The 2026 AEBC & Allyant Scholarship Program

The Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians (AEBC) is a grassroots organization that works to improve the lives of blind, deafblind and partially sighted Canadians through education, empowerment, and advocacy. Each year, we offer scholarships to recognize outstanding blind, deafblind and partially sighted post-secondary students. This year, scholarships are provided by Allyant and an anonymous donor. In addition, we are honoured to offer special scholarships in memory of Tom Teranishi (donated by the BC Affiliate), in honour of Rob Sleath (donated by the BC Affiliate), and in memory of John Rae (funded through the John Rae Legacy fund). The minimum value of each award is $1,000. All applicants will be considered for all scholarships; a separate application for each is not required. Previous applicants or past recipients are eligible to reapply if qualified. The AEBC Scholarship Committee reviews all applications and selects all scholarship recipients.

Applicants must meet all of the following qualifications:

1. Applicants must be:
A. Blind (no vision or light perception in the better eye, visual acuity of 20/200 or less);
B. Deafblind (combined sight and hearing impairment causes difficulties with communication, access to information and mobility [inability to travel independently due to lack of vision/hearing]); or
C. Partially Sighted (visual acuity of 20/80 or less in the better eye with best correction or a visual field less than 20 degrees [Snellan eye chart.])
2. Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada.
3. Enrolled in a Canadian post-secondary institution at a college or university, a vocational, educational upgrading, or performing arts program.
4. Exchange students studying abroad, students enrolled in programs not available in Canada, students not accepted into a Canadian program, where the program abroad is clearly superior to those available in Canada, or paying fees to a Canadian educational institution.
5. Enrolled in a minimum of two courses per term in the 2026-27 academic year in their chosen program.

Should there be any questions about the application process, please contact the Scholarship Committee at scholarship@blindcanadians.ca

*Confederation College receives notices from external organizations who wish to advertise their scholarships on our site. These organizations are not affiliated with Confederation College. We do not endorse any of these awards and recommend that you thoroughly research the third-party groups before applying or giving personal information.