Atlantic Credit Unions offer fifty $500 bursaries, distributed to community college students in New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador each year. Applications are posted to the college’s awards pages with submission deadlines varying by school (generally mid to late October).

Special consideration may be given to students who are credit union members or can demonstrate a credit union affiliation.

In addition, individual credit unions offer a multitude of scholarship and bursary opportunities, as well as New Brunswick credit unions as a group who offer the Harry M. Daley Memorial Bursaries.

Credit unions of New Brunswick and the Atlantic provinces are pleased to support students attending the New Brunswick Community College (NBCC) with $3,000 in bursaries. Six $500 bursaries were awarded. 

Credit unions of Prince Edward Island and the Atlantic provinces are pleased to support students attending Holland College with $3,000 in bursaries. Six $500 bursaries were awarded. 

Credit unions in Nova Scotia and the Atlantic provinces have partnered with Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) since 1996 to provide bursaries to NSCC students. Two full-time students at each of the 13 NSCC campuses were awarded a $500 bursary with a total of $13,000 being provided.

Credit unions of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Atlantic provinces launched a bursary program in fall 2009 to support students attending the College of the North Atlantic (CNA). Two full-time students from each of the three geographic regions in their second and third year of study were awarded a $500 bursary with a total of $3,000 being provided.