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.
This annual scholarship contest aims to raise health and safety awareness among graduating Ontario high school students who are headed for post-secondary education—a segment of the workforce who face excessive and significant occupational hazards leading to work-related injuries and deaths.
The top applicant will be awarded the Clifford Pilkey, WHSC Founder Memorial Scholarship and receive $6,000. The second place applicant will be awarded the Fred Upshaw, Champion for Social Justice Memorial Scholarship and receive $4,000. Up to five additional successful applicants will receive $2,000 each.
How to Apply
- Eligibility
- Application
- Judging
- Terms
Any full-time high school student residing in Ontario and beginning, in fall 2025, their first year in full-time or parttime studies leading to a diploma, certificate or degree from any publicly funded Ontario college or university. (Applications from students having graduated prior to summer 2024 will not be accepted.)
Immediate family members of a WHSC employee are not eligible. Immediate family member includes child, stepchild, niece, nephew, grandchild and sibling.
Each applicant must write an essay addressing the topic outlined on the application website.
Each applicant must also submit a completed application form, a description of co-curricular activities, and a letter of recommendation from a teacher, school administrator or representative of a recognized community organization.
Students who best demonstrate an understanding in their essay submissions, along with consideration of school and community activism, will be awarded much-needed funds for post-secondary education.