Algonquin College is pleased to support Project Hero, an initiative to provide free tuition to the children of Canadian soldiers who are killed in active service. Algonquin is among several Canadian colleges and universities who have signed on to Project Hero which was launched by Memorial University in Newfoundland.

In October of 2009,  Algonquin College became the first Ontario College to implement Project Hero when a first year Business student at its Pembroke Campus received free tuition. The student's father was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2006. 

Watch the news story on TV Cogeco.

Project Hero Eligibility Requirements:

The child of a fallen soldier is eligible for a maximum of eight semesters' tuition.

Students must be enrolled in a full-time program at any Algonquin College campus.

Eligible candidates are citizens or permanent residents of Canada and must be under 26 years of age.

Applications for Project Hero can be made through the college registrar's office. More information on Project Hero can be obtained by contacting Jamie Bramburger, Manager of Community and Student Affairs at Algonquin College in the Ottawa Valley. 

brambuj@algonquincollege.com

613-735-4700, ext. 2756