Scholarships, funding, and other opportunities

The CRS Bursary for Refugee Students supports entering or continuing undergraduate students who do not have an immigration status in Canada: who are asylum seekers, who are in the process of making a refugee claim or are applying for permanent residence status under humanitarian and compassionate grounds and who have demonstrated financial need. In the absence of any eligible non status application in a given year, the award may be given to a refugee student with Convention Refugee or Protected Person status.

Columbia College offers fully funded bursaries to eligible students with refugee backgrounds in the Metro Vancouver region.

The Syrian Refugee In-Course Bursary aims to assist refugees from Syria with financial support for their undergraduate studies. The Bursary is specific to refugees from Syria that can provide a statement proving their attendance in a Syrian high school. Selection of recipients shall be made by University from qualified applicants enrolled in a full-time course of study leading to Bachelor of /Baccalaureate degree at the University. Selection is made on the basis of the statement provided above, and financial need and satisfactory academic standing as assessed by the University.

The Syrian Students Refugee Bursary is an initiative created by a Syrian/Canadian Alumni of Concordia University, in support of Syrian Refugees who were forced to leave their home country due to war and unsettling conditions. The Award is to recognize students in good academic standing who are Syrian Refugees and seeking to build a brighter future for themselves and their families in the great country of Canada. It is also a testament the ALL humans regardless to race, ethnicity and background, can achieve great things when presented with a safe environment and conditions to realize their potential.

Preference to Syrian Refugee, full-time and part-time. Otherwise refugees from Iraq, Libya, Palestine, Yemen, Sudan and Somalia. Refugee status is determined by those who have provided "notice of decision" letter to confirm their status to our registrar's office.

Ten scholarships will be available per year. Five of them will be awarded on an educational basis and five of them will be awarded on a community-engagement basis.

Funding is available each year to support undergraduate and graduate refugee students who are sponsored by the World University Service of Canada at Waterloo (WUSC) or any other students who are recognized by the Canadian government as being refugees or protected persons.