Deadline: Last Friday in March
Amount: $1,250.00
Application Form: Royal Canadian Legion Bursary Information

Description of the Award

The Royal Canadian Legion Bursary Programme is designed to assist those students who enter a post-secondary school of education (including courses and training programs of a technical and
vocational nature) and pursue the same course throughout their academic years.

The Bursary Program is funded through the Ontario Command Branches and Ladies’ Auxiliaries Charitable Foundation.

Eligibility

  • Must be enrolled in a post-secondary school
  • Ex-Servicemen or currently serving members of The Canadian Forces (Regular, Reserve, and Merchant Navy) and their children and grandchildren.
  • Commonwealth war veterans and their children and grandchildren; or
  • Ordinary and Life members of The Royal Canadian Legion and their children or grandchildren; or
  • Associate members of The Royal Canadian Legion and their children; or
  • Ladies’ Auxiliary or a child or grandchild of an LA member
  • Step children and step grandchildren may be considered where applicable.

Student must apply to OSAP (Ontario Student Assistance Program). Students are required to make application to OSAP in order to be eligible for financial
consideration under the Bursary Programme. In order for a student to be eligible to apply for financial assistance through OSAP, the institution to which he or she plans to attend must be
designated by the Province of Ontario for OSAP purposes. If ineligible under OSAP, a copy of the OSAP Status Summery form confirming ineligibility must be attached to the application.
A copy of the OSAP Notice of Assessment must be attached to the application form, otherwise, the application shall be considered to be null and void. The bank letter respecting the award is
not acceptable.

How to Apply

To obtain an application form, please contact mathiesonfj@yahoo.ca or download a copy at www.on.legion.ca – under Youth Programs – click Bursaries. All applications are confidential.

Jim Meyer, Zone C – 2 Bursary Chairman

Royal Canadian Legion, Waterloo Branch No. 530