There are many types of scholarships available for grade 12 students:
Community and school involvement
Academic
Essay
Diversity
Sports
Arts
Students should start to:
Gain volunteer experience
Create a resume and establish references and their contact information
Fill out achievement and award forms
Practice writing short essays around goals and past achievements
Useful Websites
Create accounts for scholarship information and daily updates with the following sites:
Aboriginal Scholarship Guide
http://www.ammsa.com/community-access/scholarships/
Financial Assistance: Aboriginal Canada Portal
http://www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/acp/site.nsf/eng/ao20011.html
Aboriginal Learning Links
http://aboriginallearning.ca/resources/1/1/2
Aboriginal Scholarships/BC Scholarship Society: Irving K. Barber
http://www.bcscholarship.ca/web/aboriginal
http:/www.univforum.com/Canadian-scholarship.html
http://aboriginallearning.ca/resources/1/1/2
http://scholarships.rbc.com/Overview.aspx
http://www.ammsa.com/node/29940
Post Secondary Applications
For all students applying for post-secondary in BC, all applications must be made through one central website; you must create an account on:
http://www.applybc.ca
Username: _________________________
Password: _________________________
For Students applying for post-secondary in Ontario, all applications must be made through one central website, please create and account a on:
http://www.ouac.on.ca
Username: _________________________
Password: _________________________
For all students applying for post-secondary in the USA, all applications must be made through one central website; you must create an account on:
www.collegeboard.com
Username: _________________________
Password: _________________________
Aboriginal Connections 