TD Scholarships

Applications for the 2019/2020 year are now closed. Applications for students starting college or university in September 2021 will open in September 2020.

Opening doors for a more inclusive and sustainable tomorrow.

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About scholarships
Recipients
Featured alumni

What are the TD Scholarships?

Up to $10,000

For tuition, up to a maximum of four years

$7,500 a year

For living expenses, up to a maximum of four years

Up to $70,000

Value per scholarship awarded

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TD Scholarships for Community Leadership

Community heroes do good work because they are inspired to, not for the recognition.

TD is committed to opening doors for a more inclusive and sustainable tomorrow, creating conditions so everyone has the chance to succeed in a changing world. Unique in Canada, the TD Scholarships for Community Leadership are offered to students who, like TD, help support change, nurture progress and contribute to making the world a better place. Have you shown exceptional initiative in making a meaningful and lasting difference in your community? Then we want to hear from you, as you may qualify for one of our Community Scholarships. It’s not just about marks in the classroom, but rather the marks you have made on your community.

What is “community leadership”?

We’re interested in hearing from students who have demonstrated consistent and outstanding dedication to solving a community problem or making their community a better place. For example, you may be cleaning up the environment, promoting social justice, or fighting child poverty. Check out what some of the past scholarship recipients have done to improve their community.

How are the recipients chosen?

We select from a pool of up to 80 finalists to interview with regional selection panels, and from there, at least two scholarship recipients are chosen from each of the five regions:

Atlantic Canada
Quebec
Ontario

Prairies/Northwest Territories/Nunavut
British Columbia/Yukon

TD Scholarships Eligibility

TD Scholarships for Community Leadership are open to students across Canada who:

Have demonstrated community leadership
Are in the final year of high school (outside Quebec) or CEGEP (in Quebec)
Have a minimum overall grade average of 75% in their most recently completed school year

For details, review our Terms and Conditions

Applications for the 2019/2020 year will be open until November 15, 2019. 1-800-308-83061-800-308-8306

TD Scholarships also include:

Offers of paid summer employment
Mentorship opportunities

Annual gatherings
Networking opportunities and more

Featured Alumni

TD Scholarship alumni continue to show the same commitment that TD does – to strengthen the communities where we live and work.

AJung Moon - 2004

Vancouver, BC. After immigrating from South Korea to Barrie, Ontario, AJung founded the ESL Student Support Team to support international students in her high school. After receiving the TD Scholarship, she earned a bachelor’s degree in mechatronics engineering from the University of Waterloo, and a master’s degree in human-robot communication from the University of British Columbia, where she is now a Vanier Scholar and Ph.D. candidate in mechanical engineering. AJung is founder of the Open Roboethics initiative (ORi), an international robo-ethics think tank.

Naheed Dosani - 2004

Toronto, ON. In high school, Naheed organized Coins for Afghanistan, a campaign to turn post-9/11 confusion, anger and discrimination into empathy for the oppressed Afghani people. After earning a degree in medicine at McMaster University, Naheed now works at St. Michael’s Hospital & Inner City Health Associates. He founded Palliative Education and Care for the Homeless, to deliver end-of-life care to the most vulnerable, works as a Palliative Care Physician at Brampton Civic Hospital, and is an Assistant Clinical Professor in Family Medicine at McMaster University.

Étienne Lafortune - 2007

Sept Îles, QC. Étienne received a TD Scholarship to recognize his work on environmental projects, including obtaining the Cégep Vert du Québec green certification. After earning a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies and a graduate degree in management from HEC Montréal, Étienne worked for non-profit groups Environnement Jeunesse and Cyclo Nord-Sud, which collects used bicycles to provide transportation to people in developing countries. He is now working on an agricultural development plan in MRC de Coaticook region, where 500 farms offer jobs and economic benefit to the community.

Megan Fultz - 2009

Winnipeg, MB. In high school, Megan helped establish a local Oxfam Chapter, serving as President and Prairie Regional Chairperson. She now holds degrees in human rights and international development from the University of Winnipeg and has worked and volunteered in the fields of gender equity, human rights, disability rights, legal empowerment and access to justice. Megan is now completing the Juris Doctor program at the University of Ottawa. She plans to complete a community legal clinic placement, to advocate for clients with disabilities, and a fellowship in global health law.

Aaron Stevens - 2010

Halifax, NS. Aaron was involved in The Youth Project in high school to support youth with sexual orientation and gender identity issues. He was also a LGBTQ youth advocate on the provincial government's cyberbullying task force. Aaron has since graduated from Carleton University in the public affairs policy management program, specializing in social policy. He worked with the Carleton Sexual Assault Support Centre to create public education modules and raise awareness of campus sexual violence. He is currently a teacher candidate in the University of Ottawa’s Bachelor of Education program.