Back to menu

Awards for Study in Canada

Non-Governmental Programs

Canada Memorial Foundation Scholarships

Purpose: The Canada Memorial Foundation offers a small number of awards annually to British post-graduate students to study in Canada for one year. The awards are in memory of the 1 million Canadians who served with Great Britain during the First and Second World Wars.

Application Procedure: UK nationals should contact: Association of Commonwealth Universities, Woburn House, 20-24 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9HF, UK. Website: www.acu.ac.uk.

Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarships

Purpose: These scholarships (includes Academic Year/Multi-Year/Cultural Ambassadorial Scholarships) aim to further international understanding and friendly relations among people of different countries. During the time abroad, Rotary scholars are expected to be ambassadors of goodwill through presentations to Rotary clubs and districts, school and civic organizations. Upon return home, they are expected to discuss and share their experiences with Rotarians and others.

Eligibility Criteria: Applicants must be nationals of a country where Rotary Clubs are located and must have completed at least two years of university level coursework before the scholarship begins. Criteria vary from program to program. Local Rotary Clubs or the Rotary Foundation can be contacted for details.

Application Procedure: Application must be made through your local Rotary Club and must be endorsed by the club and the district in which the club is located. The availability and kinds of Rotary Foundation Scholarships are determined by each Rotary district and vary from year to year. Before applying for a Rotary Foundation Scholarship, applicants must contact their local Rotary Club to inquire if and what kind of scholarships are available and to determine local application deadlines. More information can be obtained from local Rotary clubs or The Rotary Foundation, One Rotary Center, 1560 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, Illinois 60201, USA. Tel: (847) 866-3000. Fax: (847) 328-8554. Website: www.rotary.org.

Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute

Purpose: The Institute was established in 1968 by joint announcement of the Governments of Canada and India with the mandate to enhance mutual understanding between the two countries. It promotes the study and understanding of Canada in India and India in Canada.

Canadian Studies Program

Purpose: The purpose of the Canadian Studies Program is to promote understanding of Canada in India. Faculty Research Fellowships, Faculty Enrichment Fellowships, and Doctoral Research Fellowships are all included within this program. Preference is given to projects that focus on topics in the social sciences and the humanities and that lend themselves to enhancing the understanding of Canada or of the Canada-India relationship.

Eligibility Criteria: Eligibility is restricted to those applicants that meet the following criteria.

• Citizens or permanent residents of India;
• Enrolled in a doctoral program in a recognized institution of higher education or equivalent degree-granting organization in India who have completed course and course-related doctoral requirements; and
• Proficient in either English or French.

Application Procedure: Contact the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, 5 Bhai Vir Singh Marg, New Delhi 110 001, India. Tel: 11-2374-6417. Fax: 11-2374-6416. Website: www.sici.org. E-mail: sici@vsnl.com.

Trudeau Scholars Program

Purpose: The Program grants new scholarships every year to outstanding doctoral candidates in the social sciences and humanities. The Foundation supports doctoral candidates pursuing research of compelling present-day concern, touching upon one or more of the four themes of the Foundation. Trudeau Scholars are actively engaged in their fields, in which they are expected to become leading national and international figures.

Eligibility Criteria: Open to Canadians or foreign nationals, with preference for those from the developing world. The scholarships are tenable in Canadian universities, and exceptionally outside Canada. Candidates must be applying to a doctoral program, or registered in the first or second year of a doctoral program, and maintain highest international academic standards.

Application Procedure: Application guidelines are available on the website of the Trudeau Foundation at www.trudeaufoundation.ca. For more information, contact: The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, 1514 Doctor Penfield Avenue, 2nd Floor, Montréal, Québec H3G 1B9, Canada; Tel: 514.938.0001; Email: tfinfo@trudeaufoundation.ca.

Canada Ukraine Parliamentary Program (CUPP)

Purpose: This program was established by the chair of the Ukrainian Studies Foundation of Toronto to mark the centennial of Ukrainian group immigration to Canada. It allows for undergraduate university students from Ukraine to work and study in the Canadian Parliament and aspires to further equip these students with knowledge to help them contribute to the sustainable and successful future of Ukraine. It is also considered to be a helpful way of sharing with Ukrainian students the precepts of the Rule of Law as practised in Canada.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Citizens of Ukraine
• Undergraduate students from recognized Ukrainian universities
• Proficient in Ukrainian and English or French

Application Procedure: Obtain application form online at www.katedra.org or order by mail from the Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Program, Chair of Ukrainian Studies Foundation, 620 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2H4. For more information, send an email to: director@katedra.org or phone (416) 234-9111.

Individual Canadian Institutions

Many Canadian universities and a few colleges offer awards to international students. Some are for special programs, such as bursaries for the Diploma Program in Community-Based Development offered by the Coady Institute (at St. Francis Xavier University, P.O. Box 5000, Antigonish, Nova Scotia B2G 2W5) or a scholarship for disabled students pursuing studies at the University of Toronto and offered by The Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. Other awards are more general in nature. Contact the institutions you are interested in for information, or refer to one or more of the directories listed here under Resources.

Resources

Unesco's Study Abroad offers information on 200,000 scholarships and courses worldwide: Unesco, 7, Place de Fontenoy, Paris, 75007 France. www.unesco.org .

Guides for Commonwealth students are available from the Association of Commonwealth Universities, Woburn House, 20-24 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9HF, UK. The ACU offers a free fact sheet, "Graduate study at Canadian Universities". www.acu.ac.uk

For general information on immigration regulations, tuition fees, living costs, etc., see CBIE's brochure entitled Destination Canada (free to individuals). See CBIE's Website for other publications: www.destineducation.ca , www.cbie.ca.

For detailed information on Canadian universities, including international student admission, see the biennial Directory of Canadian Universities, available from the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, 350 Albert Street, Suite 600, Ottawa, Ontario K1R 1B1. AUCC Website: www.aucc.ca.

For information on community colleges, Association of Canadian Community Colleges. ACCC provides information on career-oriented programs at public colleges and institutes. ACCC, 1223 Michael St. N., Suite 200, Ottawa, Ontario K1J 7T2. Website: www.accc.ca.

Last modified