Beland Honderich Awards

What you will need

• ✓ No application form is posted: recipients are chosen from nominees in the Pathways to Education Regent Park Program

About this award

You can receive one of four annual $5,000 scholarships, which are renewable for up to four years. This is a scholarship, not a loan, so you do not have to pay it back. This is for you if you are a student in the Pathways to Education Regent Park Program who has shown academic potential while facing socioeconomic challenges. There is no open application or posted deadline: recipients are chosen from nominees in the Pathways to Education Regent Park Program. If you are in the program, ask your Pathways staff how nominations work. Nominees are selected based on your academic potential and socioeconomic need, but the specific selection process isn't published. Ask University of Toronto / Pathways to Education how winners are chosen and roughly how many applicants they typically receive so you can judge your odds. Ask University of Toronto / Pathways to Education how the money will reach you — some awards pay students directly, others apply funds to tuition. Confirm this so you can plan your cash flow. To keep this award for multiple years, you must show satisfactory academic progress. Confirm with University of Toronto / Pathways to Education exactly what GPA or credit count you need to maintain.

Who qualifies

You must be a student in the Pathways to Education Regent Park Program. There are four awards available annually: two for students entering from Grade 8 and two for students graduating from Grade 12. To receive the funds, you must typically enroll in an undergraduate program at the University of Toronto.

This is what the award's official page said when we last checked. Rules change, so confirm on the award's official page before you apply.

• ✓ Canadian citizen, permanent resident or international student
• ✓ Open to high school students

How to apply

1. 1

   Read the award's official page

   Check you meet every requirement, and note each document they ask for.

2. 2

   Check this year's deadline

   We don't have a confirmed date for this round. The award's official page will have it.

Tips for applying

• Academic PotentialAvoid focusing only on your grades. Instead, share examples of how you have pushed yourself to learn despite challenges. Write about a specific project or subject where you showed growth.
• StrategyAvoid treating this as a general university application. Instead, emphasize your connection to the Pathways to Education community. Explain how the program helped prepare you for the University of Toronto.
• RealismAvoid assuming you will get it just because you are in the program. Instead, remember there are only four awards each year. Apply for other University of Toronto bursaries to ensure you have a full financial plan.

Questions students ask

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