Africville Heritage Trust (AHT) Society Scholarship Program 2025 for Canadians – YOA

Deadline: June 30, 2025

Applications are open for the Africville Heritage Trust (AHT) Society Scholarship Program 2025. The AHT, along with Waterbury Newton Law Firm have established a scholarship program to offer monetary help to former residents and descendants of former Africville residents who pursue submit secondary training, in addition to to college students who display an effort to additional the aim of the Society by way of group advocacy, analysis, publications and coaching.

The scholarship is feasible by way of a donation of $100,000 in seed cash from the regulation agency, Waterbury Newton. The fund is a portion of authorized charges obtained within the settling of an motion towards the previous City of Halifax.

Scholarship

• The fund will present as much as 5 (5) particular person scholarships totaling $5,000 yearly to college students in any subject of submit-secondary study at an accredited Canadian submit-secondary establishment.

Eligibility

To be thought of for the Scholarship Program, the applicant should be:

• A Canadian citizen;
• A former Africville resident or a descendant of a former Africville resident. The Scholarship Committee might also think about functions from candidates who don’t meet this requirement, however have by way of their academic pursuits, demonstrated an effort to additional the aim of the AHT (to maintain alive the reminiscence and spirit of the group of Africville by way of interpretation, training and dialogue), by way of group advocacy initiatives, analysis, publications, and coaching;
• A graduating highschool pupil or mature pupil getting into a Canadian accredited submit secondary establishment, or a pupil at present attending a Canadian accredited submit secondary establishment, offered the coed is returning to highschool the next yr; and
• Is not an worker (except the worker is a pupil finishing a summer season time period, work time period, internship, or comparable time period place), or a board member of the AHT, or a right away member of the family of a member of the Scholarship Committee.

Evaluation Criteria

Applicants can even be evaluated on the next extra standards:

• participation in additional-curricular faculty and group actions;
• honours or awards obtained or different group recognition;
• work expertise;
• objectives and aspirations;
• tutorial achievement;
• distinctive private or household circumstances, equivalent to monetary want; and
• References.

Application

Applications or questions concerning the Scholarship Program ought to be directed to:

Africville Heritage Trust Society
c/o Scholarship Selection Committee
5795 Africville Road
PO Box 46053, RPO Novalea
Halifax, NS B3K 5V8
Tel: (902) 455-6558
Email: [email protected]

Click here to download the application form

For extra info, go to AHT Scholarship.