This award was established by a bequest from Savitri Ahuja, and the love and adoration of her family members. Savitri was a teacher in India, who immigrated to Canada in 1974, and attended York University to upgrade her teaching credentials. She had a passion and love for teaching her students who, just like her family, were her pride and joy. This award is to benefit undergraduate teacher candidates (Concurrent or Consecutive) in their first year of studies in the Bachelor of Education teaching certification program. Applicants must submit a short statement on any difficulties they have faced in continuing their studies along with their career aspirations to teach in Canada. Recipients must demonstrate financial need. Preference will be given to, in the following order, new Canadian citizens, permanent residents or protected persons who have been in Canada less than 5 years; or teacher candidates with international teaching credentials who wish to further their education studies in Canada; or teacher candidates whose parents are newcomers to Canada and are first in their family to attend university. This Award is renewable for the teacher candidates second year of studies provided that the recipient successfully completes their first year of studies with no failing grades. The award will be adjudicated by the Office of Student Financial Services. Application Process To apply for this award, you must complete: (1) Teacher candidate must complete the Student Financial Profile at https://sfs.yorku.ca/aid/sfp by September 15th. (2) Students must also submit a personal statement on any difficulties they have faced in continuing their studies along with their career aspiration to teach in Canada. (3) The personal statement letter must be uploaded below along with the award application by September 30th.