Winnipeg Transportation Club Scholarship

Over 28,000 Manitobans are employed in the trucking industry throughout the province in careers such as: drivers, dockworkers, dispatchers, sales people, accountants, mechanics, office personnel and plenty others. They all contribute to a strong, efficient motor transportation industry that brings us the goods and services we all use on a daily basis.

Post-secondary training and education is the keystone of our communities and of the trucking industry. The Winnipeg Transportation Club Scholarship was established by the Winnipeg Transportation Club in 2008, to promote professional growth within Manitoba's truck transportation industry.

The Winnipeg Transportation Club Scholarship is an award of $500 to assist in the costs of pursuing post-secondary training or education. If you are an employee/dependent of an employee of a member company of the Manitoba Trucking Association, you are eligible to apply for this Scholarship.

The Scholarship will provide financial assistance for students pursuing post-secondary education or training, whether through university, college, apprenticeship, private vocational institute, distance learning or continuing education. Students may be starting a program or already enrolled in and planning on continuing a course of studies. The selection criteria are academic achievement, extra-curricular activities and community involvement.

ELIGIBILITY

Applicants must:

A) Reside in the Province of Manitoba be pursuing post-secondary training or education that is relevant to the transportation industry

B) Be an employee or dependent of an employee of a member company of the Manitoba Trucking Association

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Complete the application form in full and submit with evidence of academic performance. Please note: transcript must provide a mark rather than a letter grade.