UPCE 2024 Scholarship program

The Union of Postal Communications Employees is pleased to offer the 2024 scholarship for UPCE members and their children. This is in addition to any existing Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) scholarships that may be available.

The $2,000 UPCE Scholarship is available to all UPCE members in good standing at the time of application (and their children), who are enrolled at a post-secondary institution.

Program Guidelines

UPCE will accept submissions by email until September 30, 2024, at 23:59 Eastern Time (ET). The recipient(s) should receive notification of the award no later than October 11, 2024.

A $2,000 scholarship will be available to a member (or a child of a member) enrolled in a full-time program. A member (or their child) enrolled in a part-time program will only be entitled to half of the scholarship ($1,000). In a case like this, the second half of the scholarship ($1,000) will be disbursed to the second-place applicant.

The scholarship will be awarded based on the merit of an essay of 500 words or more to a maximum of 750 words as it relates to one (1) topic chosen from the list provided below. The applicant will need to draw links between the chosen topic and the labour movement. Essays of less than 500 words or more than 750 words will be disqualified.

The scholarship can be awarded for any program that is accredited by a post-secondary institution.

In order to and before being awarded the scholarship, the recipient must provide proof of enrolment, proof of payment from the post-secondary institution, and their Social Insurance Number (SIN). The SIN is required to issue a T4A for taxation purposes.

At this time, once an applicant is awarded a UPCE scholarship, they are excluded from applying again for future such UPCE scholarships.

Click here to get the application form

In solidarity,
UPCE National Executive