Garfield Weston Awards

Garfield Weston Awards

The W. Garfield Weston Awards program, as you may know, is the largest national community college scholarship in Canada. There are two types of awards: entrance, for students beginning their studies at colleges and CEGEPs (technical DECs); and upper-year, for students already enrolled in such programs. Annually, The W. Garfield Weston Foundation, through the Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation, grants up to 25 of each kind of award.

Each renewable award comprises an $8,000 annual stipend, a matching tuition waiver from a partner college, $3,500 in summer funding, mentoring and participation in a national leadership conference. Upper-year students also receive a $4,000 grant to offset previously incurred costs.
For the upper-year awards, colleges and CEGEPs may nominate up to five candidates. Colleges in Newfoundland & Labrador, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick may nominate up to two students per college campus. Each college has an institutional representative who is responsible for the internal nomination process.

We hope that you will share this scholarship opportunity with students you know who fit the criteria for the award.

Online application: www.garfieldwestonawards.ca/UpperYearAwards
Eligibility criteria: http://www.garfieldwestonawards.ca/UYCriteriaEnglish
College institutional reps and internal deadlines:
http://www.garfieldwestonawards.ca/CollegesCEGEPs

The awards are on Facebook www.facebook.com/wgarfieldwestonaward and Twitter @wgwestonaward.

Regards,
Jesse

Jesse Helmer
Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation
Director, Communications & Development

460 Richmond Street West, Suite 502
Toronto, ON M5V 1Y1
647.258.4743