Your future in agriculture is waiting. The possibilities are endless, so dream big and thinkAG!
Benefits of Applying
Saskatchewan’s agriculture and agri-food industry offers numerous career opportunities – from production, research, processing, manufacturing, to finance and everything in between. In fact, the industry accounts for more than 50,000 jobs across the province. people in primary agriculture alone.
For students who want to tell the exciting story of agriculture, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture offers the Agriculture Student Scholarship. The winning scholarship is valued at $4,000 and the three runner-up scholarships are valued at $2,000 each.
Eligibility
We are looking for young people who plan to pursue a career in the industry. To be eligible for this scholarship, you must be a Grade 12 student or recent high school graduate (within the past two years) residing in Saskatchewan who is planning to take agriculture-related post-secondary education beginning in the fall of 2021.
Note: Ministry of Agriculture and Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation employees and their immediate family members are not eligible.
Apply from now to February 28, 2021 to be considered for this annual award that provides a $2,500 bursary to the winning entry.
About the award
The Stacey Levitt Memorial Award was created in memory and celebration of Stacey’s life by her family through Parachute. Each year beginning in November, high school students from across Canada can apply for this award.
This award encourages Canadian youth to embody Stacey’s qualities and ideals and Parachute’s overarching goals of a long life lived to the fullest, understanding the importance of risk management and injury prevention.
Applications close at end of February and the Levitt family awards each year’s selected recipient $2,500 to help them live their life to the fullest. The award could be put toward:
An educational endeavour
Engagement in sports
Investment in a travel experience
These pursuits would have resonated with Stacey, who loved school, sports and travel.
The successful recipient also receives a copy of Stacey’s book of poetry, I Am a Rose: A Life in Poetry, published by her family in 1996 after her death.
Other people talk about making the world better. You did something.
Could you be our 2021 award winner?
Presented annually, the Weston Youth Innovation Award recognizes and honours young Canadian innovators who are making a difference. It provides students aged 14 to 18 a unique way to share their ideas to a much larger audience! Interested? Why not tell us about your accomplishments? You could be the next Weston Youth Innovation Award winner.
The award is generously funded by the Weston Family Foundation.
This Year’s Prizes
$15,000 first-place prize
$8,500 second-place prize
$3,500 each for up to three additional finalists
Your project will also be featured in an Ontario Science Centre exhibit.
Who is Eligible?
We look for individuals or groups who:
Are between the ages of 14 and 18
Have used science and/or technology as the basis for developing creative and innovative ideas aimed at solving real-world problems
Put their ideas into action, and as a result, have had a positive impact either in their own community or on a broader scale.
The deadline for submitting your application is Friday, February 12, 2021 at midnight 11:59 ET.
Send us a short email expressing interest and describing why you think you should receive the award (maximum 200 words). If you qualify, we’ll be in touch with a link to the online application form.
For the application process, you’ll need to provide a short essay describing your work, references and a one-minute video pitching your project to the judges!
What are the prizes?
In addition to the cash prizes above, the winner’s work will be featured in a professional animation on display in the Weston Family Innovation Centre at the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto. It will also be posted on this website, in order to inspire other youth to think, work and collaborate in new ways .
Meet the 2020 Award Winners
The Ontario Science Centre was proud to present the 2020 Weston Youth Innovation Award to five enterprising teens from across Canada.
This award is designed to encourage Future AgMasters to consider the various farm business areas within the agricultural industry. Farming is a business, and youth ages 12 to 17 are in a position to start thinking about where they can make a difference in the future of agriculture. Mastering Futures is a fun video challenge to create a one to two minute video showcasing what they hope to achieve in their future in agriculture, or speak to how they plan to go into an area of agri-buisness and why, or show how farming is the business of their family. Masterfeeds will award $300 to two winning applicants every year.
FUTURE MASTERFEEDER SCHOLARSHIP (FOR AGES 17 TO 19)
Deadline: April 30th (renews annually)
Masterfeeds is dedicated to the next generation of producers and we are proud to offer this annual scholarship to an individual pursuing post-secondary education in the area of agriculture within Canada. Masterfeeds will award a scholarship of $1000 to the winning applicant that can demonstrate their passion and potential through an essay about what they hope to achieve for the future of food production or other ag-related pursuits through their education. Applicants may also include what has inspired them to pursue a career field in agriculture. The individual has goals of positively fueling an area of agriculture that will help shape the future of agriculture locally, nationally or globally.
By writing your career plan and describing the means you undertake to achieve your goals, you may earn a scholarship of $2000. The Mensa Canada Scholarship Programme wishes to reward students who follow through with their career strategy. To apply, need only to review our rules and criteria, and to submit a 250-word essay. You do not need to be a member of Mensa Canada to apply for a scholarship.
The 2020-2021 competition begins on September 1, 2020 and ends on January 31, 2021.
The CCOHS Council of Governors established this scholarship fund in 2002 in the memory of Dick Martin, a tireless health and safety advocate and a pioneer of workplace health and safety in Canada.
Awarded annually, this $3,000 national scholarship is available to any student enrolled, either full-time or part-time, in an occupational health and safety related course or program leading to an occupational health and safety certificate, diploma or degree at an accredited college or university in Canada. Programs include mine safety, occupational or industrial health and safety, industrial hygiene, safety management or other related safety degree program.
To apply for the award, post secondary students are invited to submit a 1,000-1,200 word essay, cover letter and completed online application form.
John Evans, P.Eng was a Director and Vice-President of the Foundation, a committed supporter of women in engineering and a CEMF scholarship judge. His legacy included a donation for an award to be made to a young Canadian woman entering an accredited engineering program in Canada from high school and it is not based on academic achievement. This $5,000 award also includes a potential summer engineering work placement opportunity with Fortis Inc. at one of their Canadian utilities, after your second or third year of study.
Eligibility
Must self-identify as a female
Possess Canadian Citizenship or Permanent Residency Status
Be a high school graduate, entering into an accredited Canadian Engineering program
FCM’s scholarship program for secondary school students began in 2010. There are five awards of $1000, each, with one award to be presented in each of the five regions of Canada (British Columbia, The Prairies and Territories, Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada).
The scholarship is open to female students enrolled in any year of study in secondary school and who are contributing to their school’s leadership team or student council.
Eligibility
Amount of Scholarship
One (1) scholarship of $1,000, to be awarded in each of the following regions:
British Columbia
Prairies and Territories
Ontario
Quebec
Atlantic Canada
Qualifications
The scholarship is open to female Canadian citizens currently enrolled in any year of study at a Canadian secondary school or CEGEP.
Submissions
Your submission must include the following elements.
In a 3 min video, tell us how you contribute to school activities related to student council or leadership.
Provide a written document with answers to the following questions. Each answer should be 300 words or less.
How do you contribute to your school’s leadership?
How are you engaged in community activities?
Why is it important for women to participate in politics?
Note that FCM will keep all applications meeting eligibility criteria on file for future consideration. Video entries may be used to promote FCM’s scholarship and awards program. Candidates will be notified prior to use of the video.
References
Two written references are required:
One (1) personal reference (i.e. friend or relative)
One (1) academic reference (i.e. teacher or principal)
Deadline
January 15, 2021
Please include contact information (full name, home address, email, phone number). Applications containing incomplete contact information will not be considered.
TOPIC: “Reaching Your Dreams by Choosing Optimism”
ELIGIBILITY: Students under the age 19 as of October 1, 2021
CRITERIA:
700-800 words
Hyphenated words count as one word.
Title, Footnotes & Biography (are not included in word count).
DEADLINE:
February 16, 2021
MORE INFORMATION:
Optimist Club Chair, Lloyd Pethick @ 306-694-4121
Deliver directly to house, ring door bell to ensure that they will check the mailbox. Then email them directly to let them know you dropped it off and ask if it was received.
Mr. Pethick 278 Wellington Drive Moose Jaw, SK S6K 1A4