Upper Year Awards

How to apply for an Upper Year W. Garfield Weston Award

Please complete your application online using our online application system. To begin, click on the Apply Now button. You can begin your application now and return to it later using a special link, which will be e-mailed to you when you save your online application.

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Once you have completed your application, the online application system will generate a PDF version of your application, which you can then print. The PDF contains important instructions regarding your application package and the application process.

The PDF that is generated by our online application system should not be modified. If you are having trouble accessing or using our online application system, please e-mail info@garfieldwestonawards.ca. 

Note: The application form is no longer available as a fillable PDF, as our online application system generates a completed PDF for each applicant. Hard copies of the application form are mailed to high schools throughout Canada only for reference.

 

NOMINATION AND SELECTION PROCESS

Each participating college in Canada may nominate up to five students who are currently enrolled in an eligible program (2011-2012 academic year). To recognize regional differences in college structure, public CEGEPs in Quebec can nominate up to three students and province-wide college systems in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick can nominate up to two students per college campus. Students must first submit their complete application package directly to their designated college representative (see www.garfieldwestonawards/collegescegeps). Based on the submissions received, the institution will determine which applicants are to be nominated. The representative will then complete the Certificate of Nomination on Page 8 of each application and forward the application directly to the W. Garfield Weston Awards program.

Instructions

  • Find our your college or CEGEP's application deadline.
  • Ensure that your program is recognized as eligible by the college and by the W. Garfield Weston Awards.
  • Print off the PDF copy of your application form. This will be generated only after you have answered the last question in the form.
  • Find a reference to complete Page 8. Choose someone who is not a relative but who knows you and your activities well. Provide him or her with a copy of your completed application.Your reference must hand write or glue his or her comments directly into the alloted space.
  • Ask your school for a transcript or official marks print-out.
  • Use only the space provided. Extra pages, including additional reference letters, will be discarded.
  • Submit your complete application package to your institutional representative. The package must contain:
    • One original application including an official transcript and personal statement if required (See Additional INformation for Adult Learners).
    • Two photocopies of the complete application, each including a photocopy of your transcript.
    • One additional copy of the first page (page 4) of the application.
      *Note: Do not submit pages 1 to 3. Double sided printing is appreciated.

Information for adult learners

Adult learners are asked to submit one additional page which should include a brief biographical sketch, a more extensive employment history, and a paragraph about why they have decided to pursue college studies. Adult learners are those individuals who have been out of school for at least three years before starting their current college program.

Mailing instructions & deadline information

  • Applicants are responsible for identifying the nomination deadline of their college. As colleges/CEGEPs must forward nominated applications before April 4th, your school's internal deadline will be earlier. Check with your student awards office.
  • Institutional representatives must mail sponsored applications for receipt by April 4th to:

    Upper Year W. Garfield Weston Awards
    460 Richmond Street West, Suite 502
    Toronto, ON M5V 1Y1
  • Applications must be sent using Canada Post services only. These include: regular mail, Priority Courier, and Xpresspost services that do not require a signature.
  • Applications sent by fax, hand delivered or mailed through private couriers (ie: Purolator, UPS, Fedex, etc.) are not accepted.

  • Acknowledgment of receipt will be sent via email to the college representative.