Vari Scholarship/Bursary for Future Teachers
Application Deadline: February 1, 2010
Through a very generous donation from the George and Helen Vari Foundation, Victoria College offers an admission award valued at $10,000 to a student who plans to pursue a career in teaching at the primary/junior or secondary level in Ontario. Students may pursue either the concurrent teacher education program (CTEP) or the consecutive education program at a Faculty of Education.
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"The Vari Scholarship changed my life. Throughout high school, I dreamed of coming to the University of Toronto and becoming a teacher. I would never have been able to afford to do this without help. This scholarship made it possible for me to follow my dream. I am now in my fourth year of teaching. I work at an inner-city TDSB school whose students desperately need a quality education and dedicated teachers. The Vari Scholarship not only made my own education possible, it is now continuing to support learning for some of Toronto's most at-risk students."
Jillian Warring Bird, B.A., B.Ed.
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The Award
The Vari Scholarship/Bursary was established to encourage secondary students to seriously consider teaching at the primary/junior or secondary level as a career. Each year several students entering Victoria College for studies in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto will receive an admissions award of $10,000, renewable for three subsequent years, and for an additional year at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. (Total value of $50,000). Renewal of the award is conditional upon the maintenance of a sessional average in the A range (GPA 3.50+). There is one scholarship available for 2010.
Criteria
- Nominees must demonstrate through extracurricular activities a genuine interest and commitment to teaching as a profession.
- Nominees must have achieved high academic standing.
- Nominees must have completed, or intend to complete, a broad range of courses, and must meet the admission requirements for the stream of study they intend to enter in the Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto.
- Nominees must complete the financial statement (part B of application) explaining their financial situation and must be countersigned by a parent or guardian. Under the terms of the Vari award, financial need must be demonstrated.
- Nominees must be Canadian Citizens or Permanent Residents of Canada graduating in 2010 from an accredited Ontario secondary school.
- Nominees must be registered at Victoria College in the University of Toronto for the 2010-2011 academic year to receive this award.
Selection of Finalists
The Selection Committee for the Vari Scholarship/Bursary will review all applications received on or before the deadline of February 1, 2010. Your completed application must include all four sections of the application (parts A, B, C, and D) and an official copy of your most recent high school transcript from the Ontario Ministry of Education.
Approximately 30 finalists will be invited to write a general knowledge examination to be held on Saturday, March 13, 2010, at Victoria College in Toronto.* The general knowledge examination is made up of short answer questions, multiple choice questions, and essay questions.
The candidates selected to receive the award will be notified in April 2010.
*Note: Victoria College regrets it is unable to cover expenses for travel to Toronto.
General Inquiries
Inquiries about the Vari Scholarship/Bursary and/or the application procedures may be addressed to Ms Angela Prediger, Associate Registrar, Student Awards, at 416-585-4403 or via email at angela.prediger@utoronto.ca.
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