2025 CNPA Scholarships Winners

The CN Pensioners’ Association Scholarship Committee has now completed the 13th year of our scholarship program. The awards in the amount of $1,500 each to children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of “contributing” members of the CNPA have been mailed to the successful applicants.  The success of this project will be discussed thoroughly at our Annual Directors' Meeting in November 2025 with the possibility of offering it once again for the 2026-2027 scholastic year.

 

In addition to the 25 CNPA National Council awards, there were several $1,500 bursaries and scholarships administered and awarded by Regional/Provincial or Local Councils to eligible candidates:

• Moncton Council No. 1 funded 2 additional scholarships for applicants that were sponsored by Moncton Council members

• Quebec region funded 2 trades bursaries in honor of Luc Grenier.

• Ontario Provincial Council also awarded an additional bursary

• Manitoba Provincial Council awarded five Harvey Hosfield bursaries and a trade bursary

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The Scholarship Committee and all the local selection committees (27 volunteers, most with several years participation) would like to take this opportunity to thank CN Pensioners/survivors and their families for their interest and participation in this program. We thank all those applicants who took the time and effort to prepare their professional submissions. In particular, the students all deserve hearty congratulations for all the volunteer work they perform in their communities. 

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This year we received 203 applications. Sadly 42 were rejected for various reasons under the submission rules. Disqualifications were primarily due to no résumé submitted, missing or incomplete marks, the applicant’s parent or grandparent not being a CNPA contributing member, unacceptable or no proof of registration. In addition, this year we had a new problem - secure documents from the student or an educational institution that we could not open or forward.  If we can not open or forward documents, or if documents come from multiple sources, the application will be rejected!  Only straight simple unprotected PDF documents are accepted. All submitted documents are deleted each year from all selection committee mail files at the end of the selection process.