External Awards | Awards, Scholarships and Bursaries | Seneca Students

This page lists the awards and scholarships offered to Seneca students by outside organizations. These organizations are not affiliated with Seneca, and we do not endorse any of these awards. We recommend that you do your due diligence before applying for these awards or giving information to a third party.

2025 WETOGETHER SCHOLARSHIP

Value: $1500
Deadline: October 5, 2025

The goal of WeTogether Scholarship program is for post-secondary students who are enrolled in Canadian Universities or Colleges, and to assist the next generation of Jane and Finch area community leaders with financial support during their academic year. It is available for all post-secondary students who meet our program eligibilities regardless of race or religions. The program supports 7-9 students annually with $1,500 per student.

For more information click here.

Smart Serve $2,000 Scholarships

Value: $2000
Deadline: Extended to July 31, 2025

Smart Serve, with the help of yconic and Student Life Network, have fifty $2,000 scholarships to award to students headed from an Ontario high school to an Ontario college or university Hospitality & Tourism, Culinary, or Food and Beverage program.

Scholarships will be awarded on a rolling basis throughout July of 2025 and if awarded to you will be paid directly to your college or university.

Any student who graduated from an Ontario high school in 2025 and is entering a hospitality, tourism, or culinary program at an Ontario college or university this year is eligible.

For more information click here.

S.M.A.R.T. Scholarship for Studying Single Moms

Value: $1500B
Deadline: September 1, 2025

Single Women in Motherhood’s unique scholarship program provides financial assistance to Canadian single mothers wishing to further their education in a post-secondary academic program. Each year, four single mothers are awarded the Strong Mothers Achieving Remarkable Triumph (S.M.A.R.T.) Scholarship, and are provided with the opportunity to better their own and their child/children’s lives. Recipients are celebrated during our annual London’s Got Talent fundraiser

For more information click here

WTS Toronto Indigenous Scholarship

Deadline: applications are accepted year-round

Eligibility:

• Is registered full-time at a post-secondary institution in the Toronto and Greater Hamilton Area and the Kitchener/Waterloo/Guelph area.  See full list of eligible institutions below.
• Is pursuing a degree which will lead to a career focused on transportation, such as: architecture, engineering (all disciplines), mathematics, geography, political science, policy, economics, finance, planning, environmental science, communications, and more. (programs not listed may qualify if the student can provide an explanation of how their studies will lead to a career in transportation).
• Has a demonstrable interest in promoting the advancement of gender diversity within the transportation industry.
• Demonstrates strong academic performance
• Past WTS Toronto Area Chapter Scholarship award recipients are not eligible for subsequent awards.
• In addition to the above requirements for regular scholarships, proof of ancestry for postsecondary school students who identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit). Indigenous Scholarships are open nationally to any full-time student registered in a Canadian post-secondary institution.

For more information please see their website

Orvil L. Davie Memorial Fund

Value: $1000
Deadline: March 15 and November 30

The purpose of the fund is to assist students in completing their education for a career in the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigerating industry (HVACR) and to assist in maintaining a higher caliber of HVACR industry personnel. The fund provides bursaries to persons who require financial assistance in completing training in an accepted course directly related to the HVACR industry. Applicants for the bursaries may come from the community or vocational college systems, or through industry sources such as the provincial apprenticeship programs.

For more information, please contact HRAI 800-267-2231 ext 237

EnergyRates.Ca College Scholarship 2026

Value: $500
Deadline: January 31, 2026

The energy industry has always lived with one foot in the present and the other in the future. With many major projects—power plants, dams, pipelines—having development times measured in decades, success depends upon anticipating the needs of companies and countries in the years ahead.

We look forward to seeing what the next great minds bring to this ever-transforming industry, and want to do our part in assisting those great minds achieve their goals and dreams. This is why Energy Rates is offering a $500 scholarship to any student enrolled in an American or Canadian post-secondary educational institution. Whether you need to pay for your classes or textbooks, or just to put food on the table this semester, it’s yours to do with as you please. All you have to do to be considered for the scholarship is write an essay, no more than 500 words in length, telling us where you see the future of the energy industry. For more information visit this link.