The Community Education Awards Hub is the one-stop, free, online source for students to access numerous community scholarships, bursaries and awards. Each organization has customized their award application with specific requirements – many do not focus on high academic achievement while others require very specific areas of study. Award values range from $750 – $20,000.
2025 Highlights
Some of the awards offered in 2025 include:
- The Kick Start Your Education Fund is a one-time scholarship awarded to a single student annually, in the amount of $1,000. The award recognizes those who demonstrate involvement, integrity, improvement and inclusion and is open to graduating Oakville high school students.
- The Kopriva-Robinson Family Foundation Award is a one-time award for a single student annually, worth $5,000. This award will be given to a graduating Oakville high school student who demonstrates non-academic excellence, including involvement, integrity, improvement and inclusion, at school, through extracurricular activities and in the community.
- The Oakville Youth Education Award was created in 2024 to celebrate The Foundation’s 30th Anniversary. Thanks to a generous match from Board Chair Mike Miller, another 20 students will be awarded a one-time scholarship worth $2,000 to recognize those who demonstrate non-academic achievements. This award is open to all graduating Oakville high school students pursuing post-secondary education.
- The Christopher Lockwood Memorial Bursary is a $2,500 award given to four graduating students from St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School, White Oaks Secondary School, Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary School and Thomas A. Blakelock High School in Oakville. Please note, students with a financial barrier to post-secondary education and who have a history of community service will be chosen by guidance counselors at each school.
Learn more about the available awards:
Oakville Youth Education Award
Miller Family Foundation Bursary
Kick Start Your Education Award
Kopriva-Robinson Family Foundation Award
Pehar Family Mental Health Scholarship
Oakville Dads Scholarship
The Christopher Lockwood Memorial Bursary
Mike Onishi Scholarship
George Winnett Scholarship
May Court Club Scholarship – High School Students
May Court Club – Renewable Educational Award
John Sawyer Academic Award
Angela Bruce Chapter Bursary
Henderson Partners Scholarship
Oakville Rotary Education Award
The Jen Brown Memorial Scholarship
Don MacDonald Optimist Bursary Award
Virox Science and Innovation Award
The Wendy Ernst Journey to Success Award
Sunshine Building Maintenance Environmental Stewardship
The Stuart Miller Bright Future Award
Lily Grace Foundation Scholarship
The Retired Teachers of Ontario (District 15) Academic Spirit Award
The Neil J. Guiry Construction Scholarship
Muslim Scholarship
The Kevin Caughlin Technological Education Scholarship
John Horner Halton Social Sciences Scholarship
The Dr. Margaret Ackerman STEM Scholarship
Lesley Wiens Memorial Scholarship
The Colin M. Bain Halton Social Science Scholarship
Burlington Professional Firefighters Association Community Scholarship
The Ana Cesak Scholarship for Hospitality
The Paula Liu Family Scholarship
Vidur Chowdhury Memorial Scholarship
William G. Davis Scholarship
Access Scholarship
CFUW Oakville Award
Lilian Fulford Scholarship
The Ruth Schatz Memorial Scholarship
The Miriam White Memorial Scholarship
Richard Garnett Memorial Scholarship – Academic Excellence
Richard Garnett Memorial Scholarship – Financial Need
Jean Malcolm Smith Award
The Mildred G. Allworth Award
Halton Region Chinese Canadian Association Scholarship
The Honourable Dr. G. Raymond Chang Volunteerism Scholarships
Onyx Initiative Community Building Scholarship
Onyx Initiative Building Bridges Scholarships
If you have application/award specific questions, please refer to that organization’s website or email them for further information.
For organizations that would like to use the Community Education Awards Hub to collect student awards applications, please contact The Foundation at education@theocf.org for further details. The platform is free to use for qualified organizations who meet certain requirements.
