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EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP

The scholarship program has been redesigned in order to allow more members to benefit from it. The essential differences are that the scholarship is available only to members and their children, and it can be applied to any courses of higher education - not just Public Works related.

Selection criteria are:

  1. must be an employee of a member municipality or public works agency or child of such employee -- membership is defined as any member of APWA in the BC Chapter and includes MSA members

  2. must be for full-time attendance at a post-secondary educational institute; all higher institutions of learning -- universities, community colleges, or technical institutes -- are acceptable, provided the student is taking a full course load and is enrolled for at least two semesters

  3. first priority given to student required to leave home in order to attend school

  4. second priority to students enrolling for the first time

  5. in case of a tie, there will be a lottery to determine who gets the scholarship

  6. scholarship paid upon submission of results indicating successful completion of each semester

  7. application must be received by June 30 to qualify for the current school year

Applicants should submit the following credentials:

  • Name, address, phone number, and relationship to APWA member agency

  • name and location of educational institute, chosen field of study, commencement date of studies

  • whether applicant will be leaving home to study

  • whether this will be applicant's first year

Two scholarship will be awarded at the annual PWABC Conference in September of each year. The successful applicants will receive the scholarships in two $500 installments, at the end of each semester of study, upon submission of proof of attendance and successful completion of courses.

Applications for the current year fall semester should be submitted by the 30th day of June to the following address:

Public Works Association of BC
Scholarship Committee
Attention; Sigi Ireland, Operations Manager, Public Works Dept.,
c/o City of Prince Rupert
424 3rd Avenue West, Prince Rupert, B.C. V8J 1L7
Phone: 250-624-6795
Fax: 250-627-8065
E-mail: sireland@princerupert.ca