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UFCW Canada Beggs-Dowling-Mathieu (BDM) Scholarship
United Food and Commercial Workers Canada (UFCW Canada)
- Amount
- $1,00018 scholarships of $1,000 each year.
- Deadline
- Date not confirmedLast cycle's deadline was September 30, 2026. Check the official page for this year's date. The page gives the deadline as September 30 with no year, and students must be enrolled full time (or about to be) by that date, so students starting in fall 2027 would apply around the start of their first term (by September 30, 2027 if the date stays the same).
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About this award
UFCW Canada's Beggs-Dowling-Mathieu (BDM) program offers 18 scholarships of $1,000 each year to active UFCW Canada members and their spouses and dependants. The student must be enrolled, or about to be enrolled, in full-time studies at an accredited Canadian college or university, so high school students can apply only once their program is about to start. The application is a short online form, and past BDM winners cannot apply again.
Who can apply
- Active UFCW Canada member in good standing, or a dependant or spouse of one
- Enrolled (or will be enrolled on September 30) in full-time studies at an accredited Canadian college or university
- Cannot have won the BDM scholarship before
What to submit
- Online application
Quick facts
Words you'll see- Type
- Scholarship
- Category
- Employer or union
- Program
- University and College
- When to apply
- After starting post-secondary
- Where it applies
- National, Canada
- Other requirements
- Dependant or spouse of an active UFCW Canada member in good standing
- The gap between what school costs and what your family is expected to pay. Bursaries and grants often use it.
- No
- Paid again in later years of your program, as long as you keep meeting its rules, such as a minimum average.
- No, one-time
- Application cycle
- 2026-27
Sources
Last checked against the official site on Oct 2, 2026.
- https://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_scholarship&view=sform&id=2&Itemid=138&lang=en(opens in a new tab)
- https://www.ufcw.ca/ipadcontest(opens in a new tab)
What the official pages say
"worth $1,000 each to active members and their family members for post-secondary study"
https://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_scholarship&view=sform&id=2&Itemid=138&lang=en(opens in a new tab)"Open to all UFCW members in Canada and their dependents"
https://www.ufcw.ca/ipadcontest(opens in a new tab)"must also be enrolled (or will be enrolled on September 30) and attending full-time studies"
https://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_scholarship&view=sform&id=2&Itemid=138&lang=en(opens in a new tab)"Eligible candidates cannot have won the BDM scholarship before."
https://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_scholarship&view=sform&id=2&Itemid=138&lang=en(opens in a new tab)"DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: SEPTEMBER 30"
https://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_scholarship&view=sform&id=2&Itemid=138&lang=en(opens in a new tab)"Each year UFCW Canada offers 18 UFCW Canada ... BDM Scholarships worth $1,000 each"
https://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_scholarship&view=sform&id=2&Itemid=138&lang=en(opens in a new tab)"a dependent/spouse of active UFCW Canada member in good standing"
https://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_scholarship&view=sform&id=2&Itemid=138&lang=en(opens in a new tab)
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