Scholarships

The Foundation supports local high schools by awarding $1,000 excellence scholarships to graduates wishing to pursue their studies in the healthcare field. Students are selected by their high school.

This year, four students from Massey-Vanier French and English high school (Cowansville), Jean-Jacques-Bertrand high school (Farnham) and Wilfrid-Léger high school (Waterloo) were selected by their educational institution.

2025 recipients – names to be announced: 

• Massey-Vanier French high school (Cowansville):
• Massey-Vanier English high school (Cowansville):
• Jean-Jacques-Bertrand School (Farnham):
• Wilfrid-Léger School (Waterloo):

The BMP Scholarships – Healthcare are intended for graduating students from local high schools who intend to study in the DEC program in Sciences.

The BMP Scholarships – Nursing target future nursing students only, and encourage young people to get involved in this field, which is currently in need of workers. This scholarship includes the DEC program in Nursing and the DEP in Health, Assistance and Nursing.

Each of the scholarships provides a total of $6,000. An amount of $2,000, renewable annually throughout the student’s cegep path, is offered for a maximum of three (3) years. The four scholarships recipients are selected by a selection committee consisting of a director of a school institution, a BMP Hospital staff member and a person from the community.

To register for the 2025 scholarships, here are the documents to have in your file:

• The duly completed registration form;
• Confirmation of admission to a college program (CEGEP) or a DEP (CRIF) in the field of healthcare or nursing (if possible, otherwise confirmation of application sent);
• A cover letter;
• A letter of recommendation from an academic source;
• An official transcript from the Ministry of Education;
• School report cards for the year preceding the request and for the current year.
• Applications for the 2024 scholarships are open until April 5th, 2024.

The BMP Hospital Foundation sincerely thanks the Chawkers Foundation for their support towards the students of the area!

APPLICATIONS FOR 2025

Applications for 2025 are now closed, stay tuned for next year!

2025 recipients:

• BMP Scholarship – Healthcare: Ana-May Melchior 
• BMP Scholarship – Healthcare: Rosalie Gherardi 
• BMP Scholarship – Healthcare: Maïka Taschereau
• BMP Scholarship – Nursing: Camille Desmarais

From left to right: BMP Foundation’s General Director Francis Laramée, Camille Desmarais, Ana-May Melchior, Rosalie Gherardi, and Vice-President of the BMP Foundation’s board of directors Julie Coderre.

BMP Foundation’s General Director Francis Laramée and Maïka Taschereau.

The BMP Foundation organizes guided school visits for students at the end of their course from the four regional high schools to enable them to discover career opportunities in the healthcare field at the BMP Hospital. Each year, 60-70 students go on these one-day visits and are exposed to careers in medicine, nursing, laboratory, pharmacy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, medical imaging, and respiratory therapy.