Number of APEGA Members who ever donated to AEF 4 , 000+
$2 MILLION Total scholarships, bursaries and
outreach funding dispersed by AEF since 1996
Founded in 1996, the APEGA Education Foundation is an arms-length, Member-run group dedicated to helping
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= 200 APEGA Members
ease the financial burden of students on their way to becoming Professional Engineers and Geoscientists
INDIVIDUAL MEMBER DONATIONS
$400,000
SCHOLARSHIPS + BURSARIES 50 x = 10 Number of Millennium Scholarships awarded annually to children of APEGA Members, valued at $3,500 each $195 , 000 awarded each year
$262,000
$166,364
2012
2013
Long-term Goal
“ People do not have to give huge amounts to make a difference. I just wish more people would go ahead and donate. ” Brenda Wright, P.Geol, FGC, FEC (Hon.) AEF Donor
Two AEF/ Enbridge Bursaries introduced in 2014. Valued at $1,500 each, they are available for Treaty 8 First Nations students studying engineering or geoscience at the University of Alberta or University of Calgary.
Applications open for scholarships and bursaries
OUTREACH FUNDING
$100,000
$145 , 000 Annual funding provided to different organizations for outreach programs 99 per cent of the funds disbursed by AEF have gone directly to students through scholarships and bursaries or outreach programs
80,000
Funding increased significantly in 2013. Some of the programs it supports include DiscoverE Day Camps hosted by the University of Alberta Faculty of Engineering and Minds in Motion Day Camps hosted by the University of Calgary Schulich School of Engineering
60,000
40,000
20,000
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2012
2013
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