Co-operators Award for Black and Indigenous Students

Award type: 
Scholarships/awards
Affiliation: 
Black, Indigenous
Award description: 

An award, valued at $2,500, is presented annually to a Black or Indigenous undergraduate student who is engaged in activities that are having a positive impact on the sustainability of our future and who is enrolled in Year Three or Four of one of the following programs: Accounting and Financial Management or Economics in the Faculty of Arts, Environment and Business, International Development or Environment, Resources and Sustainability in the Faculty of Environment, Kinesiology in the Faculty of Health, Computer Science or Mathematics/Chartered Professional Accountancy in the Faculty of Mathematics, Biotechnology/Chartered Professional Accountancy in the Faculty of Science, Computing and Financial Management, or Software Engineering. To be eligible for consideration, students must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada. Selection will be based on academic achievement (minimum 75% cumulative average) combined with an essay wherein students describe three ways they are making a difference today that will make our world a better, healthier place for generations to come through extracurricular and/or volunteer involvement.

Value: 
$2,500
Eligibility & selection criteria: 
  • Black or Indigenous undergraduate students
  • engaged in activities that are having a positive impact on the sustainability of our future
  • minimum 75% cumulative average
  • an essay wherein students describe three ways they are making a difference today that will make our world a better, healthier place for generations to come through extracurricular and/or volunteer involvement
  • For the purpose of this award, Black students may include African, Caribbean, Black Canadian, Afro-Latine, African American, or other African descent.
  • For the purpose of this award, an Indigenous person is one who is a citizen or member of a First Nations community (Status/Non-Status), Métis, and/or Inuit.  To protect the integrity of Indigenous candidates, you are required to complete the Indigenous Declaration section in Quest where you will be asked to upload documentation to verify your Indigenous identity. This supporting documentation will be reviewed by staff in the Office of Indigenous Relations at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ. Only verified students will be considered for these awards.
Level: 
Year Three, Year Four
Program:
Arts→Accounting and Financial Mgmt, Economics; Software Engineering; Environment→Environment and Business, Environment, Resources and Sustainability, International Development; Health→Kinesiology; Computing and Financial Mgmt; Mathematics→Computer Science, Mathematics/CPA; Science→Biotechnology/CPA
Citizenship: 
Canadian citizen/permanent resident
Selection process: 
Application required
Term: 
Fall
Application details:
  • Complete the applicable term Undergraduate Award Application
    • At this time we are only accepting applications for awards with a Spring deadline (May - August).
    • Access the Spring Term Undergraduate Award Application on our Undergraduate Studies Form page.
    • The application for awards with deadlines in a future term will be available by the start of that term – please check back later.
    • Complete a separate application for each award you wish to be considered for.
  • Include an identity statement.
    • As part of your application statement, please include a paragraph to self-identity as Black or to indicate that you are a citizen or member of a First Nations community (Status/Non-Status), Métis, and/or Inuit.
Application deadline: 
October 15
Contact:
  • Student Awards & Financial Aid
    • safainfo@uwaterloo.ca
    • The Centre, Needles Hall