²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½

Award description

• 1. Applicants must be:
• A. Blind (no vision or light perception in the better eye, visual acuity of 20/200 or less);
  B. Deafblind (combined sight and hearing impairment causes difficulties with communication, access to information and mobility [inability to travel independently due to lack of vision/hearing]); or
  C. Partially Sighted (visual acuity of 20/80 or less in the better eye with best correction or a visual field less than 20 degrees [Snellan eye chart.])
• 2. Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada.
• 3. Enrolled in a Canadian post-secondary institution at a college or university, a vocational, educational upgrading, or performing arts program.
• 4. Exchange students studying abroad, students enrolled in programs not available in Canada, students not accepted into a Canadian program, where the program abroad is clearly superior to those available in Canada, or paying fees to a Canadian educational institution.
• 5. Enrolled in a minimum of two courses in the 2025-26 academic year in their chosen program.