Scholarships & Financial Assistance
With education costs on the rise, enhancing student assistance is a top priority for Acadia. Each year, we award more than $4 million to students in the form of scholarships, scholar-bursaries, bursaries, awards, and prizes. By maintaining a strong scholarship and financial assistance program, we are able to attract, retain and support our students.
As a donor to scholarships and financial assistance, you can direct your gift toward: general award funds or awards for specific departments, faculties, research, or athletic teams; any existing named awards; or you can create a personal legacy by establishing a named award yourself. By supporting scholarships and financial assistance, you can help to ensure access to all of the rewards of an Acadia education.
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Bill Wade Scholar-Bursary
Scholar-Bursary of up to $4,000 | Eligibility: Nova Scotia
Established in 2017 by Beth Wade in memory of her husband, Bill, this award is granted on a renewable basis to an entering “all around” full-time student who demonstrates financial need and exhibits the qualities of a community leader, through volunteering, civic engagement, sports or political activities. Eligible recipients have graduated from high school in Nova Scotia, preferably in Kings County.
Bill Wade grew up in Kentville and returned home a couple of years after university to join the family grocery business, developing a chain of independent grocery stores across the Annapolis Valley. An athlete and sports enthusiast from a young age, Bill was an active volunteer with teams, church, service and political organizations and local business development. He served on the Acadia Board of Governors and was a founding member of the Blueline and Red, White and Blue Clubs.
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BJ "Spike" and Grace Walters Scholar-Bursary
Scholar-Bursary | Eligibility: Nova Scotia
The BJ "Spike" and Grace Walters Scholar-Bursary is awarded annually to a student entering Acadia from Lunenburg County who has demonstrated financial need, participation and leadership in community and extra-curricular activities while maintaining high academic achievement. The scholar-bursary has been made possible through the generosity of Bernard J and Grace Walters of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
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Blackmore Family Scholar-Bursary
Scholar-Bursary | Eligibility: New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island
The BLACKMORE FAMILY SCHOLAR-BURSARY will be awarded annually to an entering or returning undergraduate student on the basis of academic performance and demonstrated financial need. Preference will be given to students from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland-Labrador.
This award has been established by A. R. Blackmore (BA H Acadia 1950).
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Bruce Andrej Maclean Memorial Scholar-Bursary
Scholar-Bursary | Eligibility: Pure and Applied Science
The Bruce Andrej Maclean Memorial Scholar-Bursary established in 2002 by family and friends, is awarded annually to a student entering a first-year Bachelor of Science degree program at Acadia who demonstrates financial need.
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Bruce E Cohoon Scholar-Bursary
Scholar-Bursary | Eligibility: Entering first year
The Bruce E Cohoon Scholar-Bursary is awarded to an entering student from Horton High School who demonstrates high academic standing, leadership, extra-curricular involvement and community service. The student should also have financial need.
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