CHHA National Scholarship Program

The CHHA National Scholarship Program offers different scholarships to students with hearing loss attending post-secondary.

Amount: varies

Number Available: 6

Deadline: April 11, 2024 at 11:59pm (EST)

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 Algar family, Doreen Laszlo (spouse of Dr. Charles Laszlo) and the CHHA: North Shore Branch (through the generous support of Carrell Hearn).

The mandate of CHHA is to encourage awareness of hearing loss and to advocate self-help for people with hearing loss. Its aim is to achieve full hearing accessibility in Canadian society. The Canadian Hard of Hearing Association Foundation (CHHAF) was established to create a perpetual financial legacy to support the activities of CHHA, and to create specific initiatives for people with hearing loss in Canada.

Criteria

Applicants must:

Be either hard of hearing, deafened, or oral deaf and must provide suporting documents.
Be registered or planning to register in a full-time program starting in Fall/September at a recognized College or University.
Be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident/landed immigrant, Convention refugee or protected person living in Canada.

Mature students must provide most recent transcript(s) from the last 3 years of study or a minimum of 1 academic transcript and a statement (500 words or less) identifying the reason for the discontinuity and why they are returning to school.

HELEN ALLEN STACEY SCHOLARSHIP ($1,500)

Helen Allen Stacy scholarship is for students who are in: Early Childhood Education, Personal Support Worker, Nursing, Medicine, or Journalism programs. It is renewable for up to 3 years, contingent upon satisfactory grades.

YOUNG ADULTS NETWORK SCHOLARSHIP ($1,000)

Young Adults Network Scholarships awards 2 scholarships each year to students who are:
a) returning from employment to finish their diploma
b) completing an additional degree in a professional program
OR
c) completing a graduate program.

CARRELL HEARN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP ($1000)

Carrell Hearn Memorial Scholarship is open to all post secondary students; however, your location of residence may be considered in the selection process.

THE DR. CHARLES A. LASZLO SCHOLARSHIP ($1000)

Dr. Charles A. Laszlo Scholarship requires applicants to be second year or higher in a study area of science and technology. In addition, applicants must also display an interest in supporting activities to improve the lives of those who have hearing loss.

THE FRANK ALGAR MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP ($1000)

Frank Algar Scholarship does not focus on any field of study; however, the advocacy level of the applicant is taken into account. Frank Algar was a strong advocate for hard of hearing people and people with disabilities.

SUSAN BROWN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP ($2000)

Susan Brown Memorial Scholarship is offered to students who are hard of hearing, late – deafened and oral deaf. Students must be entering their first year, full time program in any area of study, at a Canadian college or university, with the end goal of obtaining a diploma, certificate or degree.

How to Apply

Application form is available here in English and here in French.

Applicats must:

submit documents must be in PDF (preferred), DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, CSV, TXT, RTF, HTML, ZIP, JPG, JPEG, PNG, or GIF format, not exceeding 2048 KB.

Successful applicants will be notified as soon as selection has been made. Funds will be distributed upon receipt of proof of registration. Please note that scholarships are taxable income.

Contact Information

For questions about the CHHA Scholarship Program or the online form, please contact the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association at 1-800-263-8068 or by email at scholarship@chha.ca