Eligibility Criteria

BC Aboriginal Student Awards will be awarded on a competitive basis to students who:

• Are Aboriginal as defined by the provincial government’s Aboriginal Administrative Data Standard, namely, as "the Indian, Inuit and Métis peoples of Canada".
• Are British Columbia residents, defined as having your primary residence at an address in the province for at least the past 12 months.
• Are accepted into an eligible program of study at one of BC’s public post-secondary institutions or Aboriginally controlled institutions, as determined by the Irving K. Barber BC Scholarship Society.
• Are studying in no later than their second year of any eligible program (if that program is longer than two years) by the application deadline. 
• Are enrolled in full time study in an approved program of study.

An eligible program is a minimum of 9 weeks of study and includes:

• Trades training programs;
• Apprenticeship programs;
• Certificate programs;
• Diploma programs;
• Undergraduate degree programs; and
• Graduate degree programs

offered at one of BC's 25 public post secondary institutions or at a BC Aboriginal Institution recognized by the Society.

To have a program at another BC Aboriginal Institution considered for this award, please contact the Irving K. Barber BC Scholarship Society by e-mail at info@bcscholarship.ca or by phone at (250) 381-5532 no later than May 1, 2010. The program will then be considered by the Society for eligibility.

Adult Basic Education and non-credit continuing education courses are not eligible programs for this award.