Scholarships & Bursaries

All connected with the Workers Health & Safety Centre are committed to education - education in the workplace and beyond. To this end the WHSC has long offered student scholarships for post secondary education. Funds for these scholarships are raised from the annual  Cliff Pilkey/WHSC Invitational Golf Tournament in honour of our president emeritus.

Thanks to the tournament's success and ongoing support of member organizations and community partners, the WHSC was able to expand its scholarship program to include the following:

• Student scholarships for full-time or part-time, post secondary students;
• Student bursaries for students in post secondary, labour studies programs.

Post Secondary Scholarships
Each year the WHSC sponsors a competition aimed at raising occupational health and safety awareness among students and other young workers. Scholarships are awarded to the winners.

The WHSC 2010 Scholarship application process is now closed.

Successful candidates will be contacted by August 27, 2010.

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Wally Majesky Labour Studies Bursaries
In honour of the late Wally Majesky, the WHSC is proud to offer annually a total of $4,000 in bursaries, jointly sponsored by our organization, the Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council of Ontario, the Toronto Central Ontario Building and Construction Trades Council and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 353.

These bursaries are available at, and administered by, the following publicly-funded Ontario colleges and universities:

• Brock University;
• Laurentian University;
• Mohawk College;
• McMaster University; and
• University of Windsor.

The university bursaries are offered based on the following criteria:

• Full-time or part-time student in a post-secondary, labour studies undergraduate degree program;
• Have completed one full year of study;
• Attained a minimum B average in their studies;
• Demonstrated financial need;
• Preference will be given to students who have demonstrated leadership in the social justice movement.

The college bursaries are offered based on the following criteria:

• Have successfully completed at least one course leading to a labour studies certificate;
• Demonstrated financial need;
• Preference will be given to students who have demonstrated leadership in the social justice movement.

For details contact each institution directly.