STUDENT LOANS/BURSARY INFORMATION

1. Canadian Student Loans

• Manual application forms available in Room 103, Finance & Administration. Online applications and information on BCSAP website: www.bcsap.bc.ca. Allow 6 weeks processing.
  
• Funding available to both full-time (60 – 100% full course load) and part-time (20 – 59% full course load) students. Students with permanent disabilities may enroll in 20 – 40% of a full course load and still be considered full-time equivalency.
  
• Applications online and information on BCSAP website: www.bcsap.bc.ca. Vancouver School of Theology code APAP.
  
• Students may apply for loans at such time as they perceive they will have financial need. The deadline for submitting an application and all required appendices is six weeks before your study end date.

• Free Application for Federal Student Aid form available online at www.fafsa.ed.gov. Vancouver School of Theology code G030873.

• Application forms available in Room 264, Finance & Administration.
  
• Application deadlines are:
  • Fall: August 15
  • Winter: December 15
  • Summer: April 15
    
• A fully completed application form requesting student aid and an interview with the designated Financial Aid Officer must be completed each term. Updating interviews are required to advise of changes to the student’s financial situation.

Other Bursaries/Scholarships Outside VST

4. Knights Templar Educational Foundation

• The Knights Templar Educational Foundation, the first program of its kind, was organized in 1922. Since then, more than $32 million dollars has been loaned to students to complete their last two years of college. This financial assistance is given without regard to race, colour, creed, age or Masonic affiliation.
• In recent years, some Grand Commanderies have also been offering Scholarship Grants to students who are members of Masonic-related Youth Groups.

• Training awards for religious leadership. Eligibility will be determined entirely by the ESTARL committee in each Grand Jurisdiction and each Chapter Under the Jurisdiction of the General Grand Chapter. Recipients for Awards may be chosen as each Jurisdiction’s rules apply.
  
• All applications must be accompanied by:
  
  1. Letter of reference from the Minister of the church the applicant attends;
     
  2. Letter of reference from the head of the department in which the applicant is majoring, or the Principal of the High School from which the applicant is graduating, or if changing careers, from latest employer.
     
  3. Letter of reference from a personal friend – not a relative.
     
  4. A short personal resume of applicants’ interests, activities, Educational and Occupational goals.
     
  5. A current picture of applicant or applicant and family may be included.
     
• Renewal forms for previous Awardees must be accompanied by:
  
  1. Academic record from school if available
     
  2. Letter of reference from the head of the department in which the applicant is majoring
     
  3. A short personal resume of applicants’ interests, activities, Educational and Occupational goals.
     
• Deadline: Applications are to be in the hands of the sponsoring Chapter by February 28th.

6. St. Stephen’s Broadway Foundation Inc.

• Applicants must be members of The United Church of Canada. We regret the need to limit Bursaries to students from Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario and Saskatchewan.
  
• Applicants must be in, or accepted for entry to, a full time recognized program of study within the United Church of Canada.
  
• Applicants must complete the Bursary application form in its entirety. Failure to do so will disqualify the application.
  
• First time applicants must include a letter from their program of study confirming enrolment and a letter from their congregation confirming membership in and support of the applicant by that congregation.
  
• An application form for a grant or bursary is available from the Secretary Treasurer, The St. Stephen’s Broadway Foundation Inc., 396 Broadway Ave. at Kennedy St., Winnipeg, MB R3C 0V6.
  
• Deadline: The bursary application deadline is May 15th. Applicants will be notified by July 30th. Bursaries will be mailed in September.

7. Royal Canadian Legion

• The Command level bursary program has been cancelled effective 2004. Branches and Auxiliaries will continue to provide within their own communities. Students should check with the local Legion Branch in their community. Individual Branches will determine the eligibility requirements for their bursaries.
  
• E-mail admin@pacificlegion.org or visit www.pacificlegion.org.

8. Karen Stinson Bursary Trust Fund

• Established to celebrate the life of former parish worker Karen Stinson, who was stricken with an aneurysm and died on August 13, 1990 at the age of 32 years.
  
• Although the Board will make necessary judgments in all cases, the following criteria will apply to awards:
  
• Applicants must be enrolled in full-time or part-time post-secondary studies.
  
• Awards will be based upon the following equal criteria: Academic achievement; Christian activities; participation in community; preparation for a career in the field of social services, education, ordained ministry, or related church vocation; financial need.
  
• The amount of the award may range from $400 - $600, based upon funds available from the interest on the endowment, which will continue to grow as contributions increase. The award will be made on an annual basis, and recipients are eligible to re-apply in subsequent years.
  
• Fax: 1.250.477.6288 Email: lcc@pacificcoast.net

9. The Ivor Norris Bursary - DPOCS (SEC-ARMY)

• The Ordinariate of the Canadian Forces has sponsored the Ivor Norris Bursary for over twenty-five years. This bursary is awarded to theological students who have had, or have some connection with the Canadian Forces. With the reorganization of Church house the total administration of this bursary program comes under the purview of the Ordinariate itself.
  
• Awarded to applicants (annually) who have a personal connection to the Canadian Forces through personal military service (past or present), being married to or the child of someone with past or current service. Must be sponsored by a Bishop for ordination within the Anglican Church of Canada and enrolled in full time theological studies.
  
• John Fletcher, Lieutenant Colonel, Canon of the Ordinariate 1.613.992.1421

10. Unitarian Universalist Association

• An anti-racist, anti-oppressive and multicultural religious faith.
  
• Limited scholarship funding available for students of colour in their first year who are planning to seek ministerial fellowship with the UUA.
  
• Contact Rev. David A. Pettee 617.948.6402 or email dpettee@uua.org

  
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11. Martin Moser Society for Theological Studies

• The applicant must be a lay man or woman of any Christian denomination who is enrolled in an ATS accredited theological school in Canada;
  
• is pursuing a graduate or undergraduate degree in theology or theological studies in preparation for non-ordained ministries in the Canadian Church
  
• For more information, contact martinmoserbursary@gmail.com

  
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