Indigenous Student Financial Support
Below is a list of financial support opportunities for Indigenous students at StFX. For more information, please contact the Financial Aid Office.
Scholarships
Dahdelah Scholarship for Indigenous Students
Total value: up to $15,000
Annual value: $3,000
Eligibility: All Indigenous Nova Scotian, 1st-year, full-time undergraduate PGOV students enrolling from high school. Minimum 70% average and demonstrated StFX qualities of leadership and service to community. Open to Indigenous Nova Scotian students.
Jeannine Deveau In Course Scholarship
Total value: up to $15,000
Annual value: $3,000
Eligibility: Candidates pursuing an undergraduate degree who self-identify as Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqiyik, or African Nova Scotian
Sisters of St. Martha Indigenous (Mi'kmaw) Nursing Scholarship
Total value: $40,000
Annual value: $10,000
Eligibility: First-year undergraduate nursing students who self-identify as of Mi’kmaw descent from a Mi’kmaw community in Eastern Nova Scotia.
Bursaries
Limited Bursaries
Fall Term
- Dolores Parent Memorial Bursary
- Jeannine Deveau Aboriginal Students Bursary - Fall Term
- Women for Women Bursary
For more information, see Limited Bursaries - By Due Date or contact the Financial Aid Office.
Winter Term
- Aboriginal Student Bursary
- Atlantic Central Credit Union Dave MacLean Bursary
- Class of 2007 Bursary
- Ellen Costello Women in Business Bursaries
- Jeannine Deveau Aboriginal Students Bursary - Winter Term
- Justin Avery Memorial Bursary
- Sherise Paul-Gould Memorial Award
- Vincent Nasso Bursary
- Wally MacDonald Nursing Bursary
For more information, see Limited Bursaries - By Due Date or contact the Financial Aid Office.
Entrance Bursaries
- Michael and Lisa Boyd Family Award for African Nova Scotian and Indigenous Students - more info here
