{"id":1482,"date":"2026-02-23T13:04:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-scholarships\/?p=1482"},"modified":"2026-02-24T10:19:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T18:19:15","slug":"shashi-assanand-bursary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-scholarships\/?p=1482","title":{"rendered":"Shashi Assanand Bursary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Criteria<\/h6>\n<p>Open to female students in the Metro Vancouver schools who are completing grade 12 and are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">children of refugees or immigrants to Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Applicants must be interested in<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> pursuing a career in social work, education, psychology, nursing or social service and possess academic grades sufficient to allow admission into their chosen area of study\/educational facility and demonstrate financial need<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h6>Value<\/h6>\n<p>3 x $1000<\/p>\n<h6>Due Date<\/h6>\n<p>by email by <strong>May 15th<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6>Procedure<\/h6>\n<p>Submit application to:\u00a0<strong> Selectioncommittee_SAB@vlmfss.ca<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Completed application form<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 500 word write-up about your individual and family experiences in Canadian life, how you impacted the lives of others in the community and your plans for the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Applicants must submit 2 reference letters one from a school official and the other from a community member representing a community-based organization that highlight the applicant\u2019s transition into the life in Canada, aspirations and career goals for the future.<\/p>\n<h6><div class=\"ead-preview\"><div class=\"ead-document\" style=\"position: relative;padding-top: 90%;\"><iframe src=\"\/\/view.officeapps.live.com\/op\/embed.aspx?src=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.sd41.bc.ca%2Fnorth-scholarships%2Ffiles%2F2026%2F02%2FShashi-Assanand-Bursary-Application_-2026.docx\" title=\"Embedded Document\" class=\"ead-iframe\" style=\"width: 100%;height: 100%;border: none;position: absolute;left: 0;top: 0;\"><\/iframe><\/div><p class=\"embed_download\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-scholarships\/files\/2026\/02\/Shashi-Assanand-Bursary-Application_-2026.docx\" download >Download [30.88 KB] <\/a><\/p><\/div>Criteria<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Criteria Open to female students in the Metro Vancouver schools who are completing grade 12 and are children of refugees or immigrants to Canada. \u00b7 Applicants must be interested in pursuing a career in social work, education, psychology, nursing or social service and possess academic grades sufficient to allow admission into their chosen area of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8663,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-scholarships\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1482"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-scholarships\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-scholarships\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-scholarships\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8663"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-scholarships\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1482"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-scholarships\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1486,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-scholarships\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1482\/revisions\/1486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-scholarships\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-scholarships\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-scholarships\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}