Kamloops

There are many scholarships for Kamloops students. If you are searching for scholarships for a particular high school located in Kamloops, please select the appropriate school from the list below. The scholarship database contains scholarships for Kamloops students in the following categories:

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Scholarships

Rubincam Youth Award

Deadline: Dec 15, 2024
$500
The Rubincam Youth Writing Competition was established in 1986 to honor Milton Rubincam, CG, FASG, FNGS, for his many years of service to the National Genealogical Society and to the field of genealogy. These awards encourage and recognize our youth as the next generation of family historians.The awards may be given annually to a student in either the junior category...

Burger King Scholars Program

Deadline: Dec 16, 2024
$60,000
Through the BK℠ Scholars program, we’ve awarded nearly $60 million to over 51,000 deserving students across North America. Our goal is to grant one scholarship for every BK® restaurant — that’s more than $7 million each year!Education is a key part of success, and we focus on bringing that to students in North America through our BK Scholars Program. The...

The Dalton Camp Award

Deadline: Jan 06, 2025
$10,000
The Dalton Camp Award is a $10,000 prize for the best essay on the link between media and democracy, presented annually by Friends of Canadian Media. We launched the award in 2002 to honour the memory of Dalton Camp, a distinguished commentator on Canadian public affairs. Eligible essays written in English up to 2,000 words in length are judged anonymously...

$20,000
For more than 40 years, the SME Education Foundation has been a leader in supporting the next generation of manufacturing and engineering talent. Our scholarship program awards millions of dollars to hundreds of graduating high school seniors and current college students pursuing an associate or bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, engineering or related discipline.With more than 60 distinct scholarship programs, the...

CIBC National Scholarship

Deadline: Feb 14, 2025
$25,000
Payments beyond Year One are dependent on the student maintaining an overall academic average of 80% or greater and continued enrolment in an approved program. The typical candidate will have a distinguished academic standing, especially in mathematics, as well as a record of accomplishments in mathematics and/or computer science contests throughout high school. Candidates will also be expected to demonstrate...

$5,000
Aspiring information security professionals have the opportunity to ease some of their educational financial burden with the ISC2 Information Security Undergraduate Scholarship, offering undergraduate students studying information security up to US$5,000 per recipient.AWARDSUp to 20 scholarships will be awarded. Each scholarship award will be between $1,000 – $5,000If awarded: the funds will be sent to the school with instructions that...

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The beginning of Kamloops date back to the Secwepemc (Shuswap) nation of the Interior Salish language group, who were actually the very first people of the place. The first explorers from Europe came during 1811, when David Stuart was sent from Fort Astoria. The term "Kamloops" is the anglicized version of the Shuswap word, "Tk'emlups," which translates to "meeting of the waters." One more possible origin of the name comes from the French "Camp des loups" that translates to 'Camp of Wolves', likely spoken by fur traders.

For the several Kamloops residents, the BC Festival of the Arts Legacy Fund helps to assist the numerous areas of interdisciplinary arts, visual, media, literary, and performing arts in their competition, development, and presentation. This is done to develop an atmosphere for the cultural growth of underprivileged children between the ages of 5 to 18 years. Community Art Grants are funds given to aid non-profit organizations with projects which are related to arts and arts awareness promotions within the city. The Chamber Musicians of Kamloops are a network of supporters of chamber music and chamber musicians in British Columbia (Kamloops). The Kamloops Arts Council supports artists, particularly the talented ones. It coordinates the following activities: Art in the Park, Children's Art Festival, North Shore Artwalk, Downtown Artwalk, Lumiere Parade, Main Gallery, Extension Gallery, Wilson House Gallery, The Body Beautiful: Art Redefined, and Author's Showcase. It even provides: Kamloops Arts Council Main Gallery, The Wilson House Gallery or The Extension Gallery for exhibitions by local artists, Arts Council Grants for art groups and individuals, and High School Scholarships (Julia Appley Mitra Youth Scholarship). The Western Canada Theatre was incorporated in the year 1975, and assists in the development of performers through depending on artists of all disciplines from outside the Kamloops community. It produces a two play second stage series, a professional five play main stage season, and hosts one to two other pieces all through the season as well.

With a $37 million investment of the area, the Tournament Capital of Canada helped to build the premiere centre for international or national competitions, tournaments, and various first class facilities. Additionally, there is a skatepark which is literally a concrete paradise over 2,000 square meters of area. Four foot quarterpipes are in the upper decks so as to help increase the flow and speed of the skater, and various obstacles within the park will make the activity much more challenging than ever. The Kamloops Bike Riders Association, the City of Kamloops' Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department has already finished the initial stage of the Kamloops Bike Park, that is named: "The Kamloops Bike Ranch." The ranch is twenty six hectares, and is located between Valleyview and Juniper Ridge. What's more, the city of Kamloops has a dog sharing park. This particular place is also shared by cyclists, families, walkers, skiers, bird watchers, and joggers. Water parks even abound in the area. Anybody could choose from the McDonald Park, Albert McGowan Park, Prince Charles Park, or the Riverside Park.

Kamloops is North Thompson region's economic center. The residents here are able to take full benefit of living large and paying less. To assist entrepreneurs start or expand their businesses, Venture Kamloops helps a lot of residents. Construction within the city of Kamloops has hit its peak over the past ten years, with several of its current residential projects amounting to more than $2 billion.