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:
- SFU Financial 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
- Windmill Microlending is a non-profit funded by the federal gov to support refugees' and newcomers' education
- Canadian Council for Refugees - scholarships for refugee students
- Scholarships for women in STEM
- Ten scholarships for Women in Canada
- Beedie Luminaries, scholarships to Refugees and New Immigrants in BC
- Kinbrace Educational Award
- John F. Hamilton Scholarship
- Ike Barber Transfer Scholarship
- BC Hydro Power Pioneers Community Service Award
- BC Housing Education Awards Program
Graduate Students
- Financial Aid & Awards include bursaries, loans, and work-study programs
- Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies oversees merit-based awards through three main categories of funding are:
- Internal SFU funding - internal/public funds
- External Awards - funded by the government, external agencies
- Donor Funded Awards - funded by a person or corporate/business donors
- The SFU Alumni Award is designated to an incoming student with refugee status/refugee background
External Scholarships
External scholarships are available on the SFU website for all students - you need to apply to each separately. There are around 250 scholarships for different programs. Visit FAA External for more info.