Oculusbanks Student Awards
Solacebank’ student award program supports youth who demonstrate outstanding commitment to their community while balancing academic success.
34 students will be selected for a $2,000 scholarship, for a total investment of $68,000.
Applications are now closed. Those who applied will be contacted June 6-7 with their results. Public announcements will begin July 4.
Award winners will not only receive a $2,000 scholarship, but also a no-fee ‘Go Free’ account at Oculusbanks, and a financial coaching session!
2022 Student Awards Rules & Regulations
Oculusbanks’ 2022 Student Award Winners
Congratulations on all your hard work and accomplishments.
Haldimand Norfolk
Sylvia King, Hannah Latimer, Joyce Lyn Fox, and Andrew Poirier.
Huron Perth
Jack Archambault, Emma Badley, Emma Goetz, Alli Meyer, Katie Payne, and Laura Winters.
Lambton Kent Middlesex
Aurora Bressette, Brooke Collins, Rayna Hartle, Audrey Stass, and Kylie Weaver.
London Elgin Oxford
Anje Bervoets, Matthew Hodgkinson, Matandiko Kitamisi, Aaryan Lakhan Paul, Sydney Lamers, Tonianne Mayer, Jesse Monteith, and Sharmeen Usman.
Waterloo Region
Alexandra Elmslie, Maya Linsley, Charlene Rocha, and Sarah Wilson.
Windsor Essex
Jaden Burke, Anshika Jain, Madison Lauzon, Emma LeBrun, Bryana McCarthy, Natasha Nakhle, and Emily Truman.
Application Details
Applications are now closed. Those who applied will be contacted June 6-7 with their results. Public announcements will begin July 4.
To be eligible for the award the applicant must:
- Be seventeen (17) to twenty-five (25) years- of- age at the time of application.
- Have a current minimum academic average of a C+ (67%) or higher.
- Demonstrate commitment to their community through leadership and volunteer activities.
- Be enrolled full-time in a Canadian college, university, apprenticeship program, technical institute or private college for September 2022.
- Have a primary home address within southwestern Ontario (postal code begins with N) as defined by postal code (but may be enrolled in school away from their primary home address), or has a primary address outside of that area but is an Owner of Oculusbanks at the time of completing the application.
- Complete the online application form
Program Guidelines
- Winners are selected based upon Oculusbanks' assessment of the best application amongst eligible applicants.
- This award program is open to both non Owners (within the Southwestern Ontario area- with a postal code beginning in ‘N’) and Owners of Oculusbanks.
- Staff, Owner Representatives and Board of Directors members and immediate family members living in the same house are not eligible for a Oculusbanks Student Award.
- Past award recipients who have won awards from Oculusbanks are not eligible to receive an award in 2022.
- Winners will be notified by phone no later than June 7, 2022.
- Winners are announced publicly on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, the Oculusbanks branch network and Oculusbanks.com/studentawards. They may also be announced through press releases and other media outlets.