This website is a place where Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Deaf-Blind people can learn skills and get connected to the world of work

Education

Scholarships, Grants, Sponsorships

Visit these pages to learn about getting money for school.

British Columbia Groups

Disability Supports for Employment Fund

The Disability Supports for Employment Fund was created in April 2003 to provide specialized accommodation, such as vehicle or workplace modification, as well as tools and services to help persons with disabilities overcome barriers to participating in employment or employment-related activities.

National Groups

The Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians

(AEBC) is an organization dedicated to providing blind, deaf-blind and partially sighted individuals with the opportunities they need to compete on an equal basis with other members of Canadian society. Each year, the AEBC offers a minimum of three $1500 scholarships to recognize outstanding blind, deaf-blind, and partially sighted Canadian scholars.

Canadian Hard of Hearing Association Scholarship

The mandate of CHHA is to encourage awareness of hearing loss and to advocate self-help for hard of hearing or deafened people. Its aim is to achieve full hearing accessibility in Canadian society. The Canadian Hard of Hearing Association Foundation was established to create a perpetual financial legacy to support the activities of CHHA, and create specific initiatives for hard of hearing or deafened persons in Canada.

Helene Mackenzie and Past Governors of Quota District 18 Trust Fund

Offers $1000 bursaries to financially assist Canadian and permanent residents aspiring to become ASL interpreters to complete their studies. The student must be enrolled in their 2nd or 3rd years of a credited A.S.L. program.

SDEB: Skills Development Employment Benefit

The objective of the Skills Development Employment Benefit is to help unemployed individuals who do not have the required skills, obtain skills for employment. To be eligible for assistance under the Skills Development Employment Benefit an applicant must meet the definition of an "insured participant" under the Employment Insurance (EI) Act.

New Brunswick Groups

Wallace Anderson Memorial Scholarship Fund

Offered by the Saint John Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Inc. This Scholarship is intended to aid deaf students living in southwestern New Brunswick to further their academic pursuits.

Nova Scotia Groups

Arlene Burris Memorial Scholarship

Awarded to a person from Atlantic Canada studying in any field that will prepare them to work with children who are deaf or hard of hearing, or to an individual who is deaf or hard of hearing pursuing post-secondary studies.

Ontario Groups

The Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians

Same group mentioned under National Groups with an Ontario specific scholarship