Project Hero Scholarship Program

Project Hero is a new scholarship program providing financial aid for children of Canadian Forces personnel who have lost their lives while serving in an active mission.

Project Hero aims to reach as many post-secondary institutions as possible. Several colleges and institutes have made a commitment to participate and ACCC has agreed to provide all members with the following information about the scholarship program.

Eligible recipients must be:

• a dependant of a member of the Canadian Forces who lost his/her life as a result of being deployed on an international operation
• under the age of 26
• accepted as a regular student in a publicly-funded post-secondary institution

The program is to be defined by participating institutions, which are requested to:

• establish terms and conditions for the scholarship including value, duration, and application process
• publish the terms and conditions in a manner that is consistent with other institutional scholarship, bursary and award programs
• permit a link from the ACCC website to the scholarship information on the institution’s website

The eligibility for scholarship support associated with the deceased Canadian Forces member dependant child relationship is to be confirmed through the Children of Deceased Veterans - Education Assistance Act verification process. Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) administers this process and will provide the written confirmation for children of deceased veterans to be used to verify Project Hero eligibility. Applicants are to call VAC at 1-866-522-2122 in order to receive the required confirmation, as well as information concerning additional support services for the children of deceased veterans.

For further information, contact Honourary Colonel Kevin D. Reed, Chairman, Project Hero.

The following institutions have committed to providing Project Hero scholarships:

Algonquin College, Ottawa, Ontario
Assiniboine Community College, Brandon, Manitoba
Bow Valley College, Calgary, Alberta
Centennial College, Scarborough, Ontario
Confederation College of Applied Arts and Technology, Thunder Bay, Ontario
Georgian College of Applied Arts and Technology, Barrie, Ontario
Humber College, Toronto, Ontario
Justice Institute of British Columbia, New Westminster, B.C.
Lakeland College, Vermillion, Alberta
Loyalist College of Applied Arts and Technology, Belleville, Ontario
Mohawk College, Hamilton, Ontario
Niagara College, Welland, Ontario
Nova Scotia Community College, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Portage College, Lac La Biche, Alberta
Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology, Toronto, Ontario