What They're Looking For
Program: STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math)
Study Year: Grade 12
Age: 16 - 22
Province: Ontario
Citizenship: Canadian or Permanent Resident (Canada)
About Scholarship
Queering STEM is a scholarship program for LGBTQ+ youth in Ontario who are entering a STEM (science, tech, engineering, math) undergraduate program in Ontario for the 2020/21 school year. The scholarship addresses gaps in LGBTQ+ visibility in STEM fields by providing funding to students who demonstrate academic excellence, civic engagement, and leadership potential. Two scholarships of $2,000 CAD are available. Queering STEM is funded and directed by LoveisLoveisLove and administered in partnership with ScholarTree.
- You must be entering a STEM-related undergraduate program in Ontario.[1]
[1] Proof of admission must be provided via a scanned acceptance letter before scholarship is disbursed. Scholarship will only be paid directly to academic institutions. Failure to meet this criteria may lead to revocation of scholarship. LoveisLoveisLove recognizes that it may be ambiguous whether some programs fall under the STEM umbrella, and reserves the right to adjudicate this on a per-case basis.
About Company
LoveisLoveisLove is a LGBTQ+ advocacy campaign based out of Toronto. The campaign's focus is on fostering empathy through the production and dissemination of socially-positive imagery. Since launching in 2016, the campaign has engaged hundreds of thousands of Canadians through both its digital outreach and its production of large-scale art and educational installations. LoveisLoveisLove is most known for producing Toronto's Big Gay Bus, as well as a series of banner installations in Toronto and Ottawa City Hall. The campaign focusses on reaching out to communities missed by traditional activism, such as suburban communities. Its Queering STEM scholarship program is an extension of that, given the relative lack of attention given to inequities in LGBTQ+ support across different professional sectors. The Queering STEM scholarship program was made possible through partnerships with Peace Collective, Meridian Credit Union, Mongrel Media, and ScholarTree.