Financial Support
Your journey with Pathways doesn’t end with high school graduation, and neither does the support we offer. Now more than ever, post-secondary study and training is an expensive endeavor, and we offer the following financial supports to help cover the costs of your continued education:
Pathways Scholarships
The Pathways to Education Scholarship Program is provided to eligible alumni to support post-secondary education or training. For every year that you participated in the Pathways Program, you earned funds towards your post-secondary education up to a maximum scholarship of $2,000.
Scholarship funds can be applied to post-secondary expenses, which are defined as fees for provincially regulated college, university, professional school, CÉGEP (Collège d’enseignement général et professionnel), post-secondary preparedness programs, high school upgrading program, apprenticeship, or trade programs.
If eligible, you can access your scholarship through Universities Canada. Scholarship funds can be accessed up until December 31st of the year you turn 23.
To apply for funds or track your scholarship payments, please visit Scholarship Partners Canada at Universities Canada. Please note that Processing time is about 4-6 weeks.
To access the Pathways scholarship, follow the steps below:
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- Set up your student account: https://portal.scholarshippartners.ca
- Enter your email address and click ‘Forgot Password’ to request a new temporary password. You will require the last email your Pathways Program location had in file for you. If you don’t have it, please contact your Program Location to obtain it.
- Enter your email address and select submit.
- Once logged in, you will need to complete consent to share information with Universities Canada, complete your profile and upload proof of enrolment.
- Monitor your inbox and junk mail folder for an email from awards@univcan.ca with a temporary password and instruction on how to reset your password.
- Once your password has been reset, complete your profile to access your application.
- Set up your student account: https://portal.scholarshippartners.ca
If you are having difficulty setting up a Universities Canada online account, you can watch an instructional video at www.vimeo.com/296628004 or scan this QR code.
If you are having trouble creating/logging into the online account after watching the video, you can submit the Online Support Request Form at https://spc.univcan.ca/ or email awards@univcan.ca. In your message, please include the Pathways Program Location you participated in.
The Pathways scholarship was instrumental in helping Taylor overcome financial barriers. In addition to helping cover the cost of tuition, the scholarship allowed Taylor to make the deposit required to secure a room in campus residence. (Taylor, 2014 Pathways Alum, Kingston, Ontario)
“Without the scholarship from Pathways, I would have had to work part-time to pay for my tuition, which means I would only be able to study part-time and would be a few years behind in school.” (Amanda, 2012 Pathways Alum, Verdun, Quebec)
The Pathways scholarship, combined with a part-time job, meant that Adnan was able to graduate with relatively little debt and leap forward into a new life. “It was a massive relief. I knew that I was stepping into a door that was going to lead me to bigger and better things.” (Adnan, 2011 Pathways Alum, Kitchener, Ontario)