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  • NEADS News: AMI announces winners of 2017 AMI Robert Pearson Memorial Scholarship

    NEADS News: AMI announces winners of 2017 AMI Robert Pearson Memorial Scholarship

    Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) announced today the winners of its 2017 AMI Robert Pearson Memorial Scholarship program. The program, which launched in 2012, is open to Canadian students enrolled in a diploma or degree program at a Canadian post-secondary school. Two scholarships valued at $5,000 each are awarded annually to students with a disability, one in English and one in French.

    The winners of this years’ AMI Robert Pearson Memorial Scholarship are Shelby Brown of Calgary, Alberta and Yan Gobeil from Montreal, Quebec. Shelby is in year three of a Bachelor of Arts program majoring in Native Studies at Vancouver Island University while Yan is pursuing his Doctorate in Physics at McGill University.

    “Studying with a disability is a monumental, challenging and at times very isolating undertaking,” explains Shelby, “but it is also a very enriching and worthwhile experience. For me, university is about strengthening community. The support, inspiration and encouragement that AMI has given me is something I am so incredibly thankful for and will never forget. To know that there are people and organizations out there who believe in me is a further affirmation that I am on a positive path.”

    AMI partnered, once again, with the National Educational Association of Disabled Students (NEADS) to administer the program. Since its founding in 1986, NEADS’ has been mandated to support full access to education and employment for post-secondary students and graduates with disabilities across Canada. Information and eligibility requirements for the 2018 AMI Scholarship program will be posted on the AMI websites in February 2018.

    Visit www.AMI.ca/scholarship and http://www.amitele.ca/bourse-ami-tele for complete details.

    http://www.ami.ca/news/ami-announces-winners-of-2017-ami-robert-pearson-memorial-scholarship

  • Employment Spotlight: Bank of Canada Scholarship and Work Placement Program

    Employment Spotlight: Bank of Canada Scholarship and Work Placement Program

    Via NEADS.ca

    http://www.neads.ca/en/about/media/index.php?id=282

    The Bank of Canada is proud to introduce a new scholarship and work placement program for students with disabilities and indigenous students. Each year, two full-time students with disabilities and two full-time indigenous students will each be awarded a scholarship of $4,000 toward tuition costs, combined with the possibility of a paid summer or part-time (during the academic year) work placement at the Bank of Canada. We’d love to hear from you if you meet the eligibility criteria and are currently enrolled in full-time undergraduate or post-graduate studies in economics, finance and accounting, business or public administration, communications, information technology, human resources or law.

    Work placement opportunities will be determined based on the recipient’s field of study and the Bank’s departmental business requirements. Recipients who reside or attend a post-secondary institution outside of the National Capital Region may be offered the option of working at one of the Bank’s regional offices: Halifax, Montréal, Toronto, Calgary or Vancouver. Criteria You will be evaluated on the key requirements listed below, which must be demonstrated by your curriculum vitae, your most recent transcript and a 100-300 word essay about yourself, your decision to pursue your field of study and your career interests. If you are selected as one of the top five candidates, you will be invited to an interview (either in person, by phone or virtually). • Overall average mark of a minimum 70 per cent • Career interests that are relevant to work performed at the Bank of Canada • Pursuing studies in economics, finance and accounting, business or public administration, communications, information technology, human resources or law We are accepting applications and supporting documents until 1 November 2015.  

     

    Contact Information: Scholarship@bankofcanada.ca

    http://www.bankofcanada.ca/careers/scholarship-work-placement-program/

    http://www.disabilityawards.ca/details.php?lang=EN&ID=2581