Opportunities in Canada for displaced students and researchers outside Canada
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This database refers users to scholarship and research funding opportunities for displaced students and researchers who would like to come to Canada.
A separate database for displaced scholars and researchers who are already in Canada is available here: https://www.unborderedknowledge.com/scholarships
For opportunities available to refugees and other displaced people in other countries, please refer to the UNHCR database: https://services.unhcr.org/opportunities/search
If you would like to suggest additions or corrections to the database, please contact unbordered-SSF@uottawa.ca
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Student Refugee Program (SRP)
World University Service of Canada (WUSC)
Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at McGill University
Mastercard Foundation
Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at UBC
Mastercard Foundation
Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of Toronto (U of T)
Mastercard Foundation
Passage’s Afghan Program
Passage
Scholarship for Hospitality Programs at PLC
Pacific Link College
Student Refugee Program (SRP)
Student
Open to refugees under 25 without dependents
SRP is NOT a scholarship program. Students are sponsored for one year and receive basic financial and social support.
Kenya, Jordan, Lebanon, Uganda
World University Service of Canada (WUSC)
English & French
Financial award
The Student Refugee Program (SRP) is the only one of its kind to combine resettlement with opportunities for higher education. The program supports over 130 refugee students per year through active partnerships with over 95 Canadian campuses.
Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at McGill University
Student
Open to talented leaders and changemakers at the graduate (master’s) level, from across Sub-Saharan Africa.
It covers not only full tuition but all costs related to attending McGill University.
Mastercard Foundation
English & French
Financial award
The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at McGill University aims to bring together gifted leaders and changemakers from across Africa at the master’s level who aspire to improve and transform nutrition, public health, public policy, and sustainable agriculture across the African continent.
Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at UBC
Student
Open to talented leaders and changemakers at the graduate (master’s) level, from across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Tuition & Books, Flights & Immigration support, Room and Board, Stipends for living expenses, Health Insurance, Career services & Support, Access to a global Mastercar Foundation alumni network,
*Social Entrepreneurship Fund (Initiative for scholars who are enterprising and want to start a venture back on the continent)
Mastercard Foundation
English
Financial award
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is pleased to be partnering with The Mastercard Foundation to foster the next generation of African leaders. After supporting over 171 Mastercard Foundation Scholars in its first phase, The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at UBC will provide 351 academically talented young people from Africa with access to quality and relevant university education at UBC.
Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of Toronto (U of T)
Student
Open to talented leaders and changemakers at the graduate (master’s) level, from across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Full financial assistance for the duration of their graduate studies. This includes travel expenses to Canada (including obtaining a passport and visa application fees), tuition, housing, food, health insurance, laptop, learning materials, and other expenses.
Mastercard Foundation
English
Financial award
The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of Toronto (U of T) is a fully funded scholarship program for graduate studies at Canada’s leading institution of learning, discovery, and knowledge creation.
Passage’s Afghan Program
Student
Afghan women
Offering education loans that can cover both tuition and living expenses for one- and two-year programs in Canada.
All countries
Passage
English
Passage’s Afghan Program is devoted to empowering Afghan women to pursue higher education at Canadian universities and colleges, or advance their careers.
Scholarship for Hospitality Programs at PLC
Student
All refugees and asylum seekers, (Refugee certificate,
Asylum seeker certificate,
Complementary or temporary /protection status certificate)
8,000 CAD
Partial Scholarship
All countries
Pacific Link College
English
Financial award
This scholarship of 8,000CAD goes towards the 1-year Hospitality programs at Pacific Link College.