1800wheelchair.ca 2021-2022 Scholarship
Our Latest Award Winner...
It is with great pride that 1800wheelchair announces our nineteeth scholarship awardee - Melanie Oakes of Lakeland University. We again received a great response, with hundreds of students submitting essays.
Please check out her personal statement, poem and art work here. Everyone at 1800wheelchair.ca wishes the best of luck to our latest winner.
New Scholarship Award
We would also like to take this opportunity to announce our next scholarship. Established in 2009, the 1800wheelchair scholarship fund now bestows one or two $500 awards each year. In the past, we've asked applicants to explore mobility issues on campus, overcoming personal challenges, and much more. To enter the scholarship students must follow the guidelines below:
- Enrolled at an accredited high school, college, or university in Canada
- Enrolled at the undergraduate level or your final year of high school
- Aged sixteen (16) years or older
- Carry a status of "good standing" (i.e. currently enrolled)
- Maintain a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0 (or equivalent)
- Postmarked by May 31, 2022
- There is no formal printed application from 1800wheelchair, all necessary information is on this page
- There are no requirements in terms of physical disability or ability. All applications are welcome
- We do not accept fax or email applications
- Please send your application via traditional mail; express mail will not be accepted
- No need to print this page; just send your written response and contact information
- Do not send any CD ROMs, letters of recommendation, tax returns, bank balances, resumes or CVs
- Please keep a digital copy in Word or Google Docs. We'll need a copy to put up on our site.
Scholarship Topic
For our next scholarship, we are going to repeat our visual contest. Please submit a 'visual poem', in a style of your
choosing, on the theme of overcoming a personal challenge. Limit
your 'visual poem' to an 8.5in x 11in piece of paper. You can
choose to represent words, images, or both. It can abstract or
representational. Please include a personal statement that gives us
an idea of who you are and how your poem relates to a challenge
you've faced. The poem and essay (combined) should be between 500
and 1,000 words, but feel free to write a little more or less.
Note: We will not be able to return any submissions.
1800wheelchair Canada Scholarship
8171 Yonge St
Suite 274
Thornhill Ontario, L3T 2C6
Your application should include:
- Typed copy of your submission (make sure to save a digital copy, so we can publish it, in the event that we decide to publish it.)
- First & last name, email address & phone number printed at the top or back of each page
- Statement or transcript of your Grade Point Average (GPA) - unofficial transcripts accepted
- Students submitting their work should follow us on Instagram and/or Facebook @1800wheelchair
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| View Spring 2017 Scholarship Award Winner  Melanie Oakes Lakehead University |
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| View Fall 2016 Scholarship Award Winner  RuiLin Guo Western University |
| View Winter 2015 Scholarship Award Winner  Jaymes Bowman Emily Carr University of Art + Design |
| View Winter 2014 Scholarship Award Winner  Ke Fan Bei University of Toronto for Life Sciences |
| View Spring 2013 Scholarship Award Winner  Emily Mitchell Lakehead University |
| View Winter 2012 Scholarship Award Winner 
Paige O'Neil McMaster University |
| View Winter 2011 Scholarship Award Winner  Ryan Gibson University of British Columbia |
| View Spring 2011 Scholarship Award Winner  Melody Thomas University of Toronto |
| View Winter 2010 Scholarship Award Winner  Borris Spassov William Lyon Mackenzie C.I. |