2025 Professional Engineers Ontario York Chapter Engineering Entrance Scholarship
Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) York Chapter is offering one University Engineering Entrance Scholarship valued at $1,500 this year. Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) is a self-regulating body that licenses and governs Ontario's professional engineers. York Chapter is the local presence for PEO in York Region.
To qualify for this scholarship, the applicant must be a graduating Grade 12 student from a secondary school located in York Region and be accepted and enrolled into an accredited engineering program at a Canadian University for the 2025-2026 school year. The applicant must be entering the first-year of the accredited engineering program in Fall 2025. For a list of post-secondary institutions with accredited Engineering Programs in Canada refer to the link: https://www.engineerscanada.ca/accreditation/accredited-programs-by-institution. If selected, proof of enrollment must be submitted by October 30 in order to receive scholarship funds.
Deadline of application: May 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Submit to education@peoyork.com with email subject: "2025 PEO York Chapter Scholarship Application - [First name Last Name]"
To apply, please read and follow the instructions on the Scholarship Criteria document:
Application Requirements and Evaluation Criteria
Please see the Scholarship Criteria document for the detailed evaluation criteria and application requirements. All applicant should read this document before beginning their application. Applications will be assess based on 1) Academics 2) Interest in Professional Engineering 3) Resiliency, Leadership and Interpersonal Skills and 4) Employment, Extracurricular and Community Involvement.
Due to the volume of applications, only successful applicants will be contacted.
The scholarship recipient will need to attend one or more of the current PEO York Chapter events in person and provide a short talk about their interest in the engineering discipline in order to receive the scholarship funds. The recipient will be asked to provide an acceptance speech video for the PEO York Chapter YouTube channel and website.
Application Form Components
- Completed application form (including personal info, graduating high school, academics, interest in professional engineering, demonstration of leadership skills, and extracurricular or community involvement)
- A reference letter
- An official transcript
All must be submitted within the same email to education@peoyork.com by the scholarship deadline.
Past Scholarship Recipients
Jeremy Siu was the recipient of the 2024 Entrance Scholarship. He is currently a student of Engineering at the University of Waterloo.
Bairavi Mathialagan was the receipient of the 2023 Entrance Scholarship.
Jonathan Xie was the receipient of the 2022 Entrance Scholarship.
Derron Li, Ivan Yu, and Kevin Qu were the recipients of the 2021 PEO York Chapter Engineering Entrance Scholarships. Please see their acceptance speeches below.
Tharaka Sivasabesan was the recipient of the 2020 PEO York Chapter Entrance Scholarship. Tharaka graduated from Middlefield Collegiate Institute and is attending the Mechanical Engineering program at the University of Toronto.
Imaad Remtula, Matthew Lysenko, and Jonathan Xu were the recipients of the 2019 PEO York Chapter Engineering Entrance Scholarships.
Scholarship Recipient Name | Graduating High School | University | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
Matthew Lysenko | Thornhill Secondary School | University of Waterloo | Computer Engineering |
Imaad Remtula | Westmount Collegiate Institute | University of Waterloo | Mechatronics Engineering |
Jonathan Xu | Richmond Hill High School | University of Waterloo | Software Engineering |
Imaad Remtula receiving his scholarship from the Education Director and Matthew Xie.
Jonathan Xu receiving his scholarship from the Education Director and Matthew Xie.
Matthew Lysenko receiving his scholarship from the Education Director and Matthew Xie.