Ontario First Generation Bursary

The Government of Ontario has released funding for students who are the ‘First Generation’ of their family to attend a post-secondary institution.
Eligibility criteria:

  • A student must be an individual whose parents have not attended postsecondary studies (siblings may have attended postsecondary studies).
  • Must be enrolled for this academic year in any year of a program as long as the student is enrolled in their first degree, diploma or certificate program. Students in apprenticeship programs, academic upgrading and part-time programs may be considered for the bursary if they meet all other criteria.
  • Must be a Canadian Citizen, Permanent Resident or Protected Person, and have resided in Ontario for 12 consecutive months prior to beginning your post-secondary studies
  • Must demonstrate financial need
  • In 500 words, describe what it means to you to be a first generation college student, your experiences as a first generation student, the challenges you have encountered and your future goals.

Students may only receive this bursary once during their post-secondary studies
Please note: Students enrolled in second-entry, graduate and professional programs, as well as students receiving assistance through the Better Jobs Ontario program, are not eligible to apply

Award
Varies
Scopes
Awards Office
Deadline
11/27/2024
Supplemental Questions
  1. Did your parents attend post-secondary school in Canada or abroad?
  2. Would you like to be considered for this bursary?
  3. Are you receiving Better Jobs Ontario funding?
  4. Have you ever received the Ontario First Generation Bursary?
  5. Are you enrolled in your FIRST Bachelor's Degree, Diploma or Certificate?
  6. I hereby state that I am the first generation in my family to participate in postsecondary studies and declare that my parents did not attend postsecondary studies in or outside Canada, at any time or in any program.
  7. NOTICE OF COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION: The Ministry of Colleges and Universities (the Ministry) has provided your postsecondary institution with the funding to administer the Ontario First Generation Bursary. As a condition of this funding, your postsecondary institution is required to disclose to the Ministry your contact information (including your address and telephone number), the amount of funding you receive from the Bursary program, the date it was awarded, your study period and information related to your eligibility for the bursary. This personal information will be used by the Ministry to administer and finance the Bursary program. It will also be used to establish the minimum amount of student financial aid your postsecondary institutions are required to provide under the Student Access Guarantee (the Guarantee) and to administer and finance the Guarantee. If you apply for OSAP assistance, the Ministry will use this personal information to update your OSAP application or award, including your declared income. In addition, the financial aid office at your postsecondary institution will use the personal information you disclose on your OSAP application form to determine your financial need as part of your eligibility for support from the Bursary program. Administration includes: public reporting on the administration and financing of the Bursary program and the Guarantee; monitoring and auditing your postsecondary institution or its authorized agents to ensure that they are administering the Bursary program appropriately; conducting risk management, error management, audit and quality assessment activities; and conducting policy analysis, evaluation and research related to all aspects of student financial assistance. Financing includes: planning, arranging or providing funding of the Bursary program and the Guarantee. The Ministry administers the Bursary program and the Guarantee under the authority of the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.19, as amended. If you have any questions about the collection or use of this information, contact the Director, Student Financial Assistance Branch, Ministry of Colleges and Universities, P.O. Box 4500, 189 Red River Road, 4th Floor, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6G9. Consent to the Indirect Collection and Disclosure of Personal Information • I agree that my postsecondary institution may disclose personal information about me to the Ministry only for the purposes identified above. I have read and understood all parts of this section, including the notice of collection, use and disclosure of my personal information and my signature attests to my consent to the indirect collection, use and disclosure of my personal information.
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