Calgary

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

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SMART Scholarships

Deadline: Dec 06, 2024
$38,000
The Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship-for-Service Program, funded by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), is a unique education and workforce development opportunity for aspiring leaders in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The SMART Scholarship Program offers two scholarship opportunities, the SMART Scholarship and the Ronald V. Dellums Memorial SMART Scholarship (Dellums SMART Scholarship).The SMART Scholarship...

$18,000
The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant is one of the most prestigious grants available to emerging figurative artists, as well as one of the most substantial. It is one of the longest-standing, with an illustrious history of recipients spanning more than half a century. It is also unique in its scope, in that it is available to students and artists around...

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...

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Alternative High School Banbury Crossroads School Bearspaw Christian School & College Bethel Christian Academy Bishop Carroll High School Bishop Grandin High School Bishop McNally High School Bishop O'Byrne High School Bowness High School Calgary Academy Calgary Academy Collegiate Calgary Chinese Alliance School Calgary Chinese Private School Calgary Chinese School Calgary Christian High School Centennial High School Central Memorial High School Chestermere High School Chinook Winds Adventist Academy Clear Water Academy Columbia College Community Connections School Crescent Heights High School Crescent Heights High School Delta West Academy Discovering Choices Dr. E. P. Scarlett High School Eastside Christian Academy Ecole de la Rose Sauvage Edge School for Athletes Emily Follensbee School Ernest Manning High School Father Lacombe School Foothills Academy Forest Lawn High School Greek Community School Henry Wise Wood High School Heritage Christian Academy International School of Excellence Jack James High School James Fowler High School John G Diefenbaker High School Juno Beach Academy Language School-German Canadian Club Lester B. Pearson Senior High School Lord Beaverbrook High School Lord Shaughnessy High School Master's Academy Master's Academy Mountain View Academy National Sport School Notre Dame High School Prince of Peace Lutheran School Project Trust Queen Elizabeth Junior Senior High School Rundle College Academy Rundle College Senior High School Sainte Marguerite Bourgeoys Sir William Van Horne High School Sir Winston Churchill High School Springbank Community High School St. Anne Senior High School St. Anthony School St. Francis High School St. Mary's Catholic School St. Mary's High School The Chinese Academy The Skill Factory The Third Academy Trinity Christian School Truth Academy Webber Academy West Island College West View Secondary Western Canada Senior High School William Aberhart High School William Roper Hull School Wood's School Young Adult Program

Calgary is the biggest city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located within the south of the province, around eighty km east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies. Calgary is considered a metropolitan city which continues to retain its conventional culture of hockey, football, night clubs, bars, and hotel saloons. It has likewise been referred to as "Nashville of the North" due to its passion for country music. Calgary city is even home to a diverse scene of musical genres, like electronic, hip-hop, jazz, blues, punk, indie, rock, pop, metal and folk music. Due to its ethnically diverse communities, one could expect multicultural assets around the region. It may come to no surprise that the city has one of the largest "Little Italy" and Chinatown within the country these days. Its most diverse area within the city is 17 Avenue SE and Forest Lawn , otherwise called International Avenue.

There are several events and major festivals within Calgary city including the Calgary International Film Festival (film festival held yearly in Calgary, Alberta, Canada for ten days during late September and early October), FunnyFest Calgary Comedy Festival, Greek Festival (attendees can sample Greek cuisine, music, and dance, typically performed in conventional dress), Wordfest Banff-Calgary International Writers Festival, the Calgary Fringe Festival (theatre performances, street performances, film festivals, visual arts display, and some live music), Expo Latino (annual festival, typically held towards the end of August in celebration of the Latino culture), Calgary Folk Music Festival, Summerstock (high school and young post-secondary students from all over Canada perform a play in Olympic Plaza), and Calgary Gay Pride.

The city of Calgary has a lot of great parks for its visitors and residents to enjoy. The parks in the downtown area comprise: Central Memorial Park, Beaulieu Gardens, Eau Claire, Century gardens and Connaught Park. The parks located in the southwest comprise: 12 Mile Coulee, Baker Park, Bowness Park and Bowmont Park; Parks within southwest consist of: Battalion Park, Clearwater Park, Edworthy park and Douglas Fir Trail; Southeast parks consist of: Carburn Park, Beaverdam Flats, Elliston Park and Centenary Park; Parks within northeast include: laycock park, Big Marlborough Park and Bottomlands Park.

Gas and oil are the biggest contributors to Calgary's GDP, as the city is home to large oil companies, including BP, EnCana, Suncor Energy, Imperial Oil, Shell Canada, and TransCanada. Different big businesses situated within Calgary are Shaw Communications, NOVA Chemicals, Nexen, Telus, Shell Canada, Dow Chemical Canada and CNRL.