The National Union of Public and General Employees is offering 6 scholarships oof $2,500 each to students who plan to enter the 1st year of a public post-secondary educational institution full-time in 2020-2021 and who are the children/grandchildren or foster children/grandchildren of a National Union member or retiree.  

In addition, the newly added Young Worker Scholarship for those under 30 will award 2 scholarships of $2,500 with the same above criteria.  Please see web link for further information and to apply.  Note the deadline is July 6, 2020.  Applications can also be found in Guidance.

Also, there is also information regarding a contest, Why Unions Matter, that students may be interested in entering.  It is open to the public and has an award of $1,500,  The contest can be found on the website at https://unionsyeah.ca/whyunionsmatter.