$1000 WHITE HATTER SCHOLARSHIP

The White Hatter Scholarship was established in 2018 by the Laur family and their company Personal Protection Systems Inc. This scholarship, of $1000, will be awarded to one student who has demonstrated academic achievement in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and is wanting to further their education in the field of Information Technology, Network Security, or Computer Technology. This scholarship is for students looking to enroll in their first year of a minimum 1-year undergraduate degree, diploma or certificate program, on a full-time basis, at a recognized publicly-funded Canadian University, college or technical school in the fall 2019/2020 academic term.

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Who Can Apply?

• Any grade 12 Canadian student who attended any school that had a White Hatter Social Media Safety and Digital Literacy presentation in the 2019/2020 school year.
• Number of Scholarships Available
  • One
• Level of Study
  • Certificate; Diploma; Post-diploma; Associate; Bachelor
• Citizenship
  • Canada
• Status in Canada
  • Permanent Resident
• Region of Residence
  • Canada
• Schools Attending
  • Canadian Technical School, College, University
• Region of Study
  • Canada
• Field of Study
  • Information Technology, Internet and Social Media Safety/Security, Computer Science
• Course Load
  • Full-time

Application Process

• A student applying for this scholarship will have to provide a cover letter describing their desires to continue education in the field of Information Technology, Network Security, or Computer Technology.
• The cover letter must contain:
  o Your contact information(fullname,phone number,address). o Yourcurrentschoolattendingingrade12year
  o The post-secondary school accepted to or schools applied to o Proofyouareastudent
• Provide at least one letter of reference from a teacher that outlines why the applicant should be considered for this scholarship.
• The student applicant will also have to provide an essay on the topic on “The Benefits of Education Technology in the Classroom” The essay must be within 800-1000 words in length.
• The winning student and essay will be announced following the winning applicant announcement date.
• Please send your work and attachments as a pdf file format.

APPLICATIONS AND DETAILS AT: https://www.thewhitehatter.ca/scholarship

DEADLINE: MAY 1ST