AMI Scholarship Program

Established in 2012, the AMI Scholarship Program was created to ensure that post-secondary education is available to members of the disability community. In 2016, the program was renamed the AMI Robert Pearson Memorial Scholarship in honour of Robert Pearson, AMI's first Accessibility Officer.

The scholarship program is open to Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada with a permanent disability who are currently registered in and returning to a full-time program of study at an accredited Canadian post-secondary college or university. Each year AMI will award two $5,000 bursaries to two deserving students with a permanent disability; one from the English community and one from the French. 

The recipients of the 2023 AMI Robert Pearson Memorial Scholarship are Linda Cho of Ottawa and François Bellemare of Montreal. Linda is pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Neuroscience and Mental Health B.Sc. (Honours) at Carleton University while François is enrolled in a Doctorat en psychologie option clinique (D. Psy) cheminement adulte at Université de Montréal.

How to Apply

The 2024 application window has closed. Thank you to everyone who applied. 

Past Recipients 

2023
Linda Cho of Ottawa
François Bellemare of Montreal

2022
Selali Tettevi of Regina, SK
Élise St-Laurent of Rouyn-Noranda, QC

2021
Rebecca Nicol of Barrie, ON
Mohamed Auda of Montreal, QC

2020
Nik Provenzano of Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Marie-Pier Lemay of Brossard, QC

2019
Victoria Lacey of Toronto, ON
Léonie Côté of Quebec City, QC

2018
Laura Lefevre of Edmonton, AB
Elisanne Pellerin of Montreal, QC

2017
Shelby Brown of Calgary, AB
Yan Gobeil of Montreal, QC 

2016
Sean Heaslip of Vancouver, BC
Valérie Poisson of Montreal, QC

2015
Jack McCormick of Tillsonburg, ON
Louisane LeBlanc of Montreal, QC

2014
Courtney Knight of Burnaby, BC
Judith Oluwatosin Jubril of Brampton, ON

2013
Gillian Murch of Orillia, ON
RuiLin Guo of Barrie, ON

2012
Charmaine Co of Richmond, BC
Jan Boomhouwer of L’Amable, ON