- Videos are 30-40 minutes.
- Access to workshops: $35 per school.
- The videos will be posted and available to watch until the last day of school.
- Schools will receive a summary document containing all relevant links to information in the video.
1. Grade 12 Video Workshop: Funding Postsecondary Education: Scholarships & Bursaries
Topics include:
- The costs of college and university
- Paying for your education
- College and university scholarships, bursaries, and awards
- External scholarships, bursaries, & awards
- Best tips on preparing for, and finding, scholarships and bursaries
- Scholarship application tips & strategies
- Information on how to search the current labor market & future job trends
2. Grades 9-11 Video Workshop: How to Prepare to Fund Postsecondary Education
Topics include:
- How to finance postsecondary education including info on OSAP
- Myths about scholarships
- Scholarships and bursaries: college, university, and external awards
- Best tips on preparing for scholarships and bursaries
- Summer jobs; volunteerism; internships
- Information on how to search the current labour market & future jobs trends
- Summer preparation for postsecondary
3. Grade 12 Video Workshop: Postsecondary Funding in First Year
Topics include:
- Particulars of postsecondary education: cost; debt; how to pay for school
- How to find a summer job
- College and university scholarships and bursaries: How to navigate the financial aid pages; in-course awards
- External scholarships and bursaries: where to find them after Grade 12
- Refresher on scholarship application/essay tips & strategies
- Summer timeline to prepare for first year
- Tips on managing first year
- How to find a part-time job in postsecondary
4. All About OSAP!
- What is OSAP?
- Who is eligible to receive OSAP?
- How much funding do you receive from OSAP?
- What funding is available for under-represented learners?
- What is the OSAP Information Module?
- How do you apply for OSAP?
- What happens after you apply for OSAP?
- When do I receive my OSAP funding?
- Why did my grant could become a loan?
- When do I repay OSAP?
- What is the OSAP Estimator?
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