Created in 1994, the Employment Equity Scholarship offers four $1500 entrance scholarships to graduating high school students who are: disabled persons; persons of visible minorities; or Aboriginal persons.
The scholarships are tenable at any accredited institution offering post-secondary education.
The scholarships are renewable for a maximum of four years of study (depending on the length of study) leading to a certificate, diploma or degree.
Recipients are selected based on academic achievement, community involvement, involvement in extra-curricular activities and personal attributes. Applicants must be graduating or have graduated from a Nova Scotia high school and entering their first year of post-secondary education within 15 months of their high school graduation.
- Applicants must be either disabled persons, persons of visible minority (*), or Aboriginal persons.
- Applicants must be Canadian citizens or landed immigrants, and a permanent resident of Nova Scotia for at least three years, two years of which are immediately prior to high school graduation.
- Applicants must be graduating or have graduated from a Nova Scotia high school and entering their first year of post-secondary education within 15 months of their high school graduation.
*Visible Minorities in Canada are defined under the Employment Equity Act as: “persons other than Aboriginal peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in color. This consists of Chinese, Asians (South, West and Southeast), Blacks, Arabs, Filipinos, Latin Americans, Koreans and Pacific Islanders.”
Applicants may fill out and submit the scholarship application form.
Deadline:
March 30, 2012