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.

Application Information

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 

Application Information

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.

Application Information

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

Emergency Aid

Jeannine Deveau Equity Fund Emergency Grant Program

Contact

Terena Francis
Coordinator, Indigenous Student Affairs
Coady West 105
(902) 867-5413
@email

Kerry Prosper
Elder in Residence
Coady West 107
(902) 867-3102
@email