Athletic Therapy Ontario® is an OATA Registered Trade Name
SCHOLARSHIPS & BURSARIES
Athletic Therapy is a small health care profession in Ontario and across Canada. The Board of Athletic Therapy Ontario AT-ON knows the profession’s potential could be advanced by more awareness of what the academic programs of study, in this specialty within sport medicine, could offer anyone interested in a career that combines a love of sport and athletics with a dynamic scope of health care practice.
Previous administration of the AT-ON scholarships and bursary was focused on the York University and Sheridan College academic offerings. An approach to both institutions’ Foundations was explored. The fact is the funding might be far better applied to recruitment into the programs, to encourage enrolment demands for the programs, if the scholarships were promoted more widely. As well, the goal is to increase the individual scholarship amounts.
To this end, the Association is proud of its new partnership with the Scholar Tree to more widely market and promote the scholarships and the bursary programs. Scholar Tree is an online platform ranked as the Number One place to find or to launch a scholarship in Canada, there are over 250,000 students and educators registered with Scholar Tree.
The existing bursary and scholarship programs are also being redefined against this new, broader mission for impact. The Association has forged a scholarship review group to assist in maintaining the criteria of each financial support program against the integrity of the award namesakes and award criteria.
The three programs, each named in honour of a recognized Athletic Therapy Ontario AT-Champion, include:
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Shelley Hood Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Bursary
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Jamie Laws Memorial Scholarship
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Gus Kandilas Pathfinder Scholarship
The Association is a not-for-profit organization. It is not a charity so donations to support the scholarships do not generate a charitable contribution (CRA-accepted) receipt.
However, donations do qualify as tax-deductible, if filed as a marketing expenditure, for donors who are incorporated as clinic owners, registered practitioners or are sector corporations.
Donors will get an annual report on applicants and selected recipients, plus recipient performance and contributions to the profession.
Donors will be listed on the Scholarship Donor Wall.
Donors that are clinics, registered practitioners or corporations will have a place on the Donor Wall with a link to their professional or corporate website.
SHELLEY HOOD DIVERSITY, EQUITY
& INCLUSION BURSARY
This Bursary is a commitment in the AT-ON’s Anti-Racism and Diversity plan made public on June 6, 2020.
The OATA is committed to tackling systemic racism and to advancing inclusion in the profession and this Association.
The Diversity & Inclusion Bursary is an entry-level award available to high school graduates planning to enter as Year One students to the Sheridan College Honours’ Bachelor of Applied Health Sciences- Athletic Therapy program or as enrolled Kinesiology students moving to complete their Honours’ degree with the York University Athletic Therapy Certificate.
BURSARY AMOUNT $1,000
JAMIE LAWS
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Jamie Laws was described for decades as the Athletic Therapy profession's best ambassador because of his grace, his impeccable manners, his reputation as a peace maker and negotiator. Jamie was the first AT to go on to become a Chiropractor. Jamie's hope was the profession would become regulated so practitioners did not need to seek additional certifications to grow financially stable practices. This academic scholarship is awarded to a student in the final year of the Sheridan College or the final year of the York University program with a B+ (7.0) or higher grade, recognized for their character and commitment.
The award is paid for the student's final year of study.
SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNT $1,500
GUS KANDILAS
PATHFINDER SCHOLARSHIP
The Pathfinder Scholarship applicant needs to be a long-standing, practising member of Athletic Therapy Ontario.
They should reside in the province of Ontario or be relocating in Ontario to pursue a relevant Master’s degree. It was Gus' wish that the Pathfinder applicant be committed to advancing the body of knowledge of the Athletic Therapy profession through Masters'-level research as a student in with an American Master's in Athletic Therapy program or as an Ontario Master’s in Kinesiology or Master's in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences program with a dissertation focused on research that advances the body of knowledge of Athletic Therapy.
SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNT $2,500
How to Donate?
To make a donation there are a number of options.
Based on your choices, once you have registered your approach to supporting a scholarship or bursary, an invoice will be prepared with a link to an online payment option.
Thank you.