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Past President’s Scholarship 2021 Application Form
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION CAREFULLY AND COMPLETELY.
Scholarship Details
Four (4) Scholarships are awarded annually. One first-place winner from each of the two (2) essay
topics (see 4 a. below) will be awarded $5,000.00 each, and one second-place winner from each of
the same two (2) essay topics (see 4 a. below) will be awarded $2,500.00 each, for a grand total of
$15,000.00 annually.
Eligibility Requirements
1. This scholarship is applicable to students currently in their final year of an Ontario secondary
school who are pursuing post-secondary education after graduation, for example, at college,
university, or a trade school. Students must currently reside in the province of Ontario and be
registered with a secondary school within the province. Applicants must also be a Canadian citizen or
have been given permanent resident status. Applicants applying to a post-secondary school outside of
Ontario (or even Canada), are still eligible for the scholarship. NOTE: Students must currently be
enrolled and attending their final year of secondary school individuals currently taking a gap year are
not eligible to apply.
2. Applications must be submitted via email to scholarships@trebnet.com before 3:00 p.m. on Friday,
March 26, 2021.
3. Applicants must have a record of academic achievement and possess a range of leadership qualities
and community involvement experience.
4. Applicants must complete the Personal Information section (Page 3) of this application form
and submit it together with the following documents:
a. A written essay (minimum of 1500 words, typed and double-spaced) on one of the following
subjects:
i. For many young Canadians, the dream of home ownership feels like an impossible
reality. After graduating and starting your desired career, do you think home ownership
will be attainable for you?
ii. The GTA’s population is expected to grow to more than 10 million people by 2041. How
do you think local governments should address the housing needs of a growing
population?
If applicable, citations must be present; however, they are not included in the word count. The
style of citation is your choice, for example, MLA or APA.
IMPORTANT NOTE: In order to facilitate the judging process, please do not include any
personal information, for example, your name and email address, on the individual essay
pages (on the optional cover page is fine).
b. A detailed resume outlining academic achievements, work experience, volunteer work, and
extracurricular activities.
c. Two (2) brief letters of reference (including current contact information for each reference).
The resume and letters of reference may be in paragraph, chart, bullet point, etc., format.
NOTE: The two reference letters do not have to be from a past or current secondary school
teacher; you may also consider, for example, the parent(s) of children you babysit, neighbours
that you help out, a leader in the sport(s) you participate in, a lifelong family friend who knows
you very well, or your supervisor at a past or present after-school job.
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d. Your secondary school academic transcript. (Photocopies, phone screenshots or scans of
transcripts are sufficient as they will not be returned.) NOTE: We understand that the COVID-
19 pandemic has impacted how you are attending secondary school and may also impact the
required procurement of your academic transcript. Therefore, we will accept the academic
transcript that you last received from your secondary school.
e. A photocopy, phone screenshot, or scan of offer(s) of admission to a post-secondary
institution(s).
5. You may enter one essay for each topic; however, one person cannot be awarded more than one
scholarship. Duplicate and incomplete submissions will not be considered. If you are submitting an
essay for each topic, only one application is required. All application materials must be submitted in
one email. (Email submissions will receive a one-time confirmation.) Submissions can be individual
PDFs or Word documents, or one file, for example, a single PDF. NOTE: Please do not submit your
documents as links.
6) All answers must be submitted in English. Answers in other languages will not be read or considered.
7) All contact information including the applicant’s names and email address, etc., will be removed from
all documentation presented to the judges; however, per 4. a. above, we ask that you do not include
personal information on the individual essay pages (on the optional cover page is fine).
8) Only the four (4) scholarship award recipients will be contacted via telephone before June 1,
2021, concerning the status of their application. All other applicants will be contacted via email
after June 1, 2021.
9) A scholarship award of $5,000.00/not to exceed $5,000.00 will be paid to each first-place award
recipient and a scholarship award of $2,500.00/not to exceed $2,500.00 will be paid to each second-
place award recipient prior to the start of the first semester of post-secondary studies.
10) The decision of the judges is final and is not subject to an appeal.
11) Please note that if any information provided by the applicant is determined by The Toronto Regional
Real Estate Board (TRREB) to be inaccurate or misleading, TRREB may cancel or revoke any grant, if
awarded, in its sole discretion and the applicant will be required to reimburse TRREB for the full
amount of the grant, if paid.
12) Recipients of the scholarship awards must agree to:
Sign a use and disclosure consent form, and/or provide consent via an email to:
Permit the use of their name/image/essay/secondary school name, etc., to be used for
promotional purposes by TRREB, and
Freely participate in up to six (6) hours of promotional events on behalf of TRREB. NOTE: Due to
the COVID-19 pandemic, this requirement is currently suspended.
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Although your social insurance number is not required in order to consider your application, we may
request that you provide this information to TRREB in the event that you are selected to receive the
scholarship, at which time, TRREB may be required to report the award to the Canada Revenue Agency.
Please review the “Consent to collect, retain and use my personal information” clause that follows. If you
agree to TRREB using the information contained in your application form for the purposes set out in that
clause, please sign and date the application form where indicated.
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Surname Given Name Middle Name
________________________________________________________________________________
Residence Address City or Town
________________________________________________________________________________
Province Postal Code Telephone Number Personal Email Address
________________________________________________________________________________
Name of Secondary School City Telephone Number
Where did you hear of the scholarship?
At my school From a parent or friend Through the media
ScholarshipsCanada.com Other ______________________ (please specify)
I hereby certify that the information I have provided in this application and in the enclosed documents is
complete and true in all aspects. I am aware that if any of the information I have provided is determined by
TRREB to be inaccurate or misleading in any way, the grant of any award to me may be revoked and
cancelled by TRREB in its sole discretion. I understand that this scholarship, if awarded to me, will be paid
only upon proof of acceptance at a post-secondary institution.
Consent to collect, retain and use my personal information
I understand and hereby consent to TRREB collecting, retaining and using the information provided in this
application form for the purposes of considering me for a scholarship award, and TRREB announcing to its
Members and the general public that I am a scholarship award winner, if that is the decision of the judging
panel, and for the promotional purposes of TRREB and of the Award program. I further understand that if
my application is accepted for a scholarship, I may be required to provide my social insurance number in
order that I may receive the award, as this information may be required by TRREB for reporting the
scholarship award to Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). In the event that my application is selected, I
hereby consent to my photograph and information contained in this application being disclosed in the
media to announce that I am a scholarship recipient.
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Student Name (Please Print) Student Signature Date
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Parent/Guardian Name (Please Print) Signature Date
(If applicant is 17 years of age or younger)
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All application materials will be kept strictly confidential. The information provided in this application will be
used by TRREB’s judging panel to select the four (4) successful scholarship recipients.
Your phone number, mailing address and/or email may be used by TRREB to contact you. This
information will not be shared, distributed or sold to any third party. Should you be awarded a scholarship,
information from your application will be used in the media to publicize your win and the award.
Essays will be judged on the following criteria:
Knowledge of the topic,
Grammatical accuracy and organization of essay,
Originality in approach and treatment of topic,
Ability to establish a coherent, convincing response to the topic, and
Adherence to format and length rules.
A minimum scoring standard is in effect. If this minimum standard is not met, TRREB has the right to not
award any or all of the four (4) scholarships.
All scholarship enquiries should be directed to Christine Shallhorn at cshallhorn@trebnet.net
Application Package Checklist
Completed Personal Information (Page 3) section of this application form
Essay* (minimum 1500 words, typed and double-spaced) with citations, if applicable
(these are not included in the word count), in Word or PDF format
Detailed resume
Two reference letters
Current academic transcript(s)**
Offer(s) of admission to post-secondary institution(s)**
The completed application package must be received via email before 3:00 p.m. on Friday, March
26, 2021, to scholarships@trebnet.com. All application materials must be submitted together.
(Your email submission will receive one automatic reply confirmation.)
NOTE: Please do not submit your documents as links.
*IMPORTANT NOTE: Please ensure that your essay pages (except for the optional cover page) do
not contain any personal information, such as name, email address, or address, etc.
**Photocopies, phone screenshots or scans are sufficient.
TRREB is not responsible for any submissions that are not received, whether confirmed or
not.