Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
CAD$3,000
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
Dick Martin, a CCOHS Governor, died of cancer in October 2001 at the age of 57. In the spring of 2002 the CCOHS Council of Governors established an occupational health and safety scholarship fund in his memory.
Dick Martin joined the CCOHS Council in its early days and returned again, ending his second term in 2000. He was instrumental in the establishment in 1984 of the Canadian National Day of Mourning, April 28, to honour workers killed or injured on the job. The Day of Mourning, timed with the country's first comprehensive workers' compensation legislation, is now recognized in 80 countries. Martin, born in southern Ontario, became a labour activist after he took a job in a nickel mine in Thompson, Manitoba. He once described the conditions as "appalling". Eventually, Martin became president of his steelworkers' local, which led to a six-year presidency of the Manitoba Federation of Labour. In 1982, he became the founding chairperson of the board of directors of the MFL Occupational Health Centre, the first of its kind in Canada.
Applicable programmes
Benefits
Awarded annually, this $3,000 national scholarship is available to any student enrolled, either full-time or part-time, in an occupational health and safety related course or program leading to an occupational health and safety certificate, diploma or degree at an accredited college or university in Canada.
Eligibility
- Any student* enrolled, either full-time or part-time, in an occupational health and safety (OHS) related course or program at an accredited Canadian college or university leading to a certificate, diploma or degree in OHS.
- Programs include mine safety, occupational or industrial health and safety, industrial hygiene, safety management or other related safety program.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Occupational Health and Safety
Locations
Canada
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
31 Jan 2025
All submissions must include a completed online application form, cover letter and essay (applicants will be evaluated based on the submission and completion of all three documents).
One page cover letter:
Outlines your aspirations of obtaining a career in health and safety industry.
Must be word processed in a 12-point font, double-spaced
1,000-1,200 word essay on ONE of the following:
Prevention Essay: Choose a high risk workplace hazard. How would you work to solve and create awareness about the issue?
Technical Essay: Research an existing or emerging hazard or risk (coverage may include how to identify, assess and control the risks).
Essays are to be received no later than 11:59 p.m. EST on January 31st of each year. Submissions received after the deadline will not be considered.
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