PUBLIC/PRIVATE FUNDING AGENCIES

There are various public and private agencies willing to sponsor students in full-time or part-time studies. These funding agencies can cover costs such as: tuition, fees, books, supplies, equipment, and even living allowances. Here are some examples of funding agencies.

1. Bowman Employment Services Inc.: This Company offers eligible clients access to funding for training that will assist the applicant with the quickest route to re-employment in occupations that offer long-term, full-time employment opportunities.

2. Aboriginal Learning Links (ALL): A “one-stop shopping” website for Aboriginal students in BC to assist in locating funding sources for tuition, living allowance, transportation, childcare, housing, trades and career/education planning.

3. Skills Development: An employment program providing financial assistance to eligible individuals to help them obtain the skills training they need to re-enter the labour market and secure employment. These individuals will arrange and pay for their own training, with the financial assistance provided by Skills Development.

4. ISETS: The Interior Salish Employment and Training Society Board encourages self-sufficiency and addresses locally defined needs and priorities of aboriginal communities through employment and training programs and services. The Human Resources Investment Fund is designed to assist students whose employement benefit period has ended within 36 months prior to the date of requesting assistance. It covers training purchases, tuition, books, and supplies.