Scholarship Value: $1,500
Awards Available: 22
Award Deadline:
Jun 30, 2025
We have the education of Steelworkers families at heart!
Every year, the United Steelworkers union awards 22 scholarships of $1,500 each to qualified students across Canada, as follows:
- District 3: 5 scholarships (Western Provinces, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut)
- District 5: 6 scholarships (Quebec)
- District 6: 2 scholarships (Atlantic Provinces)
- District 6: 6 scholarships (Ontario)
- National Locals: 3 scholarships (Local Unions 1944, 1976 and 2004)
These scholarships are intended to support Steelworkers members who spend many years saving so that they or their children can pursue post-secondary education.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants must:
- be a member of the United Steelworkers, or the child of a member in good standing (children include biological or birth children, children by adoption and children by other, equivalent relationship),
- be 25 years of age or younger, and
- be enrolled in post-secondary education in 2025.
Applicants may be entering any year of study and may be returning to their studies after a break. USW Post-Secondary Scholarships cannot be awarded to the same applicant more than twice.
To apply
- Complete the application form (download or fill out online).
- Submit either an original 3-minute video or an original 250-word written statement, in either French or English, on one of the following topics. (Your application will be disqualified if you plagiarize or use AI-generated content.) Videos should be posted on YouTube and the video URL included in the application form. Written statements should be in Word or PDF format and uploaded to the online application form, sent as an email attachment or printed and mailed. Topics are:
- How has your life been impacted by you and/or your family member being in a union?
- In your community, what have you seen the USW do to address problems that affect everyone, not only Steelworkers?
- Describe a paid job you have had. How did the union make work safer and fairer for all? Or, if there was no union, what could it have done?
- Talk to a family member who is unionized. What are two things they appreciate about their union?
- The application form and video or written statement must be received by end of day June 30, 2025.
Choosing winning applications
- Scholarships will be awarded based on the quality of the ideas discussed in the video or written statement, as determined by an unbiased reviewer.
- Winning applicants will be asked to provide proof of enrolment in an institution of higher education before an award cheque is issued.
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Scholarship Value: $1,500
Awards Available: 22
Award Deadline: Jun 30, 2025