Actions and Commitments

Call to Action # 11: Education (6-12)

Federal Post-Secondary Student Support Budget Details

April 19, 2021
ProgramBudgetDetails
2016-17Will support budget needs of 4,600 students over 3-year program
2017-18$45M
2018-19$45M
2019-20$65.5M327.5M for 5 years to enhance the Post-Secondary Student Support Program while the Government engages with First Nations on long-term First Nation-led post-secondary education models;
$9MOver three years to Indspire. In 2017-18 Indspire awarded $14.2 million through 4,900 scholarships and bursaries to Indigenous students across Canada
$40M/5yrsTo strengthen support options for post-secondary education in the Arctic and Northern communities, including:
$1 million for a Task Force to study post-secondary education in the Arctic and North.
$26 million for a new campus science building in support of Yukon College’s transition to Yukon university;
$13 million for the Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning.
2020-21New one-time investment of $75M – including $65M for First Nations – through the Post-Secondary Student Support Program.
2021-22$150.6/2yrs
$26.4M
Support students through the Post-Secondary Student Support Program and the Inuit and Métis Nation Post-Secondary Student Education Strategies
In 2021-2022 through the Post-Secondary Student Support Program and the Inuit and Métis Nation Post-Secondary Student Education Strategies during COVID-19