O’Malley-Hikel Accounting Award for Black and Indigenous Students

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

One award, valued at $5,000, 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 award, 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 fund is made possible by a donation from Patricia O’Malley (LLD ‘16) and Ron Hikel. Both Ronald and Patricia believe that increasing the capacity of Black and Indigenous students to become leaders in the financial management of their communities will provide long-term benefit to those communities and to society as a whole.

Value: 
$5,000
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
Program:
Arts→Accounting and Financial Management; Sustainability and Financial Management; Computing and Financial Management; Mathematics→Mathematics/Chartered Professional Accountancy; Science→Science and Financial Management
Citizenship: 
Canadian/Permanent resident, International student
Application required?: 
Yes
Application details:
  • Complete the applicable form.
    • Once you've applied and can access the Waterloo applicant portal, you will find the scholarship form under the Awards and financial aid tab in the portal.
    • Select the correct form, based on your identity:
      • Entrance Awards for Black Students
      • Entrance Awards for Indigenous Students
Application deadline: 
April 15
Contact:
  • Student Awards & Financial Aid
    • safainfo@uwaterloo.ca