BC Aboriginal Student Award

The Society offers Indigenous Award programs for students pursuing post-secondary education in BC. They are available to students who identify as Indigenous – First Nations (Status or Non-Status), Métis or Inuit. All are renewable in order to provide sustained funding over multiple years.

Indigenous Student Awards: $1000-$5000 (renewable annually) for students pursuing trades training, apprenticeship, diploma, certificates, degree or post-degree programs.

Applications for 2025 Indigenous Student Awards are now open. The deadline to apply is 4:30PM (PST) on Wednesday, April 2, 2025.

Detailed Eligibility Criteria:

Apprenticeship/Trades Training/Certificates/Diplomas

• You are First Nations (Status or Non-Status), Inuit or Métis;
• You are a resident of British Columbia, defined as having a primary residence in the province for at least 12 consecutive months prior to the date of full-time enrollment in the program for which the award is applied for;
• You are a Canadian citizen, permanent resident (landed immigrant), convention refugee, or protected person living in Canada;
• You are planning to study at a BC public post-secondary institution or Indigenous post-secondary institution;
• Your course of study will be no less than seven (7) continuous weeks in length and will commence sometime between the dates of May 1, 2025 and April 30, 2026;
• You will be registered as a full-time student*, as defined by the institution you will be attending (usually 60% or more of a full course load).

Exceptions may apply to applicants who are prevented from studying full-time for medical reasons or disabilities.