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26 March 2025
CA$1,000
5
Bachelor
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Individuals
Canada
Overview

Value Each award has a value of $1,000.

Number offered

Five awards: two T-Base Communications Scholarships, two AEBC Scholarships and a British Columbia Scholarship.

Eligibility

To be eligible for this scholarship program, applicants must meet all of the following qualifications:

  • They must be blind, deafblind or partially sighted. For our purposes, one is considered to be “blind” if he/she has no vision or only light perception in the better of the two eyes, and “partially sighted” if he/she has a visual acuity of 20/60 or less (as measured on the Snellan eye chart) in the better eye with best correction, or if the visual field measures less than twenty degrees.
  • They must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada.
  • They must be attending (or planning to attend) a post-secondary institution during the period between September 2018 and April 2019 on at least a part-time basis (i.e. taking the equivalent of at least two courses per semester).
  • They must be studying at either the undergraduate or graduate level, or in college, vocational, educational upgrading, or performing arts programs.
  • They must be studying (or planning to study) at a post-secondary institution in Canada. However, Canadian citizens or permanent residents studying abroad under an exchange program and paying fees to a Canadian educational institution are also eligible, as are students who choose to study abroad due to a lack of a similar program in Canada, failure to be accepted into a Canadian program, or the clear superiority of a program abroad.
  • Please note: scholarship winners will be required to provide their social insurance numbers for income tax purposes. Scholarships are taxable items and must be reported when income tax returns are filed. Previous applicants or past recipients of AEBC scholarships and T-Base Communications scholarships are eligible to reapply if qualified.

Selection Criteria

Scholarships will be awarded on the basis of:

  • Academic performance;
  • Community involvement; and
  • Overcoming adversity.

While each criterion will contribute in the overall evaluation process, equal weight will not be applied when determining a final score. Rather, each criterion will serve to assist in distinguishing the exceptionalities and strengths among the candidates.

The Student and Education Council Committee has five members. This committee reviews all applications and selects all scholarship recipients.

The scholarship winners will be announced during the 2018 AEBC National Conference and Annual General Meeting in Vancouver, BC, on April 27. During the first week of May 2018, recipients will receive a confirmation email. In September 2018&mdashand following confirmation of enrollment for the 2018-2019 academic year&mdashrecipients will receive their cheques in the mail.

Apply

The Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians (AEBC) is a grassroots organization that works to improve the lives of blind, deafblind and partially sighted Canadians through education, empowerment, and advocacy.

Each year, the AEBC offers scholarships to recognize outstanding blind, deafblind, and partially sighted post-secondary students. This year, we are pleased to offer six awards in total. Only one application is required for all six awards.

The application form can be found online at http://www.blindcanadians.ca/programs/scholarship

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05 January 2024