Bursaries and Scholarships

List of organizations offering Bursaries and Scholarships:

• Edmonton Community Foundation
  http://www.ecfoundation.org/forstudents
  Works with donors and the community to transform individual dreams of helping others into reality, now and forever, through permanent endowment funds.
   
• National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation; Building Brighter Futures Scholarships and Bursaries
  http://www.naaf.ca/scholarships
  Download Brochure
  The National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation has evolved into the largest non-governmental funding body for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis post secondary students across Canada. Bursary and scholarship awards are provided to First Nations, Inuit, and Métis students annually across a diverse range of disciplines.
  
  
• National Aboriginal Health Organization
  http://www.naho.ca/careers-in-health/bursaries-sholarships/
  Advancing the Health and Well Being of First Nations, Inuit and Métis
   
• Aboriginal Multi-media Society AMMSA
  Aboriginal Scholarship Guide
  Welcome to the online Guide to Aboriginal Scholarships and Bursaries. Windspeaker and AMMSA maintain an extensive list of scholarships and bursaries available to Aboriginal students. If you are a Canadian Native (First Nations, non-status, Métis, Inuit) student, there are a variety of available funding sources to help offset the financial burden of receiving an education. Please check the lists to determine which programs you may qualify for, and then contact the program administrators directly... listings of Aboriginal specific and non-Aboriginal scholarships.
   
• Anishnawbe Health Toronto (AHT): Dr. Tomer Levey Memorial Bursary
  Dr. Tomer Levy, a physician at Anishnawbe Health Toronto for two years, passed away in a tragic hiking accident in 1996. His family established a trust fund in his name to assist Aboriginal youth studying medicine.
   
• Canadian Benefits
  Your Internet doorway to government-wide information about benefit programs and services for individuals. Canada Benefits is run by the Government of Canada.
   
• First Nations House
  First Nations House can help students in learning about and accessing the wide array of scholarships and grants available to undergraduate and graduate students.The majority of the Aboriginal scholarships and bursaries are based on financial need, although some awards and college bursaries are academic achievement and community contribution-based.
   
• First Nations Single Parent Health Careers Bursary: First Nations Centre
  This program will give out a minimum of five $1,000 cash bursaries to First Nation students currently enrolled and attending health related post-secondary programs during the 2009-2010 school year, who are single parents and in need of financial support.
   
• Foundation for the Advancement of Aboriginal Youth
  Operated by CCAB, the Foundation for the Advancement of Aboriginal Youth is the scholarship and bursary program dedicated to developing the next generation of Aboriginal leaders.
   
• Indigenous Fellowship Programme
  The Indigenous Fellowship Programme (IFP) was launched by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in the context of the first International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (1995/2004).
   
• Kathleen Blinkhorn Aboriginal Student Scholarship Fund
  The scholarship will be awarded each fall to Aboriginal students attending a college, university, or private trade school recognized by the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. Applicants must also live in non-profit housing and, while applications will be accepted from students at all levels of post-secondary education, preference will be given to students who are not currently in their first year of study.
   
• Maclean’s Scholarship Finder
  A free database of thousands of Canadian scholarships, bursaries and awards.
   
• National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation (NAAF)
  The National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation (NAAF) is a nationally registered non-profit organization devoted to excellence and to providing the tools necessary for Aboriginal youth to achieve brighter futures.

• Northern Alberta Development Council (NADC): Awards Booklet and including  Living in the North Bursaries Program

• Health Warrior Memorial Scholarships: Awards Brochure : These scholarships are being provided to encourage and assist Treaty 8 First Nation members in the pursuit of post-secondary studies in the Health field. and application form

• The Noland Foundation; Rose Noland Memorial Scholarships

• Métis Training to Employment Services 1-888-48-MÉTIS (1-888-486-3847): These scholarships are provided to Metis people through the Rupertsland Institute.