Canadian Centennial Scholarship Fund

Founded in 1967 to mark Canada´s centennial, the CCSF has awarded more than 300 scholarships of between £500 and £3,000 to outstanding students from across Canada who are enrolled in postgraduate programmes at UK universities, colleges, institutes or conservatories.

Recipients are chosen on the basis of academic excellence, as well as on their ability to represent Canada within the UK academic and artistic community. They represent a breadth of academic interests and pursuits. The scholarships, including The Mary LeMessurier Award for the Study of History and The Belle Shenkman Award for the Study of the Arts, are among the most prestigious annual scholarships for Canadians studying in the UK.

The CCSF is a UK-registered charity (No. 313966) and is administered through the Canadian Women´s Club in London. The CWC has over 200 members and runs activities and events in London and the Home Counties from an office in the Canadian High Commission, Grosvenor Square W1. Many of these activities are undertaken to raise funds for the Maple Leaf Trust, the main sponsor of the CCSF.