Lois Hole Humanities and Social Science Scholarship

The student must be:
• a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident of Canada or a protected person within the meaning of subsection 95(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada)
• an Alberta resident. An Alberta Resident is:
o a person whose 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
o a person who has maintained permanent residence in Alberta for 12 consecutive months immediately prior to commencing post-secondary studies, or
o a person whose spouse/partner has maintained permanent residence in Alberta for 12 consecutive months immediately prior to the person (i.e. the student) attending post-secondary studies.

Course Load Requirement:
Students must be enrolled in full time studies.
• The Recipient may determine what constitutes a full-time course load in each of its programs.
• Students must be registered in the required course load in the Fall and/or Winter term.
A term is defined as a study period of up to 17 weeks in length.

*Credential Types: *
• Students must be enrolled in their second or subsequent year in the Faculty of Humanities, Faculty of Social Sciences or Faculty of Arts at a publicly-funded institution in Alberta in the current academic year.

Satisfactory Academic Standing:
• Students are to be in satisfactory academic standing as determined by the Recipient (at an institution and/or program level).
o Recipients may want to consider some of the following criteria to assess satisfactory academic standing for first year students: completion of assignments, satisfactory academic progress, satisfactory marks on assignments and exams and/or satisfactory attendance.

• Students are not eligible to receive the award if they withdraw from studies or drop from full-time to part-time studies before the Grant Proceeds are paid to the student.
 
Other Requirements
Students must provide evidence of their demonstrated leadership and community service.

Selection Process:
The Recipient will determine Selected Students on the basis of consideration of the student’s academic merit, demonstrated leadership and community service.

Funding for the Lois Hole Humanities and Social Sciences Scholarship is made possible by funding from the Government of Alberta.