OPSEU/SEFPO Scholarship Program

Apply now for OPSEU/SEFPO’s annual scholarships for the 2024/25 academic year. OPSEU/SEFPO offers 30 annual scholarship opportunities.

• The Curt Bishop Scholarship is open to dependents of OPSEU/SEFPO members in good standing who are studying at a publicly-funded, publicly-run post-secondary institution in Ontario for the 2024-2025 school year.
• The Fred Upshaw Scholarship will be awarded to a dependent of a racialized OPSEU/SEFPO member in good standing who is pursuing studies in labour relations and/or social justice and human rights and is studying at a publicly-funded, publicly-run post-secondary institution in Ontario for the 2024-2025 school year.
• Up to seven Hospital Professionals Division (HPD) Scholarships are offered each year – one per OPSEU/SEFPO Region – to students who are entering professions within the HPD. Applicants must be members in good standing or their dependents, and be confirmed as enrolled in a Hospital Professionals program at a publicly funded, recognized Canadian university or college for the 2024-2025 school year.
• The Karen Millar Memorial Scholarship is open to dependents of OPSEU/SEFPO members in good standing who are enrolled in a Social Services program at a Canadian college or university in the 2024-2025 school year.
• The Amy Stiles Scholarship is open to the dependents of any contract faculty who is an OPSEU/SEFPO member in good standing, and who is confirmed as having worked on a contract at one of Ontario’s public colleges within the six months prior to the application deadline.
• The Larry Cripps Scholarship is open to dependents of OPSEU/SEFPO members in good standing who are confirmed as enrolled in either a Police Foundations Course or a Law and Security/Corrections course at a publicly-funded, Canadian university or college in the 2024-2025 school year.
• OPSEU/SEFPO offers ten Global Solidarity Scholarships annually to support our goals of social justice and global solidarity. These scholarships are open to dependents of OPSEU/SEFPO members in good standing who are studying at a publicly funded, recognized Canadian university or college in the 2024-2025 school year.
• The Carol McGregor Scholarship is open to dependents of OPSEU/SEFPO members in good standing who have a visible or invisible disability and are pursuing post-secondary education at a publicly-funded university, community college, or trades program in Ontario.