RLB Accounting Award for Black and Indigenous Students

Award type: 
Awards for Black students, Awards for Indigenous students
Award description: 

One award, valued at $2,000, will be provided annually to a Black or Indigenous undergraduate student entering Year One of any program in the School of Accounting and Finance. For the purpose of this scholarship, an Indigenous person is one who is a citizen or member of a First Nations community (Status/Non-Status), Métis, or Inuit. Selection will be based on extracurricular involvement and/or participation in volunteer leadership activities. Interested students should submit an application by April 15. This award is generously funded by RLB LLP. RLB understands that Black and Indigenous students are underrepresented in accounting careers and are committed to taking meaningful steps to give back and help provide access to this career path.

Value: 
$2,000
Eligibility & selection criteria: 
  • Black or Indigenous student entering Year One of any program in the School of Accounting and Finance
  • selection based on extracurricular involvement and/or participation in volunteer leadership activities.
  • Black students may include African, Afro-Caribbean, Black Canadian, Afro-Latine, African American, Afro-Indigenous, or other African descent.
  • an Indigenous person is one who is a citizen or member of a First Nations community (Status/Non-Status), Métis, or Inuit
Program:
Arts→Accounting and Financial Management; Sustainability and Financial Management; Computing and Financial Management; Mathematics→Mathematics/Chartered Professional Accountancy; Science→Biotechnology/Chartered Professional Accountancy
Citizenship: 
Canadian/Permanent resident, International student
Application required?: 
Yes
Application details:
  • Complete the applicable online entrance award application.
    • Select the correct form, based on your identity:
      • Application for Entrance Awards Designated to Black Students
      • Application for Entrance Awards Designated to Indigenous Students
    • Access the application on our forms web page.
Application deadline: 
April 15
Contact:
  • Student Awards & Financial Aid
    • safainfo@uwaterloo.ca