RESOURCES/RESSOURCES

Submissions must be post-marked by
August 31, 1996. Contact CRIAW, 151
Slater Street, Suite 408, Ottawa, ON,
KIP 5H3, (613) 563-0681, fax
(613) 563-0682, TTD/ATS (613) 563-1921.

Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
Scholarships for Students with Disabilities

The Imasco Scholarship and the Mattinson Scholarship (of $2,000) are designed to provide financial assistance to disabled students who wish to pursue undergraduate university studies on a full-time basis and who may be unable to due to expenses incurred by their physical disability. Candidates must be Canadian citizens or legal permanent residents. Deadline is June 1st of each year. For information on this and other scholarships, contact: AUCC, Canadian Awards Program, International and Canadian Programs Division, 350 Albert Street, Ottawa, ON, KIR IBl, (613) 563-1236, fax (613) 563-9745, e-mail mleger@aucc.ca.

Special Opportunity Grants

Special Opportunity Grants for Students with Permanent Disabilities are offered through the Canada Student Loans Program. For full-time or part-time students, these grants offset "exceptional education-related costs" associated with permanent disabilities such as deafness, hardness of hearing, blindness, visual impairment, physical disability, learning disability, head injury, etc. Services such as note-taker, tutor, reader, interpreter, attendant, etc. and specialized equipment are eligible. Contact: Education Support Student Assistance Branch, Youth Learning and Literacy Directorate, HRDC, 25 Eddy Street, 10th Floor, Hull, PQ, KIA OM5, (819) 994-1844, TTY (819) 994-1218, or http://schoolnet.carleton.ca.

Morton Copnick Scholarship for
Disabled Students

This scholarship of $500 goes to an out standing student enrolled at the post-secondary level in Canada. For an application, write to the Morton Copnick Scholarship Selection Committee, Canadian Paraplegic Association, 1101 Prince of Wales Dr., Suite 320, Ottawa, ON, K2C 3Z0, (613) 723-1033. Deadline August 31.

Carol Thomson Memorial Fund and the Doreen Kronick Scholarship
Learning Disabilities Association of Canada

Both scholarships, of $500, are available to post-secondary students enrolled in full or part-time study. The Carol Thomson Memorial Fund is available to students with learning disabilities; the Doreen Kronick Scholarship is available to students pursuing graduate study that will assist learning disabled students. Deadline for applications is May 15 of each year.
Contact: Learning Disabilities
Association of Canada, 323 Chapel Street, #200,
Ottawa, ON, KIN 7Z2,
(613) 238-5721, fax (613) 235-5391.

Maureen Ashton Memorial Scholarship Fund
Alberta Sports and Recreation Association

This scholarship of up to $1,500 is in support of persons who are blind or partially sighted and are attending a post-secondary institute on a full-time basis.
Contact: ASRAB, Box 85056,
Alberta Park Postal Outlet, Calgary, AB,
T2A 7R7, (403) 262-5332.

Bursary and Summer Employment Program
National Bank of Canada

Two bursaries of $1,500 and two summer jobs with the bank are offered to university students with a disability. A bursary of $1,000 is also available to CEGEP students. Applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada, must reside in Quebec, Ontario or New Brunswick, and registered in a course leading to a specialized bachelor's or master's degree in a banking-related field.

Contact
the National Bank of Canada, Employment
Equity Office, Human Resources,
600 de la Gauchetière West,
8th Floor, Montreal,
PQ, H3B 4L2, (514) 394-8585.

For more information on scholarships available to students with disabilities, contact NEADS (see Organizations).

SUBVENTIONS

ICREF - Subventions de recherche

L'Institut canadien de recherches sur les femmes octroie des bourses annuelles d'un montant de 2 500 $ aux projets encourageant l'avancement des femmes. Le projet peut former un tout ou faire partie d'une vaste étude, être à son étapeinitiale ou en cours. Priorité est accordée aux chercheurs ou chercheuses indépendants, aux groupes de femmes,aux projets dont le contenu est canadien. Les projets qui sont obligatoires dans le cadre d'un diplôme en éducation ainsi que les projets à l'appui de publications, d'ateliers ou de conférences ne sont pas admissibles. Les soumissions doivent être reçues (le cachet de la poste faisant foi) au plus tard le 31 août 1996.
Contactez l'ICREF, 151, rue Slater,
Suite 408, Ottawa (Ontario) KIP 5H3 .
(613) 563-0681; télés. (613) 563-0682;
ATSffDD (613) 563-1921.

Association des universités et collèges du Canada
Bourses d'études pour les étudiant(e)s handicapé( e )s

La Bourse d'études Imasco et la Bourse d'études Mattinson (2 000 $) visent à aider financièrement des étudiant (e)s handicapés qui souhaitent poursuivre des études universitaires de premier cycle à plein temps, mais qui ne sont pas en mesure de le faire en raison des dépenses qu'entraîne leur handicap physique. Les candidat (e)s doivent être citoyens canadiens ou résidents permanents. La date limite est le 1^re juin de chaque année. Pour obtenir des renseignements sur ces bourses ou d'autres, veuillez contacter: AUCC, Programme des prix canadiens, Division des programmes canadiens et
internationaux, 350, rue Albert, Ottawa
(Ontario) K1R 1B1 (613) 563-1236;
Télés. (613) 563-9745; Courrier électronique:
mleger@aucc.ca