Scholarships and Awards
The Faculty of Community Services Aboriginal Student Success Awards support Aboriginal undergraduate and graduate students in the Faculty of Community Services who have shown engagement with and/or commitment to Indigenous communities.
Apply in AwardSpring (external link) .
Created by the trustees of the Frank H. Hori Charitable Foundation, this award recognizes two Aboriginal students with financial need at Toronto Metropolitan University for their academic achievements and their connection to the Aboriginal community.
- Applicant must have clear academic standing.
- Must identify as a Canadian of Aboriginal ancestry (Metis, Inuit, First Nations; status and non-status)
- Applicant must demonstrate financial need.
- Applicant must be enrolled full-time.
- Applicant must have a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher.
Apply in AwardSpring (external link) .
The Hydro One Indigenous Award is given to up to two Aboriginal graduate students studying Public Policy at Toronto Metropolitan University.
The Indigenous Graduate Student Awards are a suite of awards and bursaries established by the Yeates School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies to support Indigenous students in pursuing graduate education at Toronto Metropolitan. These awards recognize excellence and/or alleviate some of the financial burden associated with graduate education.
The Indigenous Graduate Student Awards are a suite of awards and bursaries established by the Yeates School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies to support Indigenous students in pursuing graduate education at Toronto Metropolitan. These awards recognize excellence and/or alleviate some of the financial burden associated with graduate education.
The Indigenous Student Bursary is a bursary provided to Indigenous students with financial need who are attending post-secondary programs and/or training programs at either Ontario publicly-assisted colleges and universities or approved Indigenous post-secondary education and training institutions. This bursary was first established in the 2008-09 academic year as part of the Government of Ontario's Indigenous Education Strategy. The value of each bursary ranges from $1,000 to $3,500.
- Applicant must be a Canadian Citizen, Permanent Resident or Protected Person.
- Applicant must be a resident of Ontario.
- Applicant must be enrolled and attending classes.
- Applicant must demonstrate financial need.
- Applicant must have clear academic standing.
- Applicant must be an Indigenous person in Canada.
- Applicant must have a cumulative GPA of 1.67 or higher.
Apply in AwardSpring (external link) .
The NSERC Indigenous Student Ambassadors (NISA) grant aims to engage Indigenous students and fellows in promoting interest and participation in the natural sciences and engineering (NSE) by visiting Canada’s Indigenous communities and schools and sharing their research and education experiences or participating in science promotion events and activities.
To be eligible, you must:
- be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada;
- be an Indigenous person;* (external link)
- be registered full-time in a degree program in the NSE at an eligible institution or be employed at an eligible institution as a postdoctoral fellow in the NSE at the time your application is submitted.
* ‘Indigenous Peoples’ is a collective name for the original peoples of North America and their descendants. ‘Aboriginal peoples’ is also often used as a synonym. For the purposes of this program, NSERC uses the Canadian Constitution Act, 1982 definition of Aboriginal peoples as including the Indian, Inuit and Métis peoples of Canada.
To be eligible students must be of Aboriginal Ancestry (First Nations, Inuit, Metis, non-Status, Status), must have a good academic record, must be studying at Toronto Metropolitan full or part-time, and must write an essay. Awards will be awarded to one undergraduate student and one graduate student.
- Applicant must have clear academic standing.
- Applicant must be of Aboriginal Ancestry.
Apply in AwardSpring (external link) .
The Supporting Aboriginal Graduate Enhancement (SAGE) Award has been established by a friend of the Rotary Club through the Toronto Eglinton Rotary Charitable Foundation to encourage Indigenous students to pursue graduate studies with the hope of increasing the number of Indigenous Peoples entering careers in academia. Awarded a Rotary scholarship in 1968, she was able to travel from her homeland of Denmark to pursue post-graduate work in biochemistry in the United States, at a time when it was uncommon for women to pursue higher education. After completing her PhD in 1974, she came to Canada where she taught and conducted research at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto, until her recent retirement as a tenured faculty member.
Value:
$30, 0000 (full-time students)
$15, 000 (part-time students)
To be eligible for this award, students must:
- Be registered as a part- or full-time student in a graduate degree program (not including PMDip students) at Toronto Metropolitan University and have clear academic standing
- Demonstrate financial need, as determined by Toronto Metropolitan University, through submission of a Student Budget Form
- Self-identify as an Indigenous person to the land we know as Canada (including First Nations [Status/Non-Status], Metis, or Inuit cultural and/or ancestral background)
This award honours Vernon Yellowhead, a passionate advocate of environmental stewardship and Indigenous knowledge.
While Vernon passed away in the Fall of 2018, this award was created to honour his legacy. Two students pursuing work in environmental stewardship or Indigenous knowledge will receive $6,000 each. This award is offered annually and open to all Indigenous students.
Visit yellowheadinstitute.org (external link) for eligibility and application instructions.
Apply on AwardSpring (external link) .