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BC Hydro Power Pioneers Community Service Award

The BC Hydro Power Pioneers are recognizing youth who have excelled in community service. There are up to twenty $500 awards available throughout British Columbia.

We’re looking for students who have made outstanding contributions in their local community for a considerable amount of time or have initiated, organized or contributed significantly to a one-time project.

Priority will be given to students who volunteer in their local communities.

We’re looking for students who are:

Beedie Luminaries Scholarship

The Beedie Luminaries Scholarship is for students with potential who are facing financial adversity. Students who are smart, but constrained by circumstance. Students who are resilient and gritty. Students who are ready to make a positive change in their lives.

Beedie Luminaries is a social-profit enterprise designed to help remove barriers to education and provide wrap-around support for promising students who are facing financial adversity. Students who are smart, but constrained by circumstance. Students who are ready to rise above their circumstances and achieve their dreams.

Canadian Women in Municipal Government Scholarship

The scholarship is open to female students enrolled in any year of study in secondary school and who are contributing to their school's leadership team or student council. There are five awards of $1000, each, with one award to be presented in each of the five regions of Canada (British Columbia, The Prairies and Territories, Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada).

Usually applications open in October.  Check the website below for details, updated info, and application deadline.   Application deadline is likely in January. 

BC Excellence Scholarships

There are 55 BC Excellence Scholarships available to recognize well-rounded BC graduates. 

Winners will have demonstrated community service, both inside and outside schools, and shown aptitude and commitment to their chosen career path or area of post-secondary study.   They will receive a $5000 scholarship voucher to use for post-secondary tuition. 

Students must be nominated by their school.  If nominated, the student must submit an application to the Ministry of Education for adjudication by the selection committee.

Provincial Tuition Waiver Program (for former youth in care)

Applicant must be a former youth in care.  Contact your former social worker or see your school counsellor if you aren’t sure if you meet the criteria.

- must be entering full time post-secondary studies
- must be planning to complete a certificate, diploma, or degree program

See the Student Aid BC website and click on “explore funding options” for details. 

Village Food Markets Scholarship

This scholarship is available to students who: 
- are present or past employees of Village Food Markets, or
- are children or grandchildren of present employees of Village Food Markets

The deadline is usually in May.  

See the website below to confirm all details, including the application deadline for the current year.