Award type:
Scholarships/awards
Affiliation:
Black
Award description:
One award, valued at up to $1,000, will be presented annually to a full-time Black student in Year Two, Three, or Four of an Actuarial Science program in the Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science. Selection will be based on academic excellence (minimum 75% cumulative average) and an essay wherein the candidate describes the positive impact they have had on the Black community within the Actuarial Science program, or the community at large, through extracurricular involvement and/or volunteer activities. The winner will also be given the opportunity to do an outreach visit to a high school to inspire more diverse students to study Actuarial Science, and/or given sponsorship to attend a professional networking event for diverse Actuaries from the International Association of Black Actuaries. Interested students should submit an on-line application by June 1. This award is being provided to increase accessibility to education for Black students who are currently underrepresented in the Actuarial Science program at the University of Waterloo and in the profession within Canada.
Value description:
up to $1,000
Eligibility & selection criteria:
- self-identify as Black
- enrolled in Year Two, Three, or Four in an Actuarial Science program
- minimum 75% cumulative average
- had a positive impact on the Black community within the Actuarial Science program, or the community at large, through extracurricular involvement and/or volunteer activities
Level:
Year Two, Year Three, Year Four
Program:
Mathematics→Actuarial Science
Citizenship:
Canadian citizen/permanent resident, International/study permit student
Selection process:
Application required
Term:
Spring
Application details:
- Complete the applicable term Undergraduate Award Application
- At this time we are only accepting applications for awards with a Spring deadline (May - August).
- The application for awards with deadlines in a future term will be available by the start of that term – please check back later.
- Complete a separate application for each award you wish to be considered for.
- Access the form on our Undergraduate Studies Forms page.
- Include an identity statement.
- As part of your application statement, please include a paragraph to self-identity as Black or to indicate that you are a citizen or member of a First Nations community (Status/Non-Status), Métis, and/or Inuit.
Application deadline:
June 1
Contact:
- Student Awards & Financial Aid
- safainfo@uwaterloo.ca
- The Centre, Needles Hall
