{"id":188,"date":"2025-12-01T08:02:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T16:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-scholarships\/?p=188"},"modified":"2026-01-13T15:17:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T23:17:58","slug":"schulich-leader-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-scholarships\/?p=188","title":{"rendered":"Schulich Leader Scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Criteria<\/h6>\n<p>Student must be planning to study science, technology, engineering, or mathematics at one of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.schulichleaders.com\/#slide-universities\"> 20 <strong>Canadian<\/strong> partner universities<\/a> next September and possess two of the following:\u00a0 (i) outstanding community, and\/or entrepreneurial leadership, (ii) academic excellence, and alternatively,(iii) financial need.\u00a0 <u style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Not<\/u><b>\u00a0 for students planning a career as a medical practitioner or researcher &#8211; this scholarship is geared towards the entrepreneurially-minded student. <em>Note: the school can select only ONE nominee.<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<h6>Value<\/h6>\n<p>Up to 100 awards. Roughly half the awards are valued @ $120,000 for engineering scholarships and the other half is $80,000 for science and math scholarships.<\/p>\n<h6>Due Date<\/h6>\n<p>In order to be considered for the school&#8217;s <strong>nomination<\/strong>, you must complete and submit requirements outlined in the &#8220;Procedure&#8221; section below by <strong>MONDAY, January 12th <\/strong>to Ms. Mihic in Student Services or room 2121 or by email at <a href=\"mailto:dragana.mihic@burnabyschools.ca\">dragana.mihic@burnabyschools.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>January 12: Submit your nomination package to Ms Mihic by PDF or to Ms. Mihic if in paper<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>January 15th-ish: nominee to be informed<\/li>\n<li>January 28th: Ms. Mihic to submit nomination to Schulich Foundation<\/li>\n<li>Feb 16: selected nominee to submit their package and video upload to Schulich.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>Procedure<\/h6>\n<p>Please make sure all documents are in the following order. If emailing, combine all documents into a single .pdf rather than in multiple documents.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>An updated resume.<\/li>\n<li>50-words each describing your top 3 achievements (academic or other).<\/li>\n<li>50-word answer to cinvey your career aspirations 10 years from now.<\/li>\n<li>A 250-word essay describing what you&#8217;re passionate about.<\/li>\n<li>A 250-word essay discussing how you demonstrate an entrepeneurial mindset (including leadership, charisma, and creativity).<\/li>\n<li>A 250-wor essay highlighting what makes you an ideal candidate for this award.<\/li>\n<li>A 250-word <strong><em>optional<\/em><\/strong> essay to discuss any additional information, including extenuating circumstances.<\/li>\n<li>Two letters of support from references (at least one academic). THESE CAN EMAILED TO Ms. Mihic DIRECTLY FROM THE REFEREE.<br \/>\n<span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Contact information for two Referees who will upload reference letters in support of the nomination<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Note:<\/strong>\u00a0Referees will receive an email to an online reference request form after the nominee submits their completed scholarship application.\u00a0<strong>All letters of reference and scholarship applications must be completed and received by the February 18, 2026\u00a0deadline.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Current transcript that include your Term 1 marks.<\/li>\n<li>As well, make sure you have your Student Profile completed. <strong>Your package will not be considered if one is not filled out<\/strong>. You can access it here: <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/6qxTR59Gj1\">Burnaby North Scholarship Profile Graduating in 2026 \u2013 Fill out form<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Note: you will also need to submit a one-minute video upload and headshot profile image to Schulich (though it will not be part of the nomination process).<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The successful nominee will be notified by the school in mid- January.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Note: if selected, there will be time for the nominee to \u201ctidy up\u201d all supporting documents before formal submission by <strong>February 16, 2026<\/strong>. The school needs to submit its nominee to the organization by January 28th.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schulichleaders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2026-poster-English.pdf\">https:\/\/schulichleaders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2026-poster-English.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Criteria Student must be planning to study science, technology, engineering, or mathematics at one of the 20 Canadian partner universities next September and possess two of the following:\u00a0 (i) outstanding community, and\/or entrepreneurial leadership, (ii) academic excellence, and alternatively,(iii) financial need.\u00a0 Not\u00a0 for students planning a career as a medical practitioner or researcher &#8211; this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8663,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,3,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-scholarships\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188"}],"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=188"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-scholarships\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1429,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-scholarships\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188\/revisions\/1429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-scholarships\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-scholarships\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-scholarships\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}