Scholarship & Bursarys
Local Scholarships
Applications Due April 1, 2025
Application Procedure
- Below are the links to all scholarship/bursaries offered. If an award is not confirmed yet this year it will be followed by “Not yet confirmed”. This may be updated through the application timeline so please keep checking for updates.
- Read through the criteria for each scholarship and bursary to see which ones you qualify for:
- Print off a Summary Sheet and keep track of the awards for which you will apply for:
- Download & fill out ONE General Application Form. Print and sign it when complete.
- Make sure to look carefully at the list of awards below to see if they require special application forms. There will be a link listed if so and this is to be done in addition to general application form.
- Below are the links to all scholarship/bursaries offered. If there is no active link, it has not been confirmed to be offered this year.
- Complete your scholarship application package in the following order:
- Summary Sheet with your name, check list of bursaries/scholarships applied for, and total number applied for
- General Application Form
- Cover Letter
- Academic Resume
- 2-3 reference letters (Academic, Employment, & Community)
- Transcript (we will provide this for you)
- Any special applications paper clipped together
- Do NOT staple anything in your application package
- Hand in PAPER-CLIPPED packages to the office by 4:00pm on Tuesday, April 1, 2025.
- The office staff will contact you, if needed, to finalize application forms.
Bursaries & Scholarships …what’s the difference?
Awards are any kind of non-repayable funding granted to students. The word is used interchangeably with bursary or scholarship.
- Bursaries are non-repayable awards to students based on financial need and satisfactory academic standing, sometimes including additional criteria such as program of study or other requirements.
- Scholarships are non-repayable awards to students based on merit or high academic achievement usually including additional criteria such as volunteer service, affiliation with a particular organization or other requirements.
Local Scholarship and Bursaries
Forms you need to apply:
Scholarship checklist summary – Download
General Application – Download
- A. Brian Simmons Scholarship – LINK
- Archie and Mary Greenwell Bursary
- B.P.O. Elks of Lake Cowichan Lorne Huddleston Scholarship
- B.P.O. Elks of Lake Cowichan “Ron Nielson Memorial Scholarship”
- Brock McLeod Memorial Bursary – LINK
- Catalyst Paper, Crofton Division – Indigenous Peoples Scholarship – LINK
- Catalyst Paper, Crofton Division Scholarship – LINK
- Chanon S. Gill Scholarship
- Coastal Community CU – Special Application – LINK
- Cowichan & Chemainus Valley Arts Scholarship x 2 – LINK
- Cowichan & Chemainus Valley Sports Scholarship x 2 – LINK
- Cowichan Field Hockey Association Bursary – LINK
- Cowichan Hospital Auxiliary x 2 – LINK
- Cowichan Lake Community Forest Cooperative Bursary x 3
- Cowichan Lake District Chamber of Commerce Scholarship – LINK
- Cowichan Lake Lions Volunteer Award Bursary – LINK
- Cowichan Valley Division of Family Practice Bursary – LINK
- Cowichan Valley Division of Family Practice Scholarship – LINK
- Cowichan Valley Minor Hockey Association Bursary
- Cowichan Valley Minor Hockey Association Scholarship
- Cowichan Valley Naturalists Society Scholarship – LINK
- Cowichan Valley Principal and Vice Principal’s Associations Scholarship
- Cowichan Valley Regional District F Scholarship
- Cowichan Valley Regional District I Scholarship x 2
- Cowichan Valley Retired Teachers Association Bursary (Lloyd Gardner Memorial Bursary) – LINK
- CUPE Local 5101 Bursary (Canadian Union of Public Employees) – LINK
- Crofton Catering Group Bursary, part of Community Centre Society x 2
- Duncan Basketball Association Scholarship – LINK
- Duncan Daybreak Rotary Club Performing Arts Scholarship
- Duncan Daybreak Rotary Club – Bursary for service (not grades)
- Dr. Ken Welch Scholarship
- Evening Optimist Club of Victoria Bursary – LINK
- George Allistair Mackay Scholarship
- George E Loveseth Memorial – LINK
- Gerald Thom Environmental Studies Bursary – LINK
- Grad 94 Bursary
- Harris & Co Law Bursary – LINK
- Honeymoon Bay Society Community Bursary
- Hugo Legitschinig Memorial Bursary for Trades, part of Crofton Community Centre Society
- Jeff Abbott Memorial Bursary –
- John Thomas Memorial Bursary – LINK
- John Tuck Community Services Award
- Jordan Melchlor Memorial Trades Scholarship
- Kaatza Lakeside Players Society Bursary – LINK
- Ken Long Firemen’s Memorial Bursary
- Kristal Mayo Memorial Bursary
- Lake Cowichan District Minor Hockey Association Scholarship x 2
- Lake Cowichan Kinettes Bursary
- Lake Cowichan Kinsmen Scholarship
- Royal Canadian Legion Lake Cowichan Branch No. 210 Bursary
- Lake Cowichan School Alumni Bursary
- Lake Cowichan School Parent Advisory Committee Scholarship x 2
- Lake Cowichan Teachers Association Academic Scholarship
- Lake Cowichan Teacher’s Association Perseverance & Resiliency Scholarship – LINK
- Lake Dance Bursary
- Lake Dental Health Centre Bursary
- Laketown Ranch Benevolent Society Scholarship – LINK
- Mid Island Co-Op – LINK
- Molly Halton Award
- Monk Office Supply Scholarship – LINK
- Nanaimo Airport Scholarship and Bursary – LINK
- Olson Manor Scholarship
- Palsson School PAC Scholarship
- Ram Johal Memorial Bursary
- Raoula Pedersen Memorial Fine Arts Scholarship
- Ronald G Taylor Memorial Scholarship
- Sam Beldessi Award
- Studio Fusion Dance
- The Royal Canadian Legion Sir Percy Lake Scholarship
- Tom Walker Forest Legacy Bursary x 2 – LINK
- Tom Walker Forest Legacy Scholarship – LINK
- Town of Lake Cowichan Scholarship
- United Steelworkers Local 1-1937 Bob Freer, Ernie Freer, Jack Mumm, Sid Thompson and Bill Wilson Memorial Scholarship – LINK
- United Steelworkers Local 1-1937 School District No. 79 Employees Bursary – LINK
- Vancouver Island Real Estate Board Bursary – LINK
- WF Marshall Scholarship – LINK
Scholarship Summary Booklet – LINK
Don’t forget to check your university of choice to see what type of awards they offer!
- Follow this link to see requirements for: BC Achievement Scholarships; District/Authority Scholarships; BC Excellence Scholarships; Pathway to Teacher Education Scholarships – View Here
- Follow this link to see the Student Guide for British Columbia Students – https://www.bcscholarships.ca
- Follow this link to see provincial Grants and Scholarships as well as Student Loan information – https://studentaidbc.ca/explore/grants-scholarships
These scholarships are not affiliated with the school, they must be applied to directly. Make note of the deadlines!
- Public Guardian and Trustee Educational Assistance Fund Bursary
- Storewell Self Storage Foster Children Bursary Fund
- Scholarships Canada
- Costal Community Scholarship Program
- Horatio Alger Association of Canada
- MADD
- Save on Foods Joint Diversity Scholarship
- BCPAC Educational Award
- BC Hydro Power Pioneers Community Service Award
- Kochar & Co. Scholarship
- Vancouver Island University Scholarships
- University of Victoria
- University of British Columbia
- Western Campus – Hebden Chemistry
- BC General Employees Union
- BC Tech Scholarship
- Nicola Valley Institute of Technology Awards