Scholarships for Youth

The Canada Learning Bond 

  • Offers up to $2000
  • Anyone born after 2004 is eligible for this bond
  • This can be accessed through any bank for anyone that has plans for attending school.

Advancing Futures Bursary 

  • Currently or previously in the care of a Manitoba Child and Family Services agency, and
  • Currently a student at a recognized post-secondary institution in Manitoba, unless your program is not offered in the province
  • Full-time and part-time students are eligible
  • Could Receive up to $10,000

Children Aid Foundation Scholarship

  • A permanent ward for at least 12 months
  • You aged out of care
  • Are/were eligible for an Agreement with Young Adults (AYA)/ Extension of care
  • Between 18-30 years old at the start of your program
  • Full-time student, unless on a reduced schedule due to accommodation.
  • Could receive up to $2,000 – $5,000

Horatio Alger Vocational and Technical Education Scholarship

  • Have completed high school (or earned high school equivalency credential) by Spring
  • Be enrolled in a 3-year or less career or technical degree/certificate program in Fall that will lead to employment
  • Demonstrate critical financial need
  • Demonstrate perseverance in overcoming adversity
  • Be under the age of 30
  • Be a Canadian citizen
  • Can receive up to $3,000

CIC Paul and Gerri Churette Bursary program

  • Enrolled full-time
  • First or second year of a multi-year program at a approved university or collage.
  • The student must be a Canadian citizen, landed immigrant, permanent resident, or protected person.
  • Students must contact the registrar’s office of the college or institute where they are enrolled by September in order to express their interest and justify their need for financial support.
  • Can receive up to $5,000

Tuition Waiver through Future Forward

School that fall under the tuition waiver

  • Assiniboine Community Collage
  • Booth University
  • Brandon University
  • Canadian Mennonite University
  • Manitoba Institute for trades and Technology
  • Red River Collage University Collage of the North
  • University De St. Boniface
  • University of Manitoba
  • University of Winnipeg

Visit the future forward website for eligibility and how much the tuition waiver covers, each university varies on how much they offer. https://futuresforward.ca/