Introduction to the Awards Platform
More than 300+ awards, bursaries and scholarships can be viewed and searched in our new awards platform.
If you're a current student, we recommend 3 steps
- Sign into the platform (make sure to use your Lakeland College EDU email address and password)
- Review your Applicant Record (click on the grey box located at the bottom left corner of your screen. Note: if it is blank, you are not signed in correctly)
- Create your General Application
You only have to create a general application once in an academic year. But you'll need to sign into the platform for award alerts. For example, you may be notified that you're eligible for a particular award that requires additional information. You'll get the details and a deadline.
FAQs
| Do I need to sign in to be able to look through the listing of Lakeland College awards, bursaries, and scholarships |
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No. The listing that appears on the platform (referred to as All Opportunities) is a public site. Whether you are a future or current student, school counsellor or advisor, parent, staff member, or donor, you can search our listing of opportunities. You only need to sign in if you are a current student at Lakeland and want to apply for awards, bursaries, and/or scholarships. |
| What does opportunities mean? |
| Our platform uses opportunities for all the awards, bursaries and scholarships that we have listed. |
| What are scopes on the platform? |
| The platform uses the term scopes for the type of filters you may use in a search. This includes our academic schools and even things like 4-H. |
| Where are the entrance awards? |
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Entrance awards are listed on the platform. This includes academic excellence scholarships. Visit the platform to learn more about what is available. Currently, however, you can't apply for those entrance awards on the platform. Accepted students will be emailed when it's time to apply and how to apply. Usually those emails go out in March. |
| What's the difference between an award, a bursary and a scholarship? |
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| Do all opportunities (awards) in the Lakeland College awards program include money? |
| We do have a small number of awards that include prizes. Examples include gift certificates, items supplied by the donor, and medals. However, most of our awards are funds paid to you, the recipient. |
| What do I use to sign in? |
| Your Lakeland edu email address and passwords. |
| What if I use my edu email and password and can't get into the platform portal? |
| Start by emailing financialaid@lakelandcollege.ca. We will to make sure you have been given access to the portal. If not, we will arrange for your login to be added. This could take up to 48 hours, so please contact us as soon as you see this issue. And please be patient. We'll be working the bugs out of the system at first. We want you to be able to sign in to the portal, so will work as quickly as we can to make this happen.
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| What if I try to sign in, but can't enter my edu email address and password? |
| First try clearing our cookies and site data, also known as your computer's cache. Look for history in your browser settings. If you have another email address you use to access information through Microsoft, the sign in page is likely trying to use that to login. Clearing your cookies and site data should give you the option to enter a different email address when you sign into the award portal. The only way the system will know you are a Lakeland student and link your information together, is if you sign in with your Lakeland edu credentials. |
| How will I know if I should be answering more questions than just the general application in the award portal? |
| The award portal has been preloaded with your information from our student record system. The platform looks at this information, as well as how you answered our generation application questions, to determine addition awards (opportunities) you could apply for. This usually means answering more questions. The portal will alert you:
You'll receive an email the week the application period opens. You'll also see these alerts when you login to the award portal. |
| How will I know if I've been selected for an award? |
| After an application period closes, we review both all the applications we receive as well as recommendations made to the Lakeland College Awards Committee. Once the committee approves recipients, each recipient will receive a notice of award email. This email includes details about your award and next steps. Please read this email carefully and follow the directions. |
| Do I really need to complete my post-acceptance checklist to get my award? |
| Yes! The post-acceptance checklist includes information required for government reporting, issuing funds, consent, and donor recognition. If you don’t complete the checklist, we can't issue your funds. |