Youth Education Program

• Program: Business
• Study Year: 1st Year - Post Grad
• Grades: 75 - 100%
• Citizenship: Canadian or Permanent Resident (Canada)

As part of our Youth Education Program we provide up to 25 scholarships a year to undergraduates studying international business at university or college. We also make five international business scholarships available to students in programs that combine business with environmental or sustainability studies. Each scholarship is worth $4,000. 

Complete the online application in our Careers portal under “EDC International Business Scholarships 2018-2019.” The application process starts in November and ends in February. Scholarships are awarded in the spring, and issued in the fall at the start of each academic year.

Please note, you must apply electronically: we cannot accept documents by mail, email or fax.

All eligible applications will be reviewed in March. You’ll be notified of the selection committee’s decision by early April.

We are Canada’s export credit agency. Our job is to support and develop Canada’s export trade by helping Canadian companies respond to international business opportunities. We are a self-financing Crown corporation that operates at arm’s length from the government.

We provide insurance and financial services, bonding products and small business solutions to Canadian exporters and investors and their international buyers. We also support Canadian direct investment abroad and investment into Canada. Much of our business is done in partnership with other financial institutions and through collaboration with the Government of Canada.

In 2017, EDC was entrusted by the Government of Canada to create a Canadian development finance institution (DFI). Created as a subsidiary of EDC, the DFI’s core mandate will be to support sustainable development and poverty reduction in developing countries by providing financial services in support of private sector initiatives.