How to Find Journalism Scholarships in Canada
"The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is," said business legend Warren Buffett. A Canadian journalism scholarship can help you become a smarter journalist. Scholarships are awarded on criteria such as the schools you attended, new media (as a wider form of journalism) and region. You must assess all scholarship requirements to successfully capitalize on them.
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Journalism schools dot Canada's 3000-mile educational landscape. Research the location of Canada's journalism studies online (see Resource section). In 2010, seven of of the country's ten provinces offered programs. Be aware, however, of the vast regional, cultural and educational differences of studying in those areas. For example, journalism in Quebec features studies in French. Find a good fit for you.
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Use the conditions attached to scholarships to streamline your research time. Create a spreadsheet in order to note the requirements and restrictions in your scholarships of interest. The Bill Cameron Award in Journalism, for example, can be applied to any field of study, as long as you do it at the University of Regina. In fact, many journalism scholarships require that you attend a specific school.
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Journalism may be one part of new media studies. Contact the journalism department at your schools of interest to discover if "journalism" is considered one field of study within new media. The CPAC Journalism Scholarship, for example, also applies to studies of communications and related programs. You may discover a wider vocational mandate that enables you to apply for a wider number of scholarships.
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Don't be spooked by the cost of schooling. Draft a budget for your educational costs: tuition, supplies and living expenses. You may be able to combine multiple scholarships to assist you with those costs. In order to enhance accuracy, determine as many costs as you can online (such as transit passes and current housing rental rates). The more realistic your budget, the more realistic your plans for achieving it.
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Admission departments love students who make their applications easy to process. Once you have found the scholarships you want, create a list of documents needed for the applications, such as transcripts and letters of recommendation. Get busy on those as soon as possible, as post-secondary applications in Canada are processed many months before students' start dates. You can send many of those applications online.
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Make your present learning serve your journalism future. Enroll in a journalism course in high school. Extra-curricular commitment looks great to college or university admissions officers. You can begin to acquire the skills of your future while preparing scholarship applications to finance it. You can look like a pro before you become one.
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