Louise McKinney Post-Secondary Scholarship

Applicants must:

• be a Canadian citizen, a 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 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, and
• 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 within the same academic year
• are in a graduate program
• are an apprentice, or
• are upgrading.

Selection Process:

Selection is based on academic standing. There are a limited number of scholarships available.

Funding for the Louise McKinney Post-Secondary Scholarship is made possible by funding from the Government of Alberta.