Merit provides industry-leading benefits, quality education, and unwavering advocacy to meet the needs of our members.
Enhance your employees’ well-being with portable benefits tailored exclusively for the open-shop construction industry and its partners.
Sharpen your skills and stay competitive at Merit College of Construction. High-quality education and scholarships that encourage a skilled, competitive and robust construction workforce.
As provincial policies continue to shift, we stand firm in our mission to elevate Canada’s open shop construction industry. Our mission is to develop a regulatory and business environment that not only supports open shop principles, but a spirit of open and transparency in the construction industry as well.
The Merit Contractors Association Scholarship provides assistance to children of Merit member employees pursuing post-secondary education, including apprenticeship technical training. The $1,500 Merit scholarship can be awarded to post-secondary students in any year of their current program, with a maximum of one application per student during their schooling. The scholarship applies to any accredited post-secondary institution.
Scholarship Application
The Merit College of Construction is an eligible training provider for the Canada-Alberta Job Grant. Successful grant applicants are eligible to receive two-thirds of their training costs covered up to a maximum of $10,000 per trainee per fiscal year.
To see if your employees qualify please visit:
Canada-Alberta Job Grant Canada-Alberta Job Grant Applicant Guide
Merit Contractors Association 103 – 13025 St. Albert Trail Edmonton, Alberta T5L 4H5 P: 780-455-5999
The Merit Contractors Association Scholarship provides assistance to children of Merit member employees pursuing post-secondary education, including apprenticeship technical training. This scholarship can be awarded to post-secondary students in any year of their current program, with a maximum of one application per student during their schooling. While this scholarship is not necessarily given out based on academic standing, there are a limited number of spots and Merit reserves the right to reject applications based on the number of applications we receive. The total sum awarded per person for the scholarship will be $1,500. The scholarship applies to any accredited post-secondary institution.
Submit the following by March 31, 2021, to Merit Contractors Association:
** Incomplete applications will not be considered.