KPMG Accounting Scholarship for Students from Black, Indigenous and Racialized Communities

Award created thanks to the generosity of KPMG LLP

Award Overview

Value of the award:
$1,000
Number of awards:
2
Award frequency:
Annual
Level or program of study:
Undergraduate
Application Type:
Online Scholarship and Bursaries portal, accessible via uoZone.
Application Deadline:
November 3
Renewable:
No

Purpose of this Award

To award scholarships to students who are part of a Black, Indigenous and/or racialized community, who are enrolled in second year of the BCom in Accounting program and have demonstrated academic excellence.

Eligibility Criteria

The candidate must:

  1. be a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident, a person with protected or refugee status, or an international student
  2. be enrolled full-time in second year of the BCom in Accounting program at the Telfer School of Management of the University of Ottawa
  3. demonstrate academic excellence
  4. self-identify as a racialized person (member of a visible minority), that is, a non-Indigenous, non-white person, regardless of place of birth or citizenship
OR

provide documented proof of Indigenous identity, in accordance with the requirements of the University of Ottawa Eligibility for Focused Admissions, Scholarships, and Bursaries for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis People administrative procedure

How to Apply

Submitted in the Online Scholarship and Bursaries portal, accessible via uoZone, and must include:

  1. documented proof of Indigenous identity, in accordance with the requirements of the University of Ottawa Eligibility for Focused Admissions, Scholarships, and Bursaries for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis People administrative procedure (if applicable)
OR

self-identification from the applicant who identifies as a member of a racialized community as per the Ontario Human Rights Commission policy and guidelines on racism and racial discrimination section 2.1 (“‘Race’ — A social construct”) (if applicable)