The application process for the 2024-2025 academic year is now open
Applications must be received by Friday, September 20, 2024, 11:59 p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time).
The Walter Charles Price and Adis Florence Mary McIntosh Bursary encourages greater enrolment in Canada’s documentary heritage profession by offering a financial aid to support the inclusion and the advancement of:
visible minorities
Indigenous peoples (First Nations, Inuit and Métis Nation)
persons with disabilities
The bursary encourages students to register for studies leading to careers in libraries or archives. It is for the documentary heritage professions only.
Amounts are set according to student status for the 2024-2025 school year:
Full-time students receive $5,000
Part-timeFootnote1 students receive $2,500
Recipients can get funding for up to 3 consecutive years if they provide proof of enrollment and proof of tuition payment to our bursary coordinators at: bourse-bursary@bac-lac.gc.ca.
This only applies to recipients continuing their education - without interruption - in an eligible field of study.
Before you apply
For help at any time in the application process, send us an email at: bourse-bursary@bac-lac.gc.ca.
Gather your documents
To apply for the Price McIntosh bursary, you will need the following documents:
a copy of your proof of citizenship, permanent residency or protected person status (please don't send us originals)
proof of enrollment in a Canadian postsecondary institution (University, College or CEGEP). This must be program that leads to a career in the documentary heritage sector (library or archives).
Complete the form
Download application form
Application form (PDF, 447 KB) (text version)
Filling out and saving PDF forms
To fill out and save a PDF form, first download and then open the form using Adobe Acrobat Reader DC (free).
How to download the PDF form:
PC users—Right-click on the link. Choose Save target as or Save link as.
Mac users—Hold the Control key and click on the link. Choose Download Linked File As....
Save the PDF form in a folder that you will be able to find easily on your computer.
Launch Reader.
Browse to the folder where you saved the file, and open it in Reader. You can now fill out and save the PDF form.
If you have any issues with the form, send us an email at: bourse-bursary@bac-lac.gc.ca.
Submit your application
Submit your application by email to: bourse-bursary@bac-lac.gc.ca.
Don't forget to include all required documents in attachment.
We'll send you a confirmation receipt when we receive your application. Once the selection committee makes their choices, we'll update our website with the bursary recipients' names. We don't send individual responses, other than to the successful recipients.