Project Hero Scholarship Program

Project Hero is a new scholarship program providing financial aid for children of Canadian Forces personnel who have lost their lives while serving in an active mission.

Project Hero aims to reach as many post-secondary institutions as possible. Several colleges and institutes have made a commitment to participate and ACCC has agreed to provide all members with the following information about the scholarship program.

Eligible recipients must be:

• a dependant of a member of the Canadian Forces who lost his/her life as a result of being deployed on an international operation
• under the age of 26
• accepted as a regular student in a publicly-funded post-secondary institution

The program is to be defined by participating institutions, which are requested to:

• establish terms and conditions for the scholarship including value, duration, and application process
• publish the terms and conditions in a manner that is consistent with other institutional scholarship, bursary and award programs
• permit a link from the ACCC website to the scholarship information on the institution’s website

The eligibility for scholarship support associated with the deceased Canadian Forces member dependant child relationship is to be confirmed through the Children of Deceased Veterans - Education Assistance Act verification process. Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) administers this process and will provide the written confirmation for children of deceased veterans to be used to verify Project Hero eligibility. Applicants are to call VAC at 1-866-522-2122 in order to receive the required confirmation, as well as information concerning additional support services for the children of deceased veterans.

For further information, contact Bob Thompson.

The following ACCC member institutions have committed to providing Project Hero scholarships:

Algonquin College, Ottawa, ON
Assiniboine Community College, Brandon, MB
Bow Valley College, Calgary, AB
Camosun College, Victoria, BC
Capilano University, North Vancouver, BC
Centennial College, Scarborough, ON
College of the North Atlantic, Stephenville, NL
Confederation College of Applied Arts and Technology, Thunder Bay, ON
Douglas College, New Westminster, BC
Durham College, Oshawa, ON
Fanshawe College, London, ON
Fleming College, Peterborough, ON
George Brown College, Toronto, ON
Georgian College of Applied Arts and Technology, Barrie, ON
Grant MacEwan University, Edmonton, AB
Holland College, Charlottetown, PE
Humber College, Toronto, ON
Justice Institute of British Columbia, New Westminster, BC
Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey, BC
La Cité collégiale, Ottawa, ON
Lakeland College, Vermillion, AB
Lambton College, Sarnia, ON
Langara College, Vancouver, BC
Loyalist College of Applied Arts and Technology, Belleville, ON
Mohawk College, Hamilton, ON
Niagara College, Welland, ON
Northern College, Timmins, ON
Northwest Community College, Prince Rupert, BC
Nova Scotia Community College, Halifax, NS
Okanagan College, Kelowna, BC
Portage College, Lac La Biche, AB
Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Saskatoon, SK
Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology, Toronto, ON
Sheridan College, Oakville, ON
Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, BC

The following institutions also participate in Project Hero:

Brandon University, Brandon, MB
Brock University, St Catherines, ON
Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
Concordia University, Montreal, QC
Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
École Polytechnique de Montréal, Montréal, QC
Huntington University, Sudbury, ON
Huron University College, London ON
King’s University College, London, ON
Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON
Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON
McGill University, Montreal, QC
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
Memorial University, St. John’s, NL
Meritus University, Fredericton, NB
Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB
Nipissing University, North Bay, ON
Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC
Thorneloe University, Sudbury, ON
University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
University of Regina, Regina, SK
University of Sudbury, Sudbury, ON
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
University of Western Ontario, London, ON
Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON
University of Windsor, Windsor, ON
York University, Toronto, ON