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L. P. Ings Scholarship Application

The purpose of this scholarship is to assist a person who is blind or who has a vision impairment with costs associated with their education. These costs may include, but are not limited to: tuition, tutoring, text books, adaptive devices or software.

Criteria

Academic Standing

  • Extracurricular activities such as music, sports, etc.
  • Service to the community through volunteerism, employment, tutoring, mentoring, etc.

Qualifications

  • Applicant’s vision level must meet the requirements for legal blindness. i.e.: visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye after correction, or a visual field of less than 20 degrees.
  • Applicants must be a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant and a resident of Manitoba.
  • Applicants must be enrolled in a university, college, post-secondary vocational institution, performing arts or an adult education training program. Anyone in a graduate or doctoral program is also eligible.

Note: In order to help as many people as possible, consideration will first be given to those people who have not previously been awarded the scholarship.

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You can fill out an application below, or download form for mailing

Personal Info
Name:

Address:

City:

Province:

Postal Code:

Home Phone:

Other Phone:

E-Mail Address:

School Information
School or Institution enrolled for the following academic year:

Address:

City:

Province:

Postal Code:

Name of program:

Average grade of current or previous academic year:

Please include a letter describing your vision impairment, extracurricular activities and community involvement. Also describe some of the challenges you face due to your vision impairment. Include how you have met these challenges.


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