Aziz Shallwani Memorial Award for Black and Indigenous Students

Eligibility & selection criteria:

limited to Black or Indigenous students
academic excellence
Admission Information Form (AIF)
online video interview
Selection is based on the application statement who can best demonstrate the impact this award will have on their pursuit of post-secondary studies

An award, valued at up to CAN $1,650, will be provided annually to a Black or Indigenous undergraduate student entering Year One of any program in the Faculty of Engineering. For the purpose of this scholarship, an Indigenous person is a person who self identifies as First Nations (Status/Non-Status), Metis and/or Inuit. Selection will be based on a combination of academic achievement, the Admission Information Form (AIF), the online video interview, as well as an application statement wherein students are asked to describe the impact this award will have on their pursuit of post-secondary studies. This fund was established by family and friends of Aziz Shallwani (BASc '00) to honour his memory and to support diversity and inclusion among the next generation of Waterloo engineering students.