- AbbVie IBD ScholarshipCrohn’s and Colitis Canada awards the AbbVie IBD Scholarship to students living with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis who are enrolled in a Canadian post-secondary educational institute. Amount: Up to $5000 Number Available: 15 Deadline: July 4, 2025, 11:59 pm (your local time zone) Past scholarship recipients represent students who are living well with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis who ...Read more
- Barney Danson ScholarshipThe Barney Danson Scholarship is a national scholarship available to blind or partially sighted students entering post-secondary education. Amount: $5000 Number Available: 1 Open: Scholarship applications for the 2025/26 school year will open spring 2025. Please check back then Deadline: TBA Barney Danson’s life was one of service to his country – as soldier, MP, minister of several portfolios in the ...Read more
- BMO Capital Markets Lime Connect Equity ScholarshipThis is a national post-secondary scholarship open to all disabilities in all provinces and states. Amount: $10,000 (USD) For Students in the US or $5,000 (USD) For Students in Canada Number Available: Varies Open: Applications open January 14th, 2025 Deadline: TBA Launched in 2005, Equity Through Education helps people achieve their dreams by getting the opportunity to develop themselves through education. To ...Read more
- Canadian Hearing Services National Scholarship ProgramThe Canadian Hearing Services National Scholarship Program offers national scholarships available to Deaf or hard of hearing students. Amount: $3000 (full-time students) or $1000 (part-time students) Number Available: The exact number of awards will be dependent on the number and ranking of qualified applicants. Deadline: May 25th, 2021 at 4p.m. The Canadian Hearing Society National Scholarship Program was created to ...Read more
- Canadian Hemophilia Society James Kreppner Memorial Scholarship and Bursary ProgramThe Canadian Hemophilia Society James Kreppner Memorial Scholarship and Bursary Program is a national bursary program available to students who have hemophilia (factor VIII or IX) or another inherited bleeding disorder (such as von Willebrand disease, a rare factor deficiency or platelet function disorder), carriers, and those who contracted HIV through a blood transfusion. Spouses and ...Read more
- CHHA National Scholarship ProgramThe CHHA National Scholarship Program offers different scholarships to students with hearing loss. Amount: $1000-2000 Number Available: Various Deadline: April 18th, 2025 The Canadian Hard of Hearing Association (CHHA) Scholarship Program was established in 2002. This Program is supported by donations of the members of the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association (CHHA) and by the generous contributions from the ...Read more
- Chopnick Hilliard ScholarshipAvailable to Canadian students with a spinal cord injury Amount: $1500 Number Available: 1 Deadline: May 31st, 2021 Criteria The Chopnick Hilliard Scholarship is open to any post-secondary student who has a spinal cord injury and who is living in Canada. Applicants must meet all of the following criterial to be eligible. The applicant must be a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant. The applicant ...Read more
- CNIB Master’s ScholarshipThe CNIB Master’s Scholarship is one of two scholarships available to blind or partially sighed students who have graduated from university and are entering a post-graduate education program. Amount: $12500 Number Available: 1 Deadline: July 5th Annualy CNIB’s Master’s Scholarships encourage and support students who are blind or partially sighted to undertake studies at the post-graduate level. There ...Read more
- CNIB’s General ScholarshipsCNIB’s General Scholarships are national scholarships offered to students who are blind or visually impaired. Amount: $3000 Number Available: multiple Deadline: June 30th , 2021 The CNIB Scholarships are awarded to students who are blind or partially sighted and who demonstrate amazing courage, determination and passion in fighting for their independence and future. Criteria In order to be considered eligible for ...Read more
- Kirby Rowe ScholarshipAmount: $1000 Number Available: 1 Deadline: May 31, 2021The Kirby Rowe Scholarship is established in memory of William Kirby Rowe who provided outstanding and valued leadership throughout his career to advance access and inclusion for people with disabilities in Canada. One Kirby Rowe Scholarship of $1000 is available annually to a student with a spinal cord injury ...Read more
- Lime Connect Pathways Scholarship for High School SeniorsAmount: $1,000 Number Available: 3 Deadline: Monday, May 31st at 11:59 pm EST Criteria Eligibility Requirements: 2021 Scholarship Applicants must match the following criteria: Have, or consider themselves to have a visible or invisible disability* Current high school senior in the U.S. or Canada graduating in the Spring or Summer of 2021 Accepted to, or applied and awaiting acceptance to, a 4-year university or ...Read more
- Mattinson Scholarship for Students with DisabilitiesThe Mattinson Scholarship for Students with Disabilities is a national scholarship available to students with disabilities. Amount: $2000 Number Available: 4 Deadline: June 1, 2020 Up to four (4) scholarships at the bachelor level, distributed as follows: 1 in the category of Physical Disability*; 1 in the category of Sensory Disability*; 2 in any of the following categories: ...Read more
- NEADS Accessibility Resilience ProgramNEADS Accessibility Resilience Program – Emergency Support for Students with Disabilities in Response to COVID-19 Purpose: COVID-19 has placed an undue burden on post-secondary students with disabilities (undergraduate university, graduate university, college, cégep, and high school students entering a post-secondary institution) who were already facing immense socio-cultural and operational accessibility challenges before the pandemic. Particular challenges include ...Read more
- NEADS National Student Awards ProgramThis page lists the various scholarships and awards available to students with disabilities through NEADS. Amount: Varies Number Available: Varies (see below) Deadline: February 28, 2025 (see NEADS Financial Assistance Program page) The NEADS National Student Awards Program is offered to encourage full access to post-secondary education for persons with disabilities, who often have greater barriers to participation in ...Read more
- Pat McGrath ScholarshipThe Pat McGrath Scholarship is available to a Canadian student with a disability who is attending university or college. Amount: $1000 Number Available: 1 Deadline: November 1st 2019 In memory of former Board and Trustee member, Pat McGrath. Criteria Available to a student with a disability studying at a Canadian university or community college This is not ...Read more
- Sarah Gaulin Memorial ScholarshipThe Sarah Gaulin Memorial Scholarship is available to students with mental health conditions currently registered in a post-secondary education program. Amount: $1000 Number Available: varies Deadline: April 1st at 11:59pm EST The Sarah Gaulin Memorial Scholarship was established in honour of Sarah Gaulin, who died at age 26 after a longtime battle with mental illness. Along with her passion for ...Read more
- Sun Life Financial Peer Support ScholarshipThe Sun Life Financial Peer Support Scholarship is available to Canadian students with a spinal cord injury who is also a peer support volunteer with one of SCI/CPA corporate members. Amount: $1500 Number Available: 1 Deadline: May 31, 2021 The Sun Life Financial Scholarship is open to any post-secondary student with a spinal cord injury who is living in Canada, and ...Read more
- Terry Fox Humanitarian Award ProgramThe Terry Fox Humanitarian Award Program is open to all Canadian students with disabilities working towards their first degree or diploma. Amount: The maximum value of the award is $28,000, dispersed over four (4) years Number Available: Varies Deadline: February 1st (annually) The Terry Fox Humanitarian Award Program aims to honour the spirit of Terry Fox, one of Canada’s ...Read more
- June Opie FellowshipThe June Opie Fellowship is available to Canadian students with severe disabilities who will be attending post-graduate studies. Amount: The value of the award is expected to be about $NZ 12,000 but will vary at the discretion of the panel. Number Available: 1 Deadline: October 1st Annually The award, available to citizens and permanent residents of Australia, Canada, and New ...Read more
- Terry Fox Memorial ScholarshipAmount: $2500 Number Available: 1 Deadline: TBH 2021 Each year, the 390,000-member National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) offers 8 scholarships of $2,500 each that reflect its pursuit of equal opportunity for workers. The Terry Fox Memorial Scholarship is one of those and is specific to students with disabilities. The National Union of Public and General Employees ...Read more
- Wade Hampton Employment Training BursaryThe Wade Hampton Employment Training Bursary is awarded to an individual with a physical disability who is pursuing a professional development program. Amount: $1500 Number Available: 1 Deadline: N/A No one embodied the spirit and vision of Ontario March of Dimes more than WWII flying veteran, Wade Hampton. At age 31, on the same day the polio vaccine was announced, ...Read more
- William and Dorothy Ferrell ScholarshipThe AER William and Dorothy Ferrell Scholarship is available every two years to two students who are legally blind and are studying for a career in the field of services to persons who are blind or visually impaired. Amount: $2000 Number Available: 3 Application open:The application will be posted in the Spring of 2026. Deadline: TBH Association for Education and Rehabilitation ...Read more