Valour Canada History & Heritage Scholarship 2025

The Valour Canada History & Heritage Scholarship 2025 is open for application to interested applicant

Eligibility Criteria for Valour Canada History & Heritage Scholarship 2025

A submission’s final grade consists solely of the video score (100% of the final grade). For a more detailed description of the criteria for the video, please see the provided rubric.

The following rules and regulations apply and are in accordance with Section 74.06 of Canada’s Competition Act, Section 206 of Canada’s Criminal Code, and Canada’s Copyright Act:

1. The Valour Canada History and Heritage Scholarship (VCHHS) contest is open to all Canadian citizens or permanent residents residing in Canada, excluding residents of Quebec, who are younger than 21 years old prior to 11:59 PM (EST), June 30, 2025. This is to accommodate students who take a gap year. There will not be regional allocation of scholarships. No purchase necessary for contest entry.
2. Eligible persons must not have attended a post-secondary education institution at any time between September 1, 2024, and August 13, 2025.
3. VCHHS entries must be emailed to our Educator and must be received by Valour Canada before 11:59 PM (EST), June 11, 2025.
4. Submitted entries will be evaluated based on the criteria in VCHHS Rubric. Valour Canada (VC) educators will select the best 10-15 submissions, which will then be provided to VC’s Education Subcommittee for final assessment to determine a winner, a runner-up, and the 3rd through 6th best submissions.
5. One VCHHS winner and one runner-up will be chosen and awarded as follows: VCHHS winner will receive a $1,500 scholarship and the runner-up will receive a $500 scholarship. Both will be notified via email before 11:59 PM (EST), August 6, 2025. The creator of each of the 3rd through 6th best submissions will have their videos published alongside the winning and runner-up videos. All winners will be notified via email before 11:59 PM (EST), August 27, 2025.
6. All 6 winning videos will be published on VC’s YouTube page, so that Canadians around the world can access them. VC will reference the creator of each video in the description for each respective video.
7. The probability of winning the VCHHS scholarship or an award will depend on the number of entries and the quality of the submissions.
8. A skill testing question must be answered correctly by all winners and all winners will be responsible for any tax incurred by their award. Awards will be mailed to the winners to be received before October 15, 2025.
9. Winners who do not respond via phone or email within 5 business days of being contacted, who do not answer the skill testing question correctly, who cannot show proof of attendance at a post-secondary education institution on a full-time basis for the upcoming academic year, who cannot show proof of age, or who do not sign our “ELIGIBILITY & LIABILITY/PUBLICITY RELEASE” will be disqualified and the scholarship will be awarded to the next in line as per the criteria outlined above.
10. The “ELIGIBILITY & LIABILITY/PUBLICITY RELEASE” outlines that each scholarship winner consents to VC’s use of their name, address (town/city and province only), and submitted materials without further compensation. Only the first and second place winners will be required to complete this release.
11. VC is not responsible for any complications negatively affecting any scholarship contest entries or any other errors or negligence that may arise in connection with this scholarship contest.
12. VC also retains full rights to the administering of the scholarship contest according to the law and retains the right to terminate the scholarship contest at any time and without notice.

The Essay Question:

Visit a local Canadian war memorial, monument, or important place in military history. Describe it, then compare and contrast its historical context with your opinion of its current meaning. Finish with some commentary about the role of Canadian war memorials in the 21st century.

Your response should reference at least two of Valour Canada’s six pillars of character (communication, cooperation, courage, responsibility, resilience, thoughtfulness).

Both the introductory document and the video must be received by email to Valour Canada by 23:59, June 11th, 2025 (EST). If after all evaluations are completed, your entry is found to deserve an award, a potential winner must provide a signed ELIGIBILITY & LIABILITY/PUBLICITY RELEASE, proof of age, and proof of enrolment. (For more on eligibility requirements, please refer to the “Eligibility Package”).

Benefits of Valour Canada History & Heritage Scholarship 2025

The aim of Valour Canada’s History and Heritage Scholarship is to support Canadian students in their educational pursuits in an engaging, thought-provoking, and memorable manner. The student who creates the best video response to the question provided below will be awarded a $1,500 scholarship to be put towards their post-secondary education.

How to Apply

Are you qualified and interested in this opportunity? Kindly go to Valour Canada on valourcanada.ca to apply

Students must create and submit the following two items to enter the scholarship contest:

1. A one- or two-paragraph introductory document that explains why you chose to apply for Valour Canada’s History and Heritage Scholarship (.doc or .pdf format, please). This will not be evaluated.
2. A YouTube-compatible video between four and six minutes long that educates viewers about your chosen memorial, monument, or place (see the question below). Your video should open with a still screen title page that includes the video title, your name, your town/city, and your school. Your video should close with a still screen showing your references (as per Chicago-style formatting requirements). Your video should not have music.

Note: Regarding the video submission, applicants can provide a link to a Dropbox folder, Google Drive, or similar that holds the finished video file. MAKE SURE TO SAVE YOUR VIDEO AT A HIGH RESOLUTION, butease make it smaller than 1 GB.

For more details, visit Valour Canada History & Heritage Scholarship webpage

Application Deadline

June 11, 2025

Application Link(s)

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