholarships and Bursaries Are Subject to Change, This Is Just an Outline Of

LOANS/BURSARIES:

Name: / Description / Amount / Deadline / Mail to:
ATEC Special Achievement Bursary / Awarded to a student who through personal sacrifice and effort has made great strides in realizing his or her potential. / $500.00 / March 31 / Mary MacCallum
Vice President
Association of Teachers of Exceptional Children
P.O Box 122
Pictou, NS
B0K 1H0
AUCC Scholarships for Students with Disabilities & Mattinson Scholarship Program for Students with Disabilities / Awarded to Canadian students with permanent disability with the intention of obtaining a first undergraduate degree. / $2500.00 / June 22 / Higher Education Scholarships
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC)
Ref: AUCC Scholarship Program for Students with Disabilities and the
Mattinson Scholarship Program for Students with Disabilities
600-350 Albert Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1R 1B1
Centennial Flame Research Award for Persons with Disabilities / Citizens with a diagnosed learning disability wishing to apply to conduct research. / $3000.00 / Centennial Flame Research Award for Persons with Disabilities, The Clerk,
Standing Committee on Human Resources Development and the Status of
Persons with Disabilities,
House of Commons,
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6
Nova Scotia Power University Scholarship / Offered to graduating high school students who are: disabled persons; persons of visible minorities; or Aboriginal persons / $1500.00 / March 27 / http://www.nspower.ca/en/home/community/scholarships/default.aspx
The Royal Canadian Legion Wales Scholarship / A Nova Scotia student who is unable to access EAPD funding. / $6000.00 / April 15 / http://psds.ednet.ns.ca/sites/default/files/wales_scholarship_application.pdf
PAANS / For Nova Scotian students with disabilities in post-secondary and training. Student must be entering at the undergraduate level. / Twelve in the amount of $1,500 and
Four in the amount of $2,000 / Check in late Dec./Early Jan. / Partnership for Access Nova Scotia (PAANS)
c/o Nova Scotia League for Equal Opportunities
PO Box 38034, Stn.
Burnside, Dartmouth,
NSB3B 1X2
Tel: (902) 455-6942
Fax: (902) 454-4781
Email:

*All scholarships and bursaries are subject to change, this is just an outline of possibilities.

Great website that allows you to narrow down your search for scholarships and bursaries based on your post-secondary plans: www.disabilityawards.ca

Check the NEADS website often for press releases on new awards and scholarships: www.neads.ca

NEADS National Student Awards (6, $3000)

NEADS Holly Bartlett Memorial Award (1, $1000)

NEADS National Student Awards Program

National Educational Association of Disabled Students (NEADS)

Rm. 416 Unicentre, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6

Government Grants and Assistance:

http://canlearn.ca/eng/loans_grants/grants/disabilities.shtml

http://novascotia.ca/studentassistance/

http://novascotia.ca/studentassistance/Financing/scholarships.ca

http://servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/audiences/youth/education.shtml

http://novascotia.ca/studentassistance/Financing/FreeMoney.asp

http://novascotia.ca/coms/employment/employment_services/LabourMarketAgreement.html