{"id":1058,"date":"2025-10-03T09:05:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T16:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-scholarships\/?p=1058"},"modified":"2025-10-03T15:02:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T22:02:17","slug":"uggla-family-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-scholarships\/?p=1058","title":{"rendered":"Uggla Family Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Criteria<\/h6>\n<div class=\"text parbase section\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p>Ten\u00a0scholarships are awarded\u00a0each year\u00a0to students who face significant financial barriers to participation in post-secondary education. This may include students who identify as Indigenous, Black, or a person of colour, students living with disabilities, LGBTQIA2S+ students, and students of all gender identities.\u00a0The intent of the Uggla Family Scholarship is to promote\u00a0equity\u00a0and remove historical and existing discrimination, including barriers to full participation in social, cultural, economic and political life.<\/p>\n<p>Available to domestic (Canadian) students admitted for the fall term to any undergraduate degree.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h6>Value<\/h6>\n<p>10 x full SFU program costs<\/p>\n<p>You will receive funding for each term of your academic program as long as you meet and maintain scholarship renewal criteria, such as minimum course enrollment, minimum academic standing, and scholars program involvement.<\/p>\n<h6>Due Date<\/h6>\n<p>ONLINE by <strong>January 19, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6>Procedure<\/h6>\n<p>The following provides a summary of what you can expect to complete as part of the Uggla Family Scholarship application:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A written, short answer on your academic excellence and your intended area of study. (250 words max)<\/li>\n<li>A description of your achievements and contributions. (250 words max)<\/li>\n<li>A short essay sharing your future goals and how your personal experiences impacted these goals. (750 words max)<\/li>\n<li>A Financial Need Assessment, disclosing your parent(s)\/guardian(s) gross annual income from 2024, as well as the number of dependents in your household.<\/li>\n<li>Two letters of support, each written by someone who is not a family member and who has direct knowledge of the experiences you describe in your application, such as your academics, extra-curricular activities, employment, volunteer, or personal achievements. In lieu of one letter, you may choose to include a supporting document, including but not limited to a certificate of appreciation, media story, or community publication.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Your application materials will be reviewed by members of the admissions department of SFU, as well as members of the Uggla Family and Trustees of the Uggla Family Foundation who reside outside of Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Application and information at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfu.ca\/students\/admission\/fees-scholarships\/uggla.html#faq01\">https:\/\/www.sfu.ca\/students\/admission\/fees-scholarships\/uggla.html#faq01<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Criteria Ten\u00a0scholarships are awarded\u00a0each year\u00a0to students who face significant financial barriers to participation in post-secondary education. This may include students who identify as Indigenous, Black, or a person of colour, students living with disabilities, LGBTQIA2S+ students, and students of all gender identities.\u00a0The intent of the Uggla Family Scholarship is to promote\u00a0equity\u00a0and remove historical and existing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8663,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,26,11,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-scholarships\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-scholarships\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-scholarships\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-scholarships\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8663"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-scholarships\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1058"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-scholarships\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1402,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-scholarships\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058\/revisions\/1402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-scholarships\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-scholarships\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-scholarships\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}