First Citizens Fund Student Bursary

• Ethnicity: Aboriginal, Inuit, Metis, or North American Indian/Alaskan Native
• Grades: 65 - 100%
• Province: British Columbia

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: 

The First Citizens Fund student bursary program is funded by the Province of British Columbia and delivered by the BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres.

HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS: 

The First Citizens Fund student bursary program is designed to reward students for successful completion of their term of study. Funding is distributed to all students who meet the eligibility criteria on a first come, first serve basis. However, funding will not be sent out until a student’s official transcript is received and the student’s grades and enrollment is verified. Funding from this program may be used for any purpose.

The BCAAFC has an over-riding philosophy and as a registered Society within the Province of BC, our constitution reads:

"The purposes of the BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres are: 

1. To promote the betterment of Aboriginal Friendship Centres in the Province of British Columbia.
2. To establish and maintain communications between Aboriginal Friendship Centres and other Provincial Associations and the National Association of Friendship Centres.
3. To act as a unifying body for Aboriginal Friendship Centres. To provide an Association for Government Agencies to communicate through and obtain information from. This, in no way takes away a centre's right to negotiate directly with any agency.
4. To advise the Government, when requested by the collective centres, on how and what programs may assist Aboriginal Friendship Centres, in the development programs to better the lives of Aboriginal Native people in British Columbia."