Resources for Students with Refugee Background
Undergraduate Students
Internal Resources
If you are a domestic student with a refugee background, you may want to explore these opportunities:
- Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµFinancial Aid & Awards include bursaries, loans, and work-study programs
- Uggla Family Scholarship for students with EDI background
- SFSS & WUSC scholarship for domestic students with refugee background
Other External Resources
- beedieluminaries.ca/rise-scholarship. Scholarships for Refugees and New Immigrants in BC
- Horatio Alger Canadian Scholarships
- PIRS Educational Bursary
- TELUS Student Bursary
- - scholarships for refugee students
- Ten scholarships for Women in Canada https://grantme.ca/10-scholarships-for-women-in-canada/
- - women
- - women
- : for immigrant and refugee women
Graduate Students
Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµFinancial Aid & Awards
- Graduate Bursaries: need-based funding
- Work-Study: paid on-campus jobs
- Loans & Grants: through StudentAid BC
Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies ()
- Internal + Donor Funded Awards: Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµand donor awards by department
- Tri-Agency & Government Awards: CGRS, BC Graduate Scholarships, Trudeau
- External + Additional Awards: 100+ outside awards by field
External Awards
- : graduate study at Oxford; open to refugees
- : doctoral field research
- : for those most affected by inequity
- and : students with disabilities
For Women
- : nominated through Graduate Studies
- : women in business master’s programs
- : women in graduate engineering
Community Awards
- : newcomers and refugees
- : female refugees
- : ISSofBC clients
- : low-interest education loans
External Scholarships
External scholarships are available on the Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµwebsite for all students - you need to apply to each separately. There are around 250 scholarships for different programs. Visit FAA External for more info.