First Citizens Fund Student Bursary Program
About this resource
The First Citizens Fund Student Bursary Program provides financial awards to Indigenous students enrolled in post-secondary education.
Bursaries between $700-$1,200 are awarded to students who meet all eligibility requirements and who demonstrate significant financial need. The funds are distributed after the applicant successfully completes a semester of school; the funds can then be applied to the following semester's tuition, fees, and other related educational costs.
The Province of British Columbia funds the First Citizens Fund Student Bursary Program while the BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres administers it. Both parties are honored to support Indigenous students in pursuing educational opportunities at the post-secondary level.
Bursaries between $700-$1,200 are awarded to students who meet all eligibility requirements and who demonstrate significant financial need. The funds are distributed after the applicant successfully completes a semester of school; the funds can then be applied to the following semester's tuition, fees, and other related educational costs.
The Province of British Columbia funds the First Citizens Fund Student Bursary Program while the BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres administers it. Both parties are honored to support Indigenous students in pursuing educational opportunities at the post-secondary level.
Details
Resource type
Bursaries, Education, Education, Friendship Centres, Travel / Transportation Subsidies
Disabilities
Acquired Brain Injury, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Behaviour Disorders and Conditions (ie. ADHD), Blind / Visual Impairment, Cerebral Palsy, Deaf / Hard of Hearing, Deaf-Blind, Down Syndrome , Dual Diagnosis, Epilepsy / Seizure Disorder, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome / Spectrum Disorders , Intellectual / Developmental Disability, Learning Disorder / Disability, Mental Health , Neuromuscular Disorders, Other / I don't know, Paraplegia / Quadriplegia, Physical Disability / Mobility Impairment, Schizophrenia , Speech Impairment / Social / Communication Disorders, Spina Bifida, Substance Use/Addiction
Age
18-65
Eligibility
Post-secondary students of Indigenous ancestry (status, non-status, Métis, Inuit) who are:
- permanent residents of British Columbia
- registered in a BC recognized post-secondary institution
- with a minimum GPA of 2.5 or a C+ grade equivalent
* Please note: students are not eligible to receive a bursary to repeat a course or academic year.
- permanent residents of British Columbia
- registered in a BC recognized post-secondary institution
- with a minimum GPA of 2.5 or a C+ grade equivalent
* Please note: students are not eligible to receive a bursary to repeat a course or academic year.
Location
Regions
Cariboo Chilcotin Coast, Fraser North, Fraser South, Fraser Valley, Greater Vancouver, Kootenays, North East, North West, Sunshine Coast / Squamish-Lillooet, Thompson Okanagan, Vancouver Island Central, Vancouver Island North, Vancouver Island South
Cities
Brentwood Bay, Chemainus, Cobble Hill, Colwood, Cowichan Bay, Crofton, Duncan, Esquimalt, Galiano Island, Honeymoon Bay, Ladysmith, Lake Cowichan, Langford, Mayne Island, Metchosin, Mill Bay , North Saanich, Pender Island, Port Renfrew, Saanich, Saanichton, Salt Spring Island, Saturna Island, Shawnigan Lake, Sidney, Sooke, Swartz Bay, Thetis Island, Victoria, View Royal
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