Empowering Futures: LifeLabs Bursary for Indigenous Students

What you will need

• ✓ Indigenous affiliation
• ✓ Enrollment in an eligible program (Health Care, STEM, or Corporate Services)
• ✓ Residency or study in Ontario, British Columbia, or Saskatchewan

About this award

No fixed dollar amount is posted — contact LifeLabs to confirm the value for your specific award before you apply. As a bursary, this money is yours to keep and you do not have to pay it back. This is for you if you are an Indigenous student pursuing a career in frontline health, STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), or corporate roles like finance and HR. Deadlines come around three times a year on August 1, November 1 and February 1, so aim for whichever one is next. When you apply, ask how and when you'll hear back — whether it is by email, phone, or through the application portal. Selection criteria aren't published — ask LifeLabs how winners are chosen and roughly how many applicants they typically receive so you can judge your odds. Ask LifeLabs during your application how the money will reach you — some awards pay students directly, others apply funds to tuition. Confirm this so you can plan your cash flow. Renewal conditions aren't listed — if you're counting on this for multiple years, confirm with LifeLabs whether it's one-time or renewable and what you need to maintain.

Who qualifies

You qualify for this award if you have any Indigenous affiliation and are living and/or studying in Ontario, British Columbia, or Saskatchewan. You must be enrolled in a program at any level of study. Your field of study must be medical laboratory, phlebotomy, or other frontline health care roles; STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics); or corporate services including human resources and finance.

This is what the award's official page said when we last checked. Rules change, so confirm on the award's official page before you apply.

• ✓ Open to college, undergraduate, graduate, trades or certificate students
• ✓ Resident of Ontario, British Columbia or Saskatchewan
• ✓ Studying Medical laboratory, phlebotomy, frontline health care roles, science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM), human resources or finance

How to apply

1. 1

   Read the award's official page

   Check you meet every requirement, and note each document they ask for.

2. 2

   Submit your application

   Save a copy, and submit at least a day before the deadline shown above.

Tips for applying

• Field of StudyAvoid listing your program generally. Instead, explicitly link your degree to the requested categories, such as highlighting exactly how your coursework fits into 'frontline health care' or 'corporate services'.
• StrategyAvoid waiting until the final deadline. Since there are three separate windows (August, November, and February), try applying in the earliest window that fits your enrollment status to get your funding sorted sooner.
• RealismAvoid assuming the award covers full tuition. Because the dollar amount isn't public, treat this as a helpful top-up rather than your primary source of funding until you confirm the value with LifeLabs.

Questions students ask

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