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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Victoria Harwood Excellence Awards

Award | Eligibility: Athletics

Established by Victoria Lanyon Harwood in 2007, these awards recognize and give support to women student athletes who demonstrate excellence in both athletics and academics. Victoria Harwood ('80), a varsity athlete graduated with a BA degree from Acadia University as a Dean's List Scholar and a winner of the Hugh A. Nobel Award. She received her MBA from Dalhousie University and has been a partner of The Harwood Group ScotiaMcLeod Inc. for the past 15 years. She has served on Acadia's Board of Governors, chaired the first Women in Sport Gala, and co-chaired the Athletics component of the Tides are Turning Campaign. No doubt Victoria's accomplishments in her profession, and as a volunteer and the mother of four daughters (two of whom are recent graduates of Acadia University) are what have inspired her to create the Victoria Harwood Excellence Awards.

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Office of Advancement
Rm 225 University Hall
15 University Avenue
Wolfville, NS, B4P 2R6, Canada
General Inquiries: 902.585.1026
To make a donation: 902.585.1912
Toll Free in North America:
1.866.ACADIA (1.866.222.3428)
advancement@acadiau.ca

Charitable Registration #: 106681893 RR0001