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 2025 AMI Robert Pearson Memorial Scholarship were Vanessa Mbakwa and Jean-Benoît Bergeron.
How to Apply
The 2026 application window is now open. Click on the box below to start the application process. The deadline to apply is October 16, at 5 p.m. PT.
Past Recipients
2025
Vanessa Mbakwa
Jean-Benoît Bergeron
2024
Gemma Greco of Toronto
Catheryne Houde of Montreal
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