AMI Scholarship Program

Established in 2012, the AMI Scholarship Program was created to ensure that post-secondary education is available to members of the disability community. In 2016, the program was renamed the AMI Robert Pearson Memorial Scholarship in honour of Robert Pearson, AMI's first Accessibility Officer.

The scholarship program is open to Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada with a permanent disability who are currently registered in and returning to a full-time program of study at an accredited Canadian post-secondary college or university. Each year AMI will award two $5,000 bursaries to two deserving students with a permanent disability; one from the English community and one from the French.

Selali Tettevi smiles into the camera. She is a power wheelchair user. Victoria Lacey and David Errington smile into the camera.

The recipients of the 2024 AMI Robert Pearson Memorial Scholarship are Gemma Greco and Catheryne Houde. Gemma is in her first year at Humber College, studying in the Hearing Instrument Specialist program, while Catheryne is enrolled in an advanced graduate diploma in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at Université Laval.

How to Apply

The 2025 application window is now closed. Thank you to everyone who applied.

Past Recipients

2025

Vanessa Mbakwa

Jean-Benoît Bergeron

2024

Gemma Greco of Toronto

Catheryne Houde of Montreal

2023

Linda Cho of Ottawa

François Bellemare of Montreal

2022

Selali Tettevi of Regina, SK

Élise St-Laurent of Rouyn-Noranda, QC

2021

Rebecca Nicol of Barrie, ON

Mohamed Auda of Montreal, QC

2020

Nik Provenzano of Sault Ste. Marie, ON

Marie-Pier Lemay of Brossard, QC

2019

Victoria Lacey of Toronto, ON

Léonie Côté of Quebec City, QC

2018

Laura Lefevre of Edmonton, AB

Elisanne Pellerin of Montreal, QC

2017

Shelby Brown of Calgary, AB

Yan Gobeil of Montreal, QC

2016

Sean Heaslip of Vancouver, BC

Valérie Poisson of Montreal, QC

2015

Jack McCormick of Tillsonburg, ON

Louisane LeBlanc of Montreal, QC

2014

Courtney Knight of Burnaby, BC

Judith Oluwatosin Jubril of Brampton, ON

2013

Gillian Murch of Orillia, ON

RuiLin Guo of Barrie, ON

2012

Charmaine Co of Richmond, BC

Jan Boomhouwer of L’Amable, ON