WTS Toronto Area Scholarship

Transportation is a thriving and comprehensive industry. It incorporates all forms of human modality—heavy and light rail, aviation, automotive, human-powered means—and draws on the knowledge and skill sets from various fields and educational backgrounds. The evolution of innovative transportation requires minds trained in:

architecture, engineering (all disciplines), mathematics, geography, political science, policy, economics, finance, planning, environmental science, communications, and more.
Despite the broad range of educational backgrounds that can lead to a career in transportation, women continue to be under-represented in transportation-related occupations as identified by various studies.

The WTS Toronto Area Chapter is committed to advancing the transportation industry by fostering greater gender diversity within the local workforce. To support this goal and encourage the next generation of transportation professionals, the chapter has established a scholarship program.

HOW THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM WORKS
The scholarship is open to any student who meets the following criteria:

• Are registered full-time at a post-secondary institution in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area and the Kitchener/Waterloo/Guelph are in 2026. 
• Are pursuing a degree/diploma which will lead to a career focused on transportation.
• Have a demonstrable interest in promoting the advancement of gender diversity within the transportation industry.

Deadline to apply: September 20, 2026, 11:59pm.

We are also offering additional scholarships:

• One Indigenous Scholarship for a post-secondary school student who identifies as Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit). The Indigenous undergraduate student scholarship is open to any enrolled post-secondary school students with Indigenous heritage who are pursuing a degree or diploma in planning, economics, engineering, political science, environmental science, automotive and other programs that will lead to a career focused on transportation. Students are eligible if they are currently attending a college or university within Canada.
• A Focused Scholarship related to a specific industry focus area with relevance to the transportation industry.

Indigenous scholarship applications are accepted year-round.

Please visit the website for complete details.