Louise McKinney Post-Secondary Scholarship

The Louise McKinney Post-Secondary Scholarship recognizes and rewards students for their academic achievements and encourages them to continue in their undergraduate or professional program of study

Applicants must:

• be a Canadian citizen, Permanent Resident or Protected Person (visa students are not eligible), • be an Alberta resident, and to be considered an Alberta resident one of the following conditions must apply:

• one parent, or legal guardian has maintained permanent residence in Canada for at least 12 consecutive months immediately prior to commencing post-secondary studies and be residing in Alberta, or
• Alberta is the last place the student has lived for twelve (12) consecutive months immediately prior to commencing post-secondary studies, or
• the student’s spouse/partner has maintained permanent residence in Alberta for 12 consecutive months prior to the person attending post-secondary, • be enrolled full time in the second or subsequent year of an undergraduate or professional program at a publicly-funded post-secondary institution in Alberta, • be in satisfactory academic standing as determined by the post-secondary institution. Students are not eligible for a Louise McKinney Scholarship if they: • have been nominated for a Jason Lang Scholarship in the same academic year, • are in a graduate program, • are an apprentice, or • are upgrading

Selection is based on academic standing. There are a limited number of scholarships available to each school and application deadlines vary by school.