CSLA is pleased to offer up to eleven $500.00 annual student awards to exemplary student leaders from across Canada. The aim of these awards is to recognize outstanding achievement and contribution to student leadership in secondary schools and communities across Canada. These awards are the highest recognition CSLA gives to student leaders in Canada.
There will be a Canadian Student Leader Award offered to one deserving student from each province, the territories, and one discretionary award. In the event that there is no eligible applicant from a province or the territories, the CSLA Board of Directors will, at their discretion, award additional discretionary awards as is deemed merited.Your school must be a CSLA member for this school year for you to apply for these awards.
The CSLA Board of Directors will approve award winners. Applicants will be evaluated on whether or not they meet the meet the award criteria. Applications will open in November 2021 and are due April 15th, 2022.
Congratulations to our 2021 scholarship recipients!
2020-2021 Award Winners
| Name | School | Province/Territory |
| Alissa Mete | Notre Dame College School | ON |
| Annie Huang | Clayton Heights Secondary School | BC |
| Brooklyn Ambis | McKinnon Park Secondary School | ON |
| Carmi Ampo | Ecole Olds High School | AB |
| Ella Boyer | Beaconsfield High School | QC |
| Grace Anderson | Kennebecasis Valley High School | NB |
| Jillian Torrens | Kindersley Composite School | SK |
| Julia Gonzales | Charles P. Allen High School | NS (Bill Conconi Award) |
| Kai LeBlanc | Riverview High School | NB |
| Kelly Lindsay | Centennial High School | AB |
| Megan Downe | Bluefield High School | PE |
| Mira Buckle | Cornerbrook Regional High School | NL |
| Teresa Siby | St. Robert Catholic High School | ON |
2019-2020 Award Winners
| Name | School | Province/Territory |
| Annie Wu | R.A. McMath Secondary School | BC |
| Ava Jane Szollosy | Beaconsfield High School | QC |
| Charlie Reist | Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate Institute | ON (Bill Conconi Award) |
| Emmy Curtis | Yale Secondary School | BC |
| Frouke de Backer | Kensington Intermediate Senior High | PE |
| James Poole | St. Lewis Academy | NL |
| Jenna Keveryga | Centennial High School | AB |
| Jenna Legge | Kennebecasis Valley High School | NB |
| Katherine Charette | Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate Institute | ON |
| Katie Hart | Ecole St. Patrick | NT |
| Sarah Nagel | Rimbey High School | AB |
| Shubkarman Jaura | Maples Collegiate | MB |
| Sydney Winterholt | John Paul II Collegiate | SK |
Applications for the upcoming school year’s bursary are now available and due April 15th, 2021.
2018 – 2019 Award Winners
| Name | School | Province/Territory |
| Abigail Atienza | Inuksuk High School | NU |
| Aleisha Meggison | Westisle Composite High | PE |
| Alex Charette | Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate Institute | ON |
| Carly MacKenzie | Three Oaks Sr. High | PE |
| Caroline Manning | Weyburn Comprehensive | SK |
| Charlotte Pollard | Kennebecasis Valley High | NB |
| Ghalia Aamer | Old Scona Academic | AB |
| Isabel Szollosy | Beaconsfield High School | QC (Bill Conconi Award) |
| Jessica Hyde | St. Peter’s Catholic SS | ON |
| Madeline MacMillan | Resurrection Catholic SS | ON |
| Olivia Batten | Westisle Composite High | PE |
| Rancy Singh | W.P. Wagner High School | AB |
| Thu Huong Nguyen | Strathcona High School | AB |