Brian Fudge Memorial Scholarship

Scholarship Value: $2,500

Awards Available: 1

Award Deadline: Register to View


General eligibility requirements

To apply for a scholarship you must meet all of the following requirements:

  1. You must be a child or grandchild (including a foster child or foster grandchild) or a legal ward of a current or retired member of a NUPGE Component or a Component’s affiliate.
  2. You must be planning to enter the 1st year of a public, post-secondary education institution, full-time or part-time, in the coming year.
  3. The university or college that you are planning on attending must be located in Canada.
  4. You must write and submit an original 750- to 1,000-word essay on this year’s essay topic for your scholarship.
  5. You must use the online application form to submit your essay.
  6. The contest results will be publicized on the social media and websites of NUPGE, its Components, and Component’s affiliates. So, you must agree to the publicity conditions.

Most NUPGE scholarships have additional requirements. See details on each scholarship online.

Please note, the Young Workers Scholarship is also open to members of NUPGE Components or a Component’s affiliates. Applicants for this scholarship do not have to be first year, but must be under the age of 35.

Each scholarship winner will be determined based on a 750-to-1,000-word essay on this year’s topics. Marks are allocated for content, presentation and adherence to the topic.

Brian Fudge, the son of Derek Fudge and Jill Broadbent, and the brother of Steve, graduated from John McRae Secondary School in Ottawa in June 2001 and from the Police Foundations program at Humber College in Toronto in May 2004. On January 2, 2005, Brian passed away after just having celebrated his 22nd birthday.

This scholarship honours Brian’s memory and assists those studying one or more of the following: policing, criminal justice, community services, or health care.

You may apply for this scholarship if:

  • you meet the General Eligibility Requirements listed above and
  • are entering a field of study in policing, criminal justice, community services, or health care (see online examples).

Applicants are required to identify their field of study on the application form.

Examples of applicable programs are:

  • Personal Support Worker
  • Youth Worker
  • Social Worker
  • Nursing
  • Pre-med
  • Correctional Officer
  • Bio-medical Engineering
  • Biochemistry
  • Criminology
  • Sociology
  • Nutrition Sciences
  • Blood Work Technician
  • X-ray Technician

The winner will be determined based on a 750-to-1,000-word essay on this year’s topic. The 2025 essay for this scholarship is:

  • The importance of your field of study in either policing, criminal justice, community services, or health care in delivering public services to Canadians.
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